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Federalism Means Never Having to Say You’re Sorry

By CFIF Staff
Wednesday, April 22 2009

The Department of Homeland Security, never known for its institutional elegance (these are, after all, the people who brought us the color-coded terror alert system), reached a new low last week with the release of an Intelligence Assessment Report warning of the dangers of resurgent right-wing extremism in America. The report deservedly drew the ire of conservatives throughout the nation for warning of the dangers posed by such menacing groups as military veterans returning stateside, pro-life activists, and border security advocates. But another, less remarked upon, item was perhaps even…

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