2008 Vet. Report (Bush Administration) Drew No Fire

From a 2008 FBI report authored during the Bush Administration:

"some returning military veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have joined extremist groups."

Link to FBI report below:

(U) White Supremacist Recruitment of Military Personnel since 9/11 - 7 July 2008


From an April 15th Politico article:

Politico's Jen DiMascio reported that the FBI report had "similar findings" but "generated little controversy or coverage."

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Earlier vet. report drew no fire

By JEN DIMASCIO | 4/15/09 7:45 PM EDT

While the American Legion and conservative commentators have pounced on a recent Department of Homeland Security report on right-wing extremism, calling it politically motivated and slanderous toward veterans, a 2008 FBI report with similar findings generated little controversy or coverage.

The 2008 report, produced while President Bush was in office and titled “White Supremacist Recruitment of Military Personnel Since 9/11,” found that although veterans don’t make up a large percentage of “white supremacist extremists,” they have taken on leadership roles in the movement.

The report warned that new groups made up of well-trained veterans could crop up, and said the group has "the potential to reinvigorate a movement that has experienced stagnation or decline in recent years.”

The DHS report circulating this week dedicated just one section to “disgruntled military veterans,” where it referenced the 2008 report.

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Earlier vet. report drew no fire

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