Feds try to detect 'lone offenders' (Lone Wolf Initiative)

[RamboLiberal]

Source: USA Today

Federal authorities have launched an effort to detect lone attackers who may be contemplating politically charged assaults similar to the recent murders of a Kansas abortion doctor and a Holocaust museum security guard.

The effort, known as the "Lone Wolf Initiative," was started shortly after President Obama's inauguration, in part because of a rising level of hate speech and surging gun sales.

"Finding those who might plan and act alone, the so-called lone offenders ... will only be prevented by good intelligence, the seamless exchange of information among law enforcement at every level, and vigilant citizens reporting suspicious activity," said Michael Heimbach, the FBI's assistant director for counterterrorism.

Secret Service spokesman Malcolm Wiley said the FBI is sharing information with his agency.

Agents from all of the FBI's 56 field offices have been dispatched on a range of assignments, said two U.S. law enforcement officials who were not authorized to speak publicly about details of the program.


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[MineralMan]

1. Fertile ground for them on FR, among other places.

But I expect they know that already.

[lapfog_1]

2. Remember the Bush Doctrine and preemptive war?

I'm thinking I am totally in favor of preemptive assassin removal.

So when people show up at President Obama events with guns (concealed or not)...

[kestrel91316]

3. Well, they can start by keeping a close eye on Gun Man from yesterday.

[Vinnie From Indy]

4. I would offer that they simply ask some of these yahoos

Most Freepers and right wing extremists will tell you they want to commit violence without hesitating a moment.

[easybakeoven]

5. They ought to let us report a few

Plenty online to be found. Profilers would have a field day. But first they'd have to act on the fact these are going to be mostly white males with pretty much the same psych profile as George Sodini. Which reminds me: keep an eye on William Kostric. He'll eventually go live and become a POI. My father used to work for the CIA, and I've learned to recognize a few things. His tabs fit every single recognized political assassin slot, and if our Administration would be even a little proactive and give him about 5cc of sodium pentothal, he'd sing and give up an entire nest of them.

[Zorra]

6. There's a lot of angry RW extremist wackos everywhere that are out of touch with reality.

I imagine that finding the ones that are planning to go off is possible, but the problem remains that any one of these wackos could just snap at any given moment.

You can't watch them all, there's way too many of them.