“One of the most outrageous incidents concerned the publishing of a threat assessment report entitled ‘Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence of Radicalization and Recruitment‘ in April, 2009. The report claimed that the election of a black president, the economic meltdown, home foreclosures, concerns about impending gun control legislation, illegal immigration, and other factors were likely to drive recruiting into right-wing extremist factions. When challenged about those ‘findings,’ Napolitano was forced to make numerous apologies and her department admitted to a ‘breakdown in internal processes’ in creating the report.”
