Holder apparently never explained what kind of “violent extremism” he hopes to counter. Susan Jones of CNS News writes that it “sounds like he wants law enforcement and community leaders to meet regularly, to share information on people who may have traveled overseas to join ISIS, or on people who may be plotting attacks right here in the U.S.” Yet if Holder did make any reference, however oblique, to jihadis traveling overseas to join the Islamic State, Jones did not quote it. The only thing Holder says that is close to that, at least according to this report, is this: “We must be both innovative and aggressive in countering violent extremism and combating those who would sow intolerance, division, and hate – not just within our borders, but with our international partners on a global scale.” As far as Holder and his boss are concerned, the people sowing “intolerance, division, and hate” are not Islamic jihadists, whom Obama has aided in Libya, Syria and elsewhere, but foes of jihad terror — after all, Obama has mandated the deletion of all mention of Islam and jihad from counterterror training material, and Holder’s Justice Department has joined Islamic supremacist lawsuits designed to win special privileges and accommodation for Muslims. So when Holder says that the Feds “will work closely with community representatives to develop comprehensive local strategies,” will it be to combat jihad terror, or to combat those who are trying to raise awareness about jihad terror?
“Holder Announces Pilot Programs to Counter ‘Violent Extremism,'” by Susan Jones, CNS News, September 15, 2014:
(CNSNews.com) – Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday announced an effort to counter “violent extremism” by spurring “local engagement” in cities across the country.
He did not offer specifics, but it sounds like he wants law enforcement and community leaders to meet regularly, to share information on people who may have traveled overseas to join ISIS, or on people who may be plotting attacks right here in the U.S.
“Today, I am announcing that the Department of Justice is partnering with the White House, the Department of Homeland Security, and the National Counterterrorism Center to launch a new series of pilot programs in cities across the nation,” Holder said.
“These programs will bring together community representatives, public safety officials, religious leaders, and United States Attorneys to improve local engagement; to counter violent extremism; and — ultimately — to build a broad network of community partnerships to keep our nation safe.”
Holder said the administration “will work closely with community representatives to develop comprehensive local strategies, to raise awareness about important issues, to share information on best practices, and to expand and improve training in every area of the country.”
He noted that since 2012, U.S. attorneys have held or attended more than 1,700 “engagement-related events or meetings to enhance trust and facilitate communication in their neighborhoods and districts.” The new pilot programs will build on that work, he said.
Holder also announced that the White House plans to host a “Countering Violent Extremism” summit in October.
Holder did not mention Islam or Muslims, and he used the phrase “violent extremism” to describe the “urgent” threat that the nation faces.
“We must be both innovative and aggressive in countering violent extremism and combating those who would sow intolerance, division, and hate – not just within our borders, but with our international partners on a global scale. And we must never lose sight of what violent extremists fear the most: the strength of our communities; our unwavering respect for equality, civil rights, and civil liberties; and our enduring commitment to justice, democracy, and the rule of law.”
Jaladhi says
The program is for “right wing extremists” and not for Muslim terrorists!! Plain and simple!! Now where do they go to find one??
Jay Boo says
Attorney General Eric Holder is merely trying to “look busy”
Russia repeatedly warned the ‘Feds’ about Tsarnaev and Boston to no avail.
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2014/03/russia-warned-u-s-about-tsarnaev-but-spelling-error-let-him-escape
Islamisdeath says
My thoughts exactly! Its anyone who isnt towing the leftist line he is going to come after. This is the first step of deploying our local police departments against the populace.
ben t says
Among Tea Party leaders! GOD SAVE OUR REPUBLIC!
Huck Folder says
“Holder Announces Pilot Programs…”
Like those leading to 9/11?
tpellow says
Does Holder plan to ban boxing?
Jay Boo says
Who is being spied upon?
After all the interference reporting that Yahoo does to cover up for Obama’s many blunders in the Middle east and appeasement bowing to CAIR you would think that the Feds would not target Yahoo for information gathering.
http://cir.ca/news/tech-companies-push-back-against-nsa-surveillance
Is Holder targeting Obama’s Muslim Brotherhood friends information or the Muslim Brotherhood’s enemies.
Angemon says
We all know how “local engagement” turned out in Boston…
Remember this?
http://www.jihadwatch.org/WP001/wp-content/uploads/CAIR_poster.jpg
Don McKellar says
I could see some self-deluded leftist blogs snickering at this post by Robert, but it is completely reasonable to make the assumptions he is here.
There is some noise on CNN today from commentators who are claiming that Obama has basically given ISIS a gift by detailing his plans too much and giving them a chance to draw plans to counter them.
Not really a surprise considering Obama’s fantasy-based policies.
Nor is the indifference and deafening silence from Sunni majority nations in forming any sort of coalition. With Kerry the bufoon the laughing stock of Muslims everywhere, Iran not about to cooperate with the Great Satan, and ISIS funded and supported by leading rich figures in Sunni countries as a “front line” against Shi’ites, any coalition is a joke.
