
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The Department of Homeland security just published an <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/ntas/advisory/national-terrorism-advisory-system-bulletin-february-07-2022"><strong>advisory</strong> </a>of the terrorist threat:</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8220;&#8230;heightened threat environment fueled by several factors, including an online environment filled with false or misleading narratives and conspiracy theories, and other forms of mis- dis- and mal-information (MDM) introduced and/or amplified by foreign and domestic threat actors.&#8221;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">While I agree that the threats are there and serious, I can&#8217;t help but wonder about the underlying description. Instead of covering what I would consider serious threats to America (after all I worked the counter terrorist target for many years with the CIA), this seems to be focused on Nancy Pelosi&#8217;s priorities and creating political ammunition for the Democrats.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><em>Ironically, this seem to be part of a false and misleading narrative, the kind that it is declaring to be terrorist!</em></strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">They call out &#8221; false or misleading narratives regarding unsubstantiated widespread election fraud and COVID-19.&#8221; ; So Trump supporters and &#8220;right to breath&#8221; folks are terrorists? Not citizens exercising their right to freedom of speech?</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">They don&#8217;t mention CNN, MSNBC, NYTimes or the Washington Post as a threat for their &#8220;false and misleading narratives&#8221; although we certainly see some doozies there. Narratives rarely generate themselves. Most of the time they come from politicians or key media people.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">It does mention &#8220;threats against faith-based organizations&#8221; meaning the mentally crippled gun wielders who have attacked churches. Certainly a serious issue (but not terrorism, per se). But somehow doesn&#8217;t mention the terror of the takeover of parts of Portland by thugs. Funny how they don&#8217;t call out BLM or Antifa as terrorist organizations.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For that matter, they don&#8217;t seem to blame Nancy Pelosi or Hillary Clinton for the whole Russia Collusion narrative that ripped the country apart for two years and then was found to be utterly false. Isn&#8217;t that a much bigger problem?</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">It talks about &#8220;foreign terrorists&#8221; calling for attacks within the U.S. But it does not mention the influences and the co-opting of media by Russia or (more importaingly) China in affecting our political process or, as in the case of the NBA, threatening and eliciting copious apologies for the smallest criticisms of China. Or threats and attacks on U.S. and Western media around the world?</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This is clearly and blatantly a partisan effort by the Biden Administration, not to solve crimes, but rather to focus on the less important conservative threats in this area and ignore the more blatant liberal activities. Riots night after night in our cities is certainly more important than an internet campaign to protest the 2020 election.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">It mentions the establishment of a new, dedicated domestic terrorism branch. What special powers will be granted them by the Biden Administration?</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The big questions are these. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8211; Are the Democrats manufacturing the equivalent of Orwell&#8217;s Ministry of Truth? </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8211; Is this new branch of the FBI going to tell us which narratives are true and which are false? </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8211; Is the FBI going to get its own version of the Patriot Act with special powers to remove narratives and arrest people for making them?</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8211; And when you call for protests or other kinds of Constitutionally protected action, will the FBI charge you with inciting violence as a terrorist?</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Not sure there is much I can do at the moment, but I calling this Democrat BS.</p>

DHS: False or Misleading Narratives are a Terrorist Threat – More Democrat BS
