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To: FJB who wrote (402900)1/9/2011 10:02:49 AM
From: FJB  Respond to of 793846
 
Report: DHS says shooting suspect 'possibly linked' to anti-Semitic group

By Bridget Johnson - 01/09/11 09:30 AM ET
Jared Lee Loughner, 22, is scheduled to appear in court via video on Sunday, facing counts of killing six.

Fox News reported Sunday morning that an internal Department of Homeland Security memo obtained by the network indicated that suspect Jared Lee Loughner, 22, is "possibly linked" to an anti-Semitic, white supremacist group.

The DHS memo called the group American Renaissance "anti-government, anti-immigration, anti -ZOG (Zionist Occupational Government), anti-Semitic." The information reportedly came as Loughner's computer and personal effects were searched in the shooting investigation.

Giffords, who attends a Reform synagogue in Tucson, is Arizona's first Jewish congresswoman.

The Blue Dog Democrat is pro-gun rights and has worked to get more National Guard troops and Border Patrol agents on the Mexico border.

In August, Giffords called on the Senate to interrupt its summer recess to pass a bill that approves another $600 million for border security.

Loughner posted a series of ramblings on online sites that experts have indicated points to possible psychosis.

He is scheduled to appear in court via video on Sunday, facing counts of killing six, including a federal judge, and wounding 13. He is reportedly not cooperating with law enforcement.

Authorities are searching for a person of interest who may have acted as an accomplice to Loughner, a white male in his 40s or 50s. The Pima County Sheriff's Department released a still from a surveillance video of man being sought.
thehill.com



To: FJB who wrote (402900)1/9/2011 10:19:37 AM
From: ManyMoose  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793846
 
I know nothing about this 'American Renaissance' group. I did not know Giffords was Jewish either, not that it matters.

Since I know nothing about AR, I'm not going to comment on it specifically.

In general, anti-Semitism has no place in our society.