Intermarkets' Privacy Policy
Support


Donate to Ace of Spades HQ!


Contact
Ace:
aceofspadeshq at gee mail.com
Buck:
buck.throckmorton at protonmail.com
CBD:
cbd at cutjibnewsletter.com
joe mannix:
mannix2024 at proton.me
MisHum:
petmorons at gee mail.com
J.J. Sefton:
sefton at cutjibnewsletter.com


Recent Entries
Absent Friends
Bandersnatch 2024
GnuBreed 2024
Captain Hate 2023
moon_over_vermont 2023
westminsterdogshow 2023
Ann Wilson(Empire1) 2022
Dave In Texas 2022
Jesse in D.C. 2022
OregonMuse 2022
redc1c4 2021
Tami 2021
Chavez the Hugo 2020
Ibguy 2020
Rickl 2019
Joffen 2014
AoSHQ Writers Group
A site for members of the Horde to post their stories seeking beta readers, editing help, brainstorming, and story ideas. Also to share links to potential publishing outlets, writing help sites, and videos posting tips to get published. Contact OrangeEnt for info:
maildrop62 at proton dot me
Cutting The Cord And Email Security
Moron Meet-Ups






















« Whatever happened to Krauts with Cojones? | Main | Light Blogging Apology; Repeat on Hoist the Black Flag »
December 20, 2005

Pentagon Deems Gay Groups Protesting "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Potentially Violent and a "Credible Terrorist Threat"?

This comes from Americablog, and the less-credible NBCNews, so perhaps it should be tasted with a nice sprinkling of salt.

Still, if it's correct, I have to admit it does seem to be a case of overreaching by the Pentagon:

A secret Pentagon document obtained by NBC News reveals that the military has been spying on what they call "suspicious" civilian meetings - including many "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" protests.

Only eight pages from the four-hundred page document have been released so far. But on those eight pages, Sirius OutQ News discovered that the Defense Department has been keeping tabs NOT just on anti-war protests, but also on seemingly non-threatening protests against the military's ban on gay servicemembers. According to those first eight pages, Pentagon investigators kept tabs on April protests at UC-Santa Cruz, State University of New York at Albany, and William Patterson College in New Jersey. A February protest at NYU was also listed, along with the law school's gay advocacy group "OUTlaw," and was classified as "possibly violent."

All of these protests were against the military's policy excluding gay personnel, and against the presence of military recruiters on campus. The Servicemembers Legal Defense Network says the Pentagon needs to explain why "don't ask, don't tell" protesters are considered a threat.

I suppose most of these groups are possibly violent. Passionate people of a left-wing stripe are given to vandalism, harassment, and even personal violence from time to time.

I do wonder what genuine evidence the Pentagon might have to deem them so dangerous as to be considered possibly terrorist.

Note that that particular charge -- that the Pentagon deemed them to be a "credible threat" for terrorism -- does not come from the NBCNews report but rather is just a claim of an advocacy group. So there's a good chance it's utter bullshit.


digg this
posted by Ace at 02:36 PM

| Access Comments




Recent Comments
BifBewalski [/i] [/u] [/s] [/b]: " You, or her? If her, what do you want her to do ..."

pookysgirl, sustaining Lil Pooky through the hernia: "Gas is good. Holding it in is bad. Posted by: fd ..."

runner: "Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at December 05, 2 ..."

Another Anon: "171 Ms. Heard currently resides in Madrid, Spain. ..."

Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN!: ">>> Speaking of Hogg... he wants to be DNC head. I ..."

LizLem: ">>> Trumpstice League can figure it out. Posted b ..."

Soothsayer: " What's that song by Herb Alpert that goes gas? ..."

Crusader: ""Now, I know there are all kinds of conspiracies, ..."

Angzarr the Cromulent: "I like GASSSS HIM guy. I vote he stays. You read ..."

Cicero (@cicero43): "[i]If he runs the DNC as well as he did his pillow ..."

Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd: "No flamethrowers? Molotov Cocktails? How was it fi ..."

fd: "Gas is good. Holding it in is bad. ..."

Recent Entries
Search


Polls! Polls! Polls!
Frequently Asked Questions
The (Almost) Complete Paul Anka Integrity Kick
Top Top Tens
Greatest Hitjobs

The Ace of Spades HQ Sex-for-Money Skankathon
A D&D Guide to the Democratic Candidates
Margaret Cho: Just Not Funny
More Margaret Cho Abuse
Margaret Cho: Still Not Funny
Iraqi Prisoner Claims He Was Raped... By Woman
Wonkette Announces "Morning Zoo" Format
John Kerry's "Plan" Causes Surrender of Moqtada al-Sadr's Militia
World Muslim Leaders Apologize for Nick Berg's Beheading
Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree
Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears
Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)
Powered by
Movable Type 2.64