By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
When Daryl Johnson studied threats posed by antigovernment groups for Homeland Security, he was virtually ignored and criticized by conservatives, the New York Times reports.
So it was no surprise to Johnson when an armed group occupied a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon last week.
Johnson warned in a report about the growing antigovernment movement and the possibility that military veteran could “lead the potential emergence of terrorist groups or lone-wolf extremists.”
Johnson’s office was shut down and his document was retracted.
But the tables have turned as Homeland Security struggles with identifying and foiling potential threats.
“The D.H.S. is scoffing at the mission of doing domestic counterterrorism,” Johnson said. “The same patterns that led to the growth of the antigovernment groups in the 1990s is being played out today. D.H.S. should be doing more.”
