The Importance of Veterans in the Far Right Movement

In 2009, the Department of Homeland Security issued a report to notify law enforcement agencies about the potential for more far-right threats. Veterans are useful to these groups because they bring weapons expertise and munitions training that they can use to escalate violence among white power activists. The political backlash was so bad that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano had to make a public apology. A new militia group formed that would become incredibly consequential in the far right movement.