Homeland Security Trains Scouts To Fight Terrorism - DHS is training teenage scouts how to conduct armed raids on terrorists and drug dealers

Terrorist described as “disgruntled Iraq war veteran” in role play

Steve Watson Infowars.net Thursday, May 14, 2009

The Department of Homeland Security is training teenage scouts how to conduct armed raids on terrorists and drug dealers.

In a program which officials have described as “about being a true-blooded American”, boys and girls as young as fourteen are being put through their paces by DHS Border Patrol agents.

The New York Times Reports:

The Explorers program, a coeducational affiliate of the Boy Scouts of America that began 60 years ago, is training thousands of young people in skills used to confront terrorism, illegal immigration and escalating border violence — an intense ratcheting up of one of the group’s longtime missions to prepare youths for more traditional jobs as police officers and firefighters.

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The training, which leaders say is not intended to be applied outside the simulated Explorer setting, can involve chasing down illegal border crossers as well as more dangerous situations that include facing down terrorists and taking out “active shooters,” like those who bring gunfire and death to college campuses.

Some youngsters have described the program as enjoyable due to the fact that they get to shoot guns and learn about discipline.

Eyebrows will be raised over the nature of the role play situation however, due to the fact that in at least one instance the “terrorist” to be neutralized was described as a “disgruntled Iraq war veteran”.

“Put him on his face and put a knee in his back,” a Border Patrol agent explained. “I guarantee that he’ll shut up.”

Given recent concerns over the DHS definition of “right wing extremists” and the agency’s penchant to affiliate veterans, gun owners, Ron Paul supporters and even those who question the mainstream media with terrorists, one wonders exactly who the boy scouts are being trained to target.

The Explorer program also touches close to home with recent concerns regarding President Barack Obama’s promised “civilian national security force”.

“Our end goal is to create more agents,” said April McKee, a senior Border Patrol agent and mentor at the session.

FULL STORY:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/14/us/14explorers.html

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Comment by Jeff on May 14, 2009 at 9:00pm: I agree. There's a general consensus among psychiatrists that those who seek higher public office are typically afflicted with a narcissistic psychological disorder that can be easily identified by a complete lack of empathy and that further, these types of personalities attract one another which is easily seen by the attraction by Bush of Fieth, Woo, Cheney, Addington and others. It's apparent that most of Congress, the House and Senate as well as our current president are all members of this psychologically defective club. The difference with Obama is that he's adept at hiding these flaws by virtue of his intelligence and abilities as a great orator. Sadly, most Americans can't get past their 'American Idol' perspective and 'Fox News' adoration of their current political hero's who are nothing more than good Shakespearean Actors.

Comment by Marklar on May 14, 2009 at 8:03pm: A good test for psychosis as a requirement of public service would empty the government in no time and leave us needing military style recruiting stations to fill all the vacancies with people who are generally too mentally stable to ever want to serve in government.

Until then the horrors, including this kind of rampant child abuse will likely continue.

Comment by Jeff on May 14, 2009 at 5:24pm: We live in a decidedly SICK society and what's most scary is that it is the SICK that are in charge of the rest of us.