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A mission revised

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divdivdivblockquoteThere is one major difference, however, between our initial focus and our operation of today. It is a difference born of a combination of experience, investigative insight, and the more visible actions of opponents to our security and freedoms. It is our broadened investigative focus of every individual or group who threatens our security and way of life, whether through terrorism or tyranny. Failure to address the former illustrates a lack of credibility. Failure to address the latter exhibits a lack integrity. Failure to address both will lead to the ultimate destruction of our country. We are committed to addressing all. Buckle up and stay tuned. em Douglas J. HagmannemblockquotestrongThe birth of an organizationstrongimg classalignleft srchttphomelandsecurityus.comwpcontentuploads201012Picture14225x300.jpg alt width225 height300 strongstrongIn the immediate aftermath of the 2001 attacks on America, nearly a dozen career investigators located throughout the United States joined together to proactively search for existing threats to the U.S. Individually and collectively, we were affected by the events of that day and in the days that immediately followed, having lost family members, friends or professional colleagues by these murderous attacks or in the subsequent rescue and recovery efforts.We were united in not only grief, but in resolve to do anything and everything in our power to protect our nation, our communities, our friends and loved ones from further death and destruction to the best extent of our abilities. Our group ultimately became known as the Northeast Intelligence Network, a name adopted by our organization based in part on the geographical concentration of investigators in the northeast portion of the U.S.As a result of an initial conference involving all members of the Northeast Intelligence Network, I was selected to be the spokesperson and primary contact for our organization. Some investigators, due to their roles in undercover assignments in the private sector and in their capacity as commissioned law enforcement officers, are legitimately required to remain anonymous.As we became more well known inside and beyond law enforcement and intelligence circles, other individuals became involved as volunteer assets, allowing us to expand into military and other areas of intelligence. All such individuals have been thoroughly vetted and provided their bona fides for verification.Immediately following the establishment of our organization, we provided the U.S. Department of Justice an outline of our organization, our intended course of action, and complete dossiers of our members. In early 2002, we received specific instructions from the USDOJ on the channels to be used to furnish both critical and noncritical information regarding terrorist threats.Although many of those channels remain active and operational today, we have successfully cultivated other channels to assure that the recipients of our information are truly committed to preserving the security, sovereignty and safety of our nation. The significance of this will become clear.strongInitial focus amp activitiesstrongAlthough all of us were aware of the threat posed by Islamic terrorism well before September 2001, we were shocked by our initial findings relative to the scope and severity of the threat that existed already inside of the U.S. We discovered what professional intelligence analysts, most in the private sector, had known for some time Islamic terrorists, their sympathizers and supporters were exploiting our laws and religious freedoms to wage war against us. They were freely using the Internet to recruit, motivate and train terrorists and terrorist sympathizers domestically and abroad to not only physically carry out additional terrorist attacks to murder and maim innocent civilians, but to infiltrate all aspects and all levels of our own government and other Western governments. In addition to those individuals and groups committed to attacking us with bombs and bullets, there exists a covert network of supporters and sympathizers, many who were and are posing as Muslim moderates.Between 1 October 2001 through the early spring of 2002, the Northeast Intelligence Network operated without public interaction. As a result of our findings relative to the extent of the threat we faced, the level of infiltration we found, and what we perceived as the various degrees of compromise of numerous federal agencies, we opted to create an informational web site to provide the public with our investigative results.Collectively we felt that this would have a twofold purpose. First, it would serve as an informational and perhaps and educational outlet for timg classalignright srchttphomelandsecurityus.comwpcontentuploads201012berg1.jpg alt width240 height184 he public, illustrating the extent of the threats we were observing. Secondly, it would serve as an informal method of accountability with regard to the general information we provided to federal authorities. With regard to the former, we were the first agency to post the actual videos of Muslim terrorists beheading their captors.Amid a flurry of national controversy, we did this to illustrate the savage nature of those who declared war against us at a time when the corporate media was just beginning to downplay these despicable acts. Based on the many thousands of emails we received about showing the full video a idKonaLink2 hrefhttphomelandsecurityus.com targetundefinedspan stylecolor blueclipsspana of the beheadings, one thing