Speaking today at a law enforcement conference in West Bloomfield, FBI Special Agent Todd Mayberry, the head of “counter-terrorism” operations inside Michigan, insisted that there are no known active Hezbollah training camps in metro Detroit.
Though there doesn’t seem to have been any good reason to imagine this was the case in the first place, a number of hysterical rumor campaigns relating to metro Detroit’s significant Lebanese-American minority had many convinced that Hezbollah was around every corner, and had local law enforcement concerned that they could strike if or when Israel decides to attack Iran.
Despite the hysteria, Mayberry said that there is “no specific threat to the Jewish community here in Michigan,” but insisted that the number of Michigan Internet users visiting radical websites is “staggering.”
When pressed, Mayberry conceded that there was possibly some Hezbollah support among Muslims in metro Detroit, saying that some see them “as freedom fighters and as charitable.” Of course Hezbollah does have an active charity wing, but it isn’t engaged in any specific fighting at present and is part of the ruling coalition in Lebanon.
Mayberry went on to warn Americans against saying anything positive about Hezbollah in public or private. Saying if you “preach in your mosque or in your home” that Hezbollah is good “you’re going to get a case opened.”
“Everybody has their opinion… it’s a free country up to a point,” Mayberry added, saying that the FBI was committed to moving against anyone believed to be supporting Hezbollah.
Mayberry thinks America is "a free country up to a point?" Oh roaring bullsh*t! America is a free country up to and including the Bill of Rights. Stupid ass! Up with Hizbullah! Yeah I said it, so what?
Besides, anyone in the know KNOWS that Hizbullah is active in Compton. Mayberry must be the FBI poster child for doofus.
"Free country up to a point"? Huh, interesting. And what point would that be? What ever point Aprilberry wants it to be? Up to 9/11/01? Up to the point where you start saying things FBI zombies don't like? If this is the government position, it'd be good to know what point that is, lest we all end up with files opened and in some dark private prison for no reason. But then maybe that's just what the government and it's minions want.
Ultimately, it is up to the people to decide how free the country is. It is not up to the government.
The people decide what the government wants them to decide. All they needed was just one boogeyman to change the whole society.
I hate to ask how many millions of our tax payer dollars the FBI spent in reaching this rather obvious conclusion. Next up, a multi million dollar task force to decide that there are no Martians in LA.
Like every federal law enforcement official, agent Mayberry took an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States. The First Amendment of that Constitution unquestionably protects the right of every person to free speech; and the Supreme Court has issued numerous decisions holding that the advocacy of unpopular or even despicable views is protected First Amendment speech. Agent Mayberry is clearly violating his oath of office and should be fired immediately.
"Michigan Internet users visiting radical websites"
stormfront or antiwar?
Does that include visiting a Likud Party site? Just askin'…
Hezbollah is good. and i support them.
Sounds to me like they are very afraid of Hezbollah. If you say anything in your "home"? is this guy a communist?
If the number of michigan internet users visiting radial websites is staggering then maybe the fbi has classified to many websites as radical. For instance, they probably have classified this website, antiwar.com , as radical!
In a tyranny the people are afraid of the government. In a democracy the government is afraid of the people – Thomas Jefferson
I support every one of the peaceful works Hezbollah undertakes for the Lebanese people and every peaceful program it operates for those in the international community. I support every lawful action Hezbollah undertakes in order to protect Lebanon and the Lebanese people from Israeli aggression.
This guy must think Americans are totally stupid. Hezbollah has no beef with the US, only with Israel and its ceaseless attempts to steal Lebanese territory and resources.
Regardless of who did 9/11, Osama was quoted in the US media to have said, and I’m paraphrasing as good as I can, that he will do something to create fear in the Americans, no matter where they may be, so that they would always have to look over their shoulders in fear.
It so appears that the SOB was right: we’re still taking our shoes off at the airports, FBI looks for terrorist in Detroit, Panetta does the same in South America, and FBI is killing the terrorists (allegedly) in Yemen, etc., etc.
I like the part about not expressing your opinion in your home. It reminds me of the stories my grandparents tell of life under dictatorships in the Middle East. Every home has a portrait of the president and no one dares speak a word against the government…lest someone be eavesdropping outside your window.
Idiot.
But this does go a long way to show just how far TPTB are willing to go to detect and eliminate any threat that may be posed against God's Favorites, the Chosenites.
Makes me sick actually to know that by dint of birth, not by word or deed, that some people are considered just MORE important and worthy than others, including me.
On the lighter side, I hear Metro Detroit resembles Beirut after the Israeli bombing and occupation
"I hear Metro Detroit resembles Beirut after the Israeli bombing and occupation" ……………………….
That is a TOTAL LIE ML3………….. Detroit resembles Hiroshima "after the American bombing and occupation" waay more than Beirut….. There are miles and miles of barren ground where industries and commerce once thrived cheek by jowl…………..now a wasteland
Am I supporting them when (or if) I was to send them jock straps… You know athletic supporters…???
Can I support them surrendering to the IDF….??? Can I support their right to freedom of choice..?? Freedom of religion…??? Lets call it selective support, You ask me and I will tell you whether or not I would support them in a specific endeavor, yes or no……….. or maybe exercise some of my constitutional rights…. I ain't sending them no money, if anything maybe just some dice and dolls….. Would it constitute support if one believes in voodo……..gambling…??? How about supporting them exercising fairness and justice, does the law allow for fairness and/or justice…??? As usual the devil is in deez details…..
Upon further reflection…… Perhaps someone in the legal "know" should " get a case opened” concerning "public officials" and government employes who "openly and willfully denounce our our constitutional rights….
MvGuy,
They’ll throw your case out because you don’t have any standing. The guy was merely talking from his stomach!
Regardless of who did 9/11, Bin Ladin was quoted in the US media to have said, and I’m paraphrasing as good as I can, that he will do something to create fear in the Americans, no matter where they may be, so that they would always have to look over their shoulders in fear.
It so appears that the SOB was right: we’re still taking our shoes off at the airports, FBI looks for terrorist in Detroit, Panetta does the same in South America, and FBI is killing the terrorists (allegedly) in Yemen, etc., etc.
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