They've been applying the same labels for decades based on the same imagery and symbols. Go [bleep] yourself.
Uhhh, not the same as finding a file that labels Mike Glover a domestic terrorist.
You dumb fugk.
Dipshit, it doesn't label Mike Glover or his group a domestic terrorist. Did you even [bleep] read it? No, you're illiterate.
What it actually says, "Symbols..SOME MVE's may self-identify with: American Contingency: mainstream militia, nationwide; mostly online activity with a low history of violence".
Reading comprehension isn't your strong suite, numbnuts. Words mean things. Glover nor his organization was called a terrorist. It said some MVEs may identify with the group.
I haven't been following this but the image of the document refers to several organizations as militia networks. To me, the key is what the term "militia network" means within the FBI. If they use that as shorthand for domestic terrorists, then it's clear that they've included Glover's organization as alleged domestic terrorists. It's obviously not the same as when the State Department designates a group as a foreign terrorist organization or when the Treasury Department labels someone or something an SDN, as those designations give rise to a host of government action, like sanctions or criminal charges.
If you go back about 20 years, you'll find a document from the FBI labeled "Project Megiddo" (
https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/lps3578/www.fbi.gov/library/megiddo/megiddo.pdf), where the FBI started to prepare for domestic unrest in connection with Y2K. The title page states that it is an assessment of domestic terror groups and includes, in its listing of such groups, militias.
So while the FBI didn't explicitly name Glover's organization as a domestic terror group in the image that was posted, it pretty clearly implied the same, based on how it appears to use the term militia network internally.
Would I go to court with this kind of evidence on its own? No, but if I thought that there were internal FBI documents and discussions behind that one image that would show that the use of the "militia network" label is tantamount to designation as a domestic terror organization, I'd definitely go to court to get to discovery and depositions that could confirm the theory and then sue for all sorts of things like defamation, violation of First Amendment rights, etc.