became clear the majority of the public was unaware of the evil and barbaric savagery of Islamic terrorism.Over the years, we have investigated numerous suspicious incidents, identified, translated and submitted numerous Internet postings of known and suspected terrorists, received countless tips, conducted numerous field investigations and provided volumes of a idKonaLink3 hrefhttphomelandsecurityus.com targetundefinedspan stylecolor bluedocumentsspana to a variety of federal agencies. In a venue where feedback is never requested or expected, we were surprised by receiving brief acknowledgements that some of the data we provided indeed changed the course of certain events. That feedback came from those with boots on the ground who actually responded to such information. We are very thankful for these heroic and patriotic men and women of law enforcement, who understand and abide by the U.S. Constitution, for their a idKonaLink4 hrefhttphomelandsecurityus.com targetundefinedspan stylecolor blueactionsspana in keeping our nation truly safe.It is therefore interesting that it has been some of these very same people who have admitted that despite their best efforts and the authenticated veracity of some of the information we have provided, they have been waved off certain cases. Followup and further scrutiny found no legitimate purpose behind such instruction. Obviously, one must ask whyFurthermore, we have documented instances of a hrefhttphomelandsecurityus.comspecialinvestigativereportsmuslimterroristtrainingcampsinnorthamerica targetblankparamilitary style training taking place inside the U.S.a Our documentation has even been cited in books, investigative articles, and even government published reports. As a result of exposing such activity, we have received numerous threats by Islamic terrorists, including one particularly high profile Pakistani sheikh who was involved in the kidnapping and murder of Daniel Pearl. Yet these well documented activities that are obviously contrary to our national security have been allowed to continue unfettered. Again, one must ask whystrongGrowing forwardstrongThe Irish poet and dramatist Oscar Wilde wrote strongemthe pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.emstrongimg classalignleft srchttphomelandsecurityus.comwpcontentuploads201012TRUTH.jpg alt width170 height47 As investigators, we have always been committed to seeking the truth, regardless of where that path to the truth might lead. That tactic was often the cause of much frustration, as we began to notice that certain truths were handled differently than others. As in all types of thorough and truly independent investigations, sometimes revealing the truth is inconvenient, embarrassing, and downright messy. This is particularly relevant when political agendas influence and even corrupt the letter and spirit of our Constitution, the laws of our founders.Currently, there are numerous other intelligence and a idKonaLink5 hrefhttphomelandsecurityus.com targetundefinedspan stylecolor bluesecurity webspana sites that report strictly on Islamic terrorism as a standalone threat to our society. These sites are often integrated and utilized by the highest levels of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Our incidental interaction with these sites and the agencies behind them found very little distinction between the information they are publicly providing to the public and the official version being provided by the actual government agencies. We have been troubled by this contrived consistency, especially as it moves farther from fact and truth.There are also other web sites that offer information about the of Islamic terror threats, and provide commentaries and editorials that present such threats through the single lens of one political party or the other. They often elevate one party over another, one politician over another, or in some instances, deliver their message in a shrill, derogatory and sometimes profane fashion. Their messages appear to become marginalized by their methods or allegiances.Specific reference to both types of sites is made here as we believe that they tend to shy away from issues that involve negligence or even complicity with respect to the Islamic terror threat. In both cases, there seems to be a reluctance to present Islamic terrorism as only one single component to the growing variety of threats facing our great country.It is our collective view that both types of sites are perilously myopic if not disingenuous to truth. The whole truth.As of December 2010, I am pleased to report that all of the investigators who initially established the core of our network remain active today. All continue to bring to this organization a wealth of professional experience in different real world areas of expertise, from tracking criminal and terrorist activities in cyberspace to excelling in various other investigative disciplines. We remain deeply committed to identifying threats to us as a country and to the freedom of West.There is one major difference, however, between our initial focus and our operation of today. It is a difference born of a combination of experience, investigative insight, and the more visible actions of opponents to our security and freedoms. It is our broadened investigative focus of every individual or group who threatens our security and way of life, whether through terrorism or tyranny. Failure to address the former illustrates a lack of credibility. Failure to address the latter exhibits a lack integrity. Failure to address both will lead to the ultimate destruction of our country.We are committed to addressing all. Buckle up and stay tuned.divdivdiv