'Apparently, we are at the behest of the SPLC,' FBI staffer wrote about anti-Catholic memo

[rangerrebew]

'Apparently, we are at the behest of the SPLC,' FBI staffer wrote about anti-Catholic memo
Another warned bureau's 'overreliance" on leftist activists is 'problematic'

By
Tyler O'Neil, The Daily Signal

June 4, 2025
 

The FBI Richmond office's notorious anti-Catholic memo reached more staff at the bureau than previously suggested, and some FBI staff were aghast to see it, according to new documents released by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, Tuesday.

The memo urged FBI agents to develop sources and surveil Catholic churches, citing the Southern Poverty Law Center's list of "radical traditional Catholic hate groups." The SPLC's "hate map" plots conservative and Christian groups alongside Ku Klux Klan chapters. While the SPLC claims to be exposing "the infrastructure upholding white supremacy," critics say it uses the map to silence political opponents.

The FBI rushed to rescind the document after a whistleblower leaked it in February 2023. Then-FBI Director Christopher Wray testified in July 2023 that the memo came from "a single product by a single field office, which, as soon as I found out about it, I was aghast and ordered it withdrawn and removed from FBI systems." Yet Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, has claimed Wray may have lied under oath because multiple FBI offices were involved in creating the memo.

https://www.wnd.com/2025/06/apparently-we-are-at-the-behest-of-the-splc-fbi-staffer-wrote-about-anti-catholic-memo/

[Mod2]

Moved to Politics.

[Smokin Joe]

The SPLC has been 'defining' terrorists and extremists for the Feds at least since Clinton was POTUS.


Imagine having people politically diametrically opposed to you telling tales in the halls of power, defining you as
the enemy'.

That's what's been going on for some time. The SPLC has found the occasional threat on the Left, but looks harder at the Right.

[Timber Rattler]

The SPLC has found the occasional threat on the Left, but looks harder at the Right.

And just makes up crap to keep the $$$$$ flowing.

[mountaineer]

SPLC has added Focus on the Family to its list of "hate groups." Freakin insane.

Focus on the Family’s Jim Daly rejects SPLC ‘hate group’ label: ‘This isn’t hate, it’s the love of Christ’
By Jasmine Baehr Fox News
Published June 4, 2025 7:17pm EDT

In a wide-ranging exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, Focus on the Family President Jim Daly responded to the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) recent decision to classify his organization as a "hate group," calling the label "discouraging," "dangerous," and a reflection of "what’s wrong with the culture right now."

Focus on the Family, a Colorado-based nonprofit founded in 1977 by Dr. James Dobson, is one of the most visible Christian ministries in the United States, offering counseling, crisis intervention, parenting resources, foster care support, and more. ...

But now, the nonprofit finds itself added to a controversial SPLC list typically associated with white supremacists and violent extremists.

"Southern Poverty Law Center made the decision in some kind of criteria that they, and only they know, and that is to put us on the hate list," Daly said. "I think, again, it exemplifies what's wrong with the culture right now—that we can't have differing opinions on things."

At the core of the SPLC’s issue is Focus’s belief in traditional marriage. Daly was direct: "Our Christian tradition is marriage between one man and one woman, and that's what we believe and we believe we can advocate for that." ...

[GtHawk]

 🤔 Has the SPLC placed Islam on the their hate list, after all they not only believe that marriage is only between a female child and a man, they believe homosexuals should be killed….in the most barbaric ways possible.

[Fishrrman]

If you're on one of the SPLC's "hate lists", consider it a feather in your cap.
You've got "credentials"...