John Ensign's Blog

Yesterday, the Department of Homeland Security withdrew the discredited "rightwing extremism" report issued last month.

Senator Ensign describes his effects to object to the report:

A few weeks back, a report was issued by the Department of Homeland Security stating that our servicemen and -women returning from active duty are candidates to commit terrorist attacks. While this is wildly absurd, this report raised some serious red flags about the mission of the Department of Homeland Security. I joined with Senator Coburn this week to send a letter to the Secretary of Homeland Security for further clarification about this report. While a robust intelligence infrastructure is important, the report has no intelligence value and only serves to blur our constitutional protections, such as the Second Amendment. America's returning heroes should not be denied the very Constitutional rights they risk their lives to protect.