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A couple of months ago the DHS issued a report to law enforcement agencies warning them of the possiblity of right-wing extremist activites. This was met with great indignation from many conservatives, and treated it as an attack on their ideology.

Limabugh said this: "This is the Democrat Party Department of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano put this together. There is not one instance they can cite as evidence where any of these right-wing groups have done anything." And this: "Conservatives are the biggest threat to America. That's the message coming out of Washington from Obama and Janet Napolitano. "

And Glen Beck said this: "Most statements by rightwing extremists have been rhetorical, expressing concerns about the election of the first African‑American president but stopping short of calls for violent action."

This from James Dobson: "They're making a big deal out of something that hasn't happened and may not happen... They're trying to create an issue out of what to this point is a non-issue and I think for political purposes.”

MIchelle Malkin: "The “report” was one of the most embarrassingly shoddy pieces of propaganda I’d ever read out of DHS. I couldn’t believe it was real." And: "By contrast, the piece of crap report issued on April 7 is a sweeping indictment of conservatives. And the intent is clear. "

Since Obama was elected there has been an uptick in violence from right wing extremist. There were a series of racially motivated beatings in california that began right after the election. Last month an abortion doctor was murdered, and yesterday a white-supremacist shot and killed a security gaurd at the holocost museum.

Given these recent events, would you say that the report was accurate in describing these warnings and the DHS was doing what it is supposed to do?

Or do you think the conservative talking heads were right in saying it was just an attack on all conservatives and their ideology, and the threat was not real?