FBI warns of "lone wolf" Norway-style attacks



(CBS News) Although there is some skepticism to the contrary, it appears the Norway massacre self-confessed perpetrator, Anders Breivik, acted alone.

He was an angry, delusional young man with a murderous bent, and the FBI wants American law enforcement to be aware that there is a possibility of something similar happening here.

In a joint FBI/Department of Homeland Security memo (PDF), it states:

"Small-arms operations could be employed through a range of tactics from a lone offender--as illustrated by the recent 22 July 2011 lone shooter attack that took place in Norway--to a coordinated small-unit attack involving several operatives. Recent lone offender attacks and plots in the United States and abroad illustrate the effectiveness of the small-arms tactic and the need for continued vigilance and awareness of this tactic. Attacks by lone offenders--which by definition lack co-conspirators, and therefore provide fewer opportunities for detection--may be more difficult for law enforcement and homeland security authorities to disrupt."

Examples cited by the memo include the soldier from Fort Hood arrested on July 27 of this year with materials to produce a bomb; The lone gunmen who killed two U.S. Airmen at the Frankfurt, Germany, airport on March 2 of this year; and the Fort Hood shooter, Maj. Nadal Hassan, who killed 12 with two pistols in a late 2009 rampage.

The domestic "Lone Wolf" threat is far from limited to Islamic-linked individuals, too. As reported by "60 Minutes," the "Sovereign Citizens" movement - a loosely knit group that doesn't pay taxes, carry driver's licenses or hold Social Security cards - has shown a violent and sometimes murderous dislike of law enforcement. Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh had only two known co-conspirators...[Full Article]

[Webmaster - Timothy McVeigh...two known co-conspirators! What a joke! The media is priming the pump for another false-flag government sponsored attack.]

DHS Ties Arizona Attack to “Lone Wolf” Terrorism

Kurt Nimmo
Infowars.com
January 11, 2010

The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI sent a bulletin to local law enforcement after Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and others were shot in Arizona last week. The bulletin, issued Saturday night, provided information about “lone wolf” attackers, according to Fox News.

“We have seen an increase in the lone wolf type attacks, which, from a law enforcement and investigation perspective, are the most challenging,” DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano said earlier this year. “Why? Because by definition they’re not conspiring. They’re not using the phones, the computer networks, or any — they’re not talking with others any other way that we might get some inkling about what is being planned.”

Leonard Zeskind, who produced paranoid liberal agitprop attempting to connect the Tea Party to the white nationalist movement, defines the term lone wolf.

The government has characterized Joseph Andrew Stack, John Patrick Bedell, Johnny Lee Wicks, and others as lone wolf attackers. Stack allegedly plowed a small aircraft into an IRS officle building in Austin, Texas. Bedell, described as a mentally ill marijuna user, opened fire outside of the Pentagon in March. Johnny Lee Wicks was killed at federal courthouse in Las Vegas after his Social Security check was reduced.

In 2009, a DHS document, “Right-wing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment,” was leaked to the media. “The possible passage of new restrictions on firearms and the return of military veterans facing significant challenges reintegrating into their communities could lead to the potential emergence of terrorist groups or lone wolf extremists capable of carrying out violent attacks,” the report concludes (emphasis added).

Michael Leiter, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, recently told the Senate Homeland Security Committee that the prospect of lone wolf attacks keep him awake at night, according to the Chicago Tribune. Lee Hamilton, the former chairman of the 9/11 Commission, told the Committee “that the lone wolf terrorist has become a major threat and concern to the country.” Leon Panetta, the current director of the CIA, expressed similar concerns. “It’s the lone wolf strategy that I think we have to pay attention to as the main threat,” he said. The former Senate Majority leader, Harry Reid, also told the Homeland Security Committee that his “greatest concern” is the lone wolf.

Jared Lee Loughner was not associated with a terrorist group. His behavior prior to the attack is that of a mentally ill person, not an ideologically motivated terrorist. In the wake of the attack, the corporate media has attempted to portray him as rightwing and sympathetic to the Tea Party. Following the attack, it was revealed that Loughner is at best a liberal who describes himself as a homosexual. News reports indicate he kept an occult shrine in the back yard of his parent’s home in Tucson.

On Sunday, Fox News reported on a a law enforcement memo based on information provided by DHS attempting to link Loughner to American Renaissance, described as a white supremacist organization that Loughner allegedly mentioned in some of his internet postings.

The latest information released by the Department of Homeland Security reveals that the mega-agency created following the attacks of September 11, 2001, is still attempting to spin the Loughner story and attach political motivation to acts that were clearly carried out by a mentally ill person.

The government and the DHS have loaded the term “lone wolf” with political connotation. It now brings to mind al-Qaeda miscreants in turbans, white supremacists, and anti-tax activists.

Home-Grown, Solo Terrorists As Bad As Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda still aims to strike inside the United States but home-grown or unaffiliated extremists now "pose an equally serious threat," FBI chief Robert Mueller warned US lawmakers Thursday.

"Al Qaeda and its affiliates are still committed to striking us in the United States," Mueller told a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee, pointing to plots to bomb New York City subways and the failed Christmas airline attack.

"Home-grown and lone-wolf extremists pose an equally serious threat," the Federal Bureau of Investigation director said, citing the shootings at the sprawling Fort Hood army base in Texas.

Experts have warned that a "lone wolf" -- an extremist acting alone, without connections to an established network like Al-Qaeda -- may be the most difficult threat for authorities to thwart...