Report: FDA, Smithsonian, other fed groups gathering war arsenals

[Sanguine]

After riots broke out in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014 following the fatal shooting of a black teen by a white cop, and police responded in tactical combat gear to largely unarmed protesters, many began to question the militarization of America's police forces.

Investigators quickly discovered that the Department of Homeland Security had been providing weapons designed for war to almost any police department, no matter how small, that wanted them.

A new report by American Transparency, a nonpartisan watchdog that compiles data on public expenditures, indicates the militarization of ordinary American life goes well beyond law enforcement and regular citizens.

Their report, titled "The Militarization of America," looked at government expenditures and found that 67 federal agencies during the fiscal years 2006 to 2014 amassed stockpiles of guns, ammunition and military-style equipment to the tune of $1.48 billion...

....Former Senator Tom Coburn, American Transparency's honorary chairman, said he believes non-military federal personnel who should be subject to an assault weapons ban, not the general public.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/report-fda-smithsonian-federal-agencies-stockpiling-military-weapons/

If this weren't CBS and if I hadn't read things along these lines before, I would reject this as kookery.

[INVAR]

What is coming is hiding in plain sight.

But most refuse to see it because that kind of thing "cannot happen here".