HDNet World Report: Is the Militia Movement a Threat to National Security?

'The Resurgence of the American Militia' airs on HDNet Tuesday, October 6 at
9:00 p.m. ET

DALLAS, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- This Tuesday, HDNet World Report marches into
a shadowy movement on the rise: that of militiamen looking for a second
America Revolution.

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A recent study estimates that more than fifty new militia training groups have
sprung up in less than two years. These militias are considered by some to be
the greatest threat of domestic terrorism today.

These groups say that they will take up arms to defend themselves; defending
against a government that they say has gotten too strong and is threatening
the essence of the American republic. Some are even saying the time for a
second revolution is now: "[We] are on the rise... revolution is at hand,"
proclaims an Ohio militiaman.

World Report Correspondent Carol McKinley gives a rare look inside the militia
movement, interviewing members and accompanying them on their military
training.

Not all militias are the same, she reports - some are radicalized and claim to
be ready to fight, now. Others say they are only preparing for the day that
they are forced to fight, and that the extremists give all militias a bad
name: "It concerns me the image they're putting forth. It terrifies me that
somebody is gonna do something stupid, which is gonna cause a clampdown on
everybody," says Mike Lackamore, a leader of the Southeast Michigan Volunteer
Militia.

McKinley also reports that the Federal government is increasingly concerned
about the possible threat from homegrown militias, and a report from the
Department of Homeland Security warns that current economic conditions "could
create a fertile recruiting environment for right wing extremists and even
result in confrontations between such groups and government authorities
similar to those in the past." These modern day militias say that they're
looking for peace before bloodshed, but they're prepared for either one.

HDNet World Report - "The Resurgence of the American Militia" premieres on
HDNet, Tuesday, October 6 at 9:00 p.m. ET with a re-air midnight ET to
accommodate West Coast Prime Time.

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