Southern Poverty Law Center Intelligence Report and Domestic Terrorism
Heather Fazio, Executive Director of Texans for Accountable Government, addressed commissioners regarding a Southern Poverty Law Center intelligence report referenced by the FBI. Fazio argued the document unfairly categorizes peaceful advocacy groups as domestic terror threats by conflating hate groups with anti-government dissenters. She emphasized her organization's commitment to the Non-Aggression Principle and individual sovereignty while criticizing the expansion of government apparatus.
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00:00 Heather Fazio. Good afternoon, Commissioners and Mr Chairman last time we met you asked for some more information on Urban Shield and I have just obtained the actual contract it's a 43 page contract so I'm going to get this to you and the research that I've done on exercises around the country but today I want to talk about the war on terror shift from domestic violent terrorism abroad to those who dissent against what our government's doing here at home. And specifically, I wanted to talk about the Southern Poverty Law Center's new intelligence report that came out this spring that the FBI has referenced. What they're doing here in this document is lumping in hate groups with anti-government groups
00:51 Texans for Accountable Government, the group that I am the executive director of has made it into this document saying that law enforcement should be on alert for groups like us because of our anti-government views. I don't know if I'm anti government at least not today or tomorrow. I think we have a lot of steps to go before we are in a position to do that but you know You know, I am in favor of deconstructing the apparatus that has grown all around us that is in every facet of our lives. And I think we need to start chipping away at it bit by bit and some may call me an enemy of the state but you know, I'm okay with that because I am working peacefully.
01:33 to non-aggression, to adhere by the Non-Aggression Principle and that I would never initiate force against another. And that's one thing that I really want to convey to you guys That my organization Texans for Accountable Government and myself would never use violent means to obtain our ends ever We would never do that One of the things that they talk about in this document and then the FBI goes on to talk about are those that refer To themselves as sovereign I am sovereign. I wear a necklace every day that says sovereign on it the state they talk about states rights and state sovereignty well The state is only sovereign because the individuals are sovereign, So please remember that when you're hearing these kinds of reports that are coming out
