April 14, 2009 3:44PM 

# Dust Off Your Tinfoil Hats 

By [Adam B. Schaeffer](https://www.cato.org/people/adam-b-schaeffer) 

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It’s official. Everyone supportive of federalism and/​or upset about taxes, etc., is now [considered](http://images.logicsix.com/DHS_RWE.pdf) a potentially dangerous “rightwing extremist” by Homeland Security.

From [all](http://hotair.com/archives/2009/04/14/the-execrable-dhs-report-on-right-wing-extremism/) [around](http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/apr/14/federal-agency-warns-of-radicals-on-right/) the [web](http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZjIwMTM4YWQyMTdjMDM0OTE0ODI1ZDkwMjMzMTQ5OTU=):

> A footnote attached to the report by the Homeland Security Office of Intelligence and Analysis defines “rightwing extremism in the United States” as including not just racist or hate groups, but also groups that reject federal authority in favor of state or local authority.

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