SpiritOf1683 says
So Holder announces pilot programs to counter “violent extremism”
I don’t suppose it involves putting bullets through heads.
mariam rove says
No. It is more like cake and ice cream and praising the so called religion of peace!!! M
ralph says
Holder & Obama are training all Jihad-est,,, Just Look At Their Poem…
THE ULTIMATE PRIZE: A JIHADIST PROPAGANDIST’S SEX FUELED RECRUITMENT POEM
Inspired? Mehanna’s poem was reportedly penned for his friend Ahmad Abousamra, who has since fled the US to become the ISIS pr man in Syria
‘Make Martyrdom What You Seek’
The bullets hit your hearts like the stings of a bee
You fall on your face as all you can see,
Are the Gardens so wide when you’re put in the ground
You’ve been searching for years and now you have found,
The Ultimate Prize, so sacred, so sweet
Your bargain with your Lord is finally complete,
Because you are all martyrs without fear or grief
Who gave all you had for your precious belief,
You promised Him your souls and He promised you much more
Now you can enjoy what He’s kept in store,
An endless reward for those who stood by
The covenant they made that towards death they would fly,
While graves burn the sinners and squeeze them so tight
You’re shown your places in the Garden, so spacious and bright,
On the Day when Great Terror shall steal all their words
Your souls will rest in the hearts of green birds,
Under the Great Throne with beauty beyond measure
At you ar-Rahmaan laughs, expressing His Pleasure,
Sufficient is this as a heavenly prize
But prepared for you is that never before seen by the eyes,
On your head is placed a crown, one jewel of which is worth
More than all of the jewels contained in this Earth,
You are brought to a gathering with companions so beautiful
The Prophets, the righteous and those who were truthful,
Al-Firdaws, where those of the Right Hand shall meet
Where the soil is white musk, so smooth and so sweet,
You scoop up a handful and throw it in the air
You are relaxed by the rivers flowing everywhere,
Water, milk and honey gushing forth non-stop
So thick and delicious you want to devour each drop,
You drink so much you almost end up falling
Into the flowing current, then you hear voices calling,
You turn and behold! The voices are singing
Coming from Maidens so fair and enchanting,
These are the Hoorees with round and firm chests
Pure untouched virgins, they’re better than the best,
Seventy-two in all, with large eyes of dark hue
Each one created especially for you,
They call out your name asking where you are
But to their disappointment, from the battles you are far,
Your heart is intoxicated by the pleasures of this life
Fear (of death) has wounded your manhood like a sharp knife,
A knife sharpened by the callers to Hell’s every door
Who pulled the sword from your hand and threw it to the floor,
And given you women, children and money instead
Convincing you ‘this is better than ending up dead,’
But no! They are alive, rejoicing and provided for!
When asked what they desire, they will answer no more!
So be from the cream of this heavenly crop!
Shake off your fear and let your doubts drop!
Pick up the sword and grab your horse’s reins tight!
Throw off your armor and jump into the fight!
Make your path be none other than Islaam’s high peak
Whose mountain is climbled by making death what you seek!
Source: Ummah.com
Islamisdeath says
Yep these are people we can reason with! NOT!
wes says
I thought we won the war on terror.
John C. Barile says
Obama and Holder have us in their sights as “terrorists.” We are the ones they wish to “degrade and eliminate.”
mortimer says
Feds “will work closely with community representatives to develop comprehensive local strategies” …
Huh? Sounds like nothing will come out of it.
The only thing that will work will be to give free copies of Robert Spencer’s books to half the country.
Michael Copeland says
These sound interesting:
“engagement-related events or meetings to enhance trust and facilitate communication in their neighborhoods and districts.”
How many of those took place in the days BEFORE foreign muslim communities were inflicted on the population without anyone asking for them or being consulted?
I guess they were regular events.
Michael Copeland says
Cameron knows about violent extremists: see picture:
https://www.facebook.com/LibertyGBParty/photos/pb.376566465793805.-2207520000.1410807713./628233140627135/?type=1&theater
Bezelel says
holder has already shown what he’s made of when he refused to prosecute thugs for hanging out at the voting precinct threatening voters and fighting against voter ID laws and taking Arizona to court to prevent them from enforcing the law and stonewalling congress over the fast and furious scandal to the point he’s been found in contempt of congress and much more. holder should be in Gitmo wearing orange.
Kepha says
I’m sure Holder means people who speak up against abortion and homosexuality or wag their fingers at Uncle Kepha for crossing a color line when he married three decades + ago (albeit no violence). As for Islamic terror, fugeddabouddit.
dumbledoresarmy says
Here’s my suggestion for how to make a start on countering “violent extremism”, that is…the Jihad waged within the gates by the Fifth Columnists of the Ummah, or Mohammedan Mob, the Allah Gang:
Surprise simultaneous raids on *every* known mosque – and every known Islamic school , not excluding all Fethullah Gulen establishments, and every known “Islamic bookshop” – in the USA, searching same from attic to basement (and *expecting* to find false floors, false ceilings, hidden safes, hidden rooms, sub-basements, and tunnel entrances, not to mention booby traps). Sniffer dogs to be deployed, dogs trained to detect a/ cadavers b/ explosives c/ illicit drugs. Forensic accountants and persons trained in decryption to go through all paper-based and electronic data found on the raided premises. All persons on premises at the time of the raid (and another jihadwatch poster has suggested the raids should take place at the time of Friday evening prayers, so as to get as many in the net as possible) to be searched – **thoroughly** – and interrogated and background checked with a view to discovering illegal activity of any kind (whether immigration related, simple criminality, welfare fraud, or classic jihad plotting). Anything discovered? – **enforce the law**, the full force of the law.
Evidence of *any* past or present illegal activity or items on the premises is discovered? – the mosque gets shut down.
Kenneth Chittum says
This is political PC speak. “Community representatives” will be those with a pro-Islamic agenda (as Obama continues to reward his friends and punish his enemies). This will be done so that any “combating” Islamic influence and control will become the targeted “extremists and hate speakers”. It is an open gate to arrest any who dare oppose the agenda of the State by doing such evil things as exercising their First Amendment Rights.
The Attorney General has just put him self as the ipso facto “Sheriff of Nottingham” creating a new definition for the right of legal remedy by exercising the every whim and will of “Prince John” with out the little hinderances of little things like due process.