Hundreds of Members of Extremist Group Oath Keepers Worked for U.S. Department of Homeland Security,

[UpInArms]

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Hundreds of Members of Extremist Group Oath Keepers Worked for U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Leaked Roster Shows

More than 300 people identifying themselves as current or former employees of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or affiliated agencies appeared on an internal roster of the Oath Keepers, a right-wing anti-government group whose leader has been convicted of sedition.

Among them is a man identifying himself as a “20 year Special Agent” with the U.S. Secret Service who worked security for two presidents, a person who said he was a “Current Supervisory Border Patrol Agent,” and one who described himself as an IT employee at the headquarters of the Transportation Security Administration.

The Oath Keepers roster analyzed by OCCRP and its reporting partner, the Project on Government Oversight (POGO), shows that 306 dues-paying Oath Keepers members listed themselves as affiliated with DHS, including 21 who said they were working for the agency at the time their names were added.

One hundred eighty-four identified themselves as having served in the Coast Guard, 67 as having worked in DHS itself, 40 at Customs and Border Protection or the Border Patrol, 11 at Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and seven at the U.S. Secret Service, the agency charged with protecting the president, vice president, and visiting heads of state.

The new revelations are troubling, said Rep. Bennie Thompson, a Democratic congressman who chairs the House Homeland Security Committee.

“Extremism within our government is always alarming, but even more so in a department with a law enforcement and national security nexus like DHS,” said Thompson, who is also heading the U.S. House’s investigation into the January 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

… more at:

https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/hundreds-of-members-of-extremist-group-oath-keepers-worked-for-us-department-of-homeland-security-leaked-roster-shows

[gratuitous]

1. We got to see them up close and personal in Portland during the summer of 2020

Their goon squad tactics were a dead giveaway.

[TheBlackAdder]

2. While the fox is monitoring the henhouse, who is monitoring the fox? Sounds like internal grooming.

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Then again DHS probably attracts some of that element.

I bet there's either back-channel messages or separate message boards being used for grooming.

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[grumpyduck]

5. "Then again DHS probably attracts some of that element."

You beat me to it.

[housecat]

6. Why am I not surprised?

[global1]

3. Well This Is Comforting Information ..... NOT......nt

[Andy823]

4. Well if the got a roster

an internal roster of the Oath Keepers, it should be easy to keep track of them.

[Dave says]

8. This is just 1 of several extremist groups

If the Oathkeepers are there, I suspect the other groups are, too. It helps explain why we haven't had justice yet. Our security and probably justice organizations are infiltrated.

[Mopar151]

7. Like a 1%er MC (outlaw motorcycle club)

Hangarounds and wannabees are more dangerous than a "patchholder". Prospects tend to be extra volatile, to "show class" in front of "the brothers".

[WhiskeyGrinder]

9. Unreformable. Abolish it all.