{"id":2441741,"date":"2025-06-02T11:20:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T15:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tulsi-gabbard-declassifies-biden-era-doc-this-is-how-they-labeled-americans-who-opposed-covid-mandates\/"},"modified":"2025-06-02T11:25:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T15:25:17","slug":"tulsi-gabbard-declassifies-biden-era-doc-this-is-how-they-labeled-americans-who-opposed-covid-mandates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tulsi-gabbard-declassifies-biden-era-doc-this-is-how-they-labeled-americans-who-opposed-covid-mandates\/","title":{"rendered":"Tulsi Gabbard Declassifies Biden-Era Doc: This Is How They Labeled Americans Who Opposed COVID Mandates"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftulsi-gabbard-declassifies-biden-era-doc-this-is-how-they-labeled-americans-who-opposed-covid-mandates%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2441741&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the controversial labeling by the Biden management of individuals opposing COVID-19 vaccine mandates adn lockdowns as &#8220;Domestic Violent Extremists.&#8221; this outlook was made public through two reports declassified by Tulsi Gabbard, the Director of National Intelligence.The reports, highlighted by journalist Michael Shellenberger, illustrate how the past administration perceived dissenting opinions on COVID-19 policies as threats, leading to investigations and potential surveillance by the FBI. <\/p>\n<p>Gabbard emphasized that this characterization undermines constitutional rights and politicizes national security. The documents indicate that some individuals motivated by various grievances, including COVID-19 mandates, plotted violent actions against government and healthcare officials. They <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-calls-into-question-methods-used-by-fox-news-poll-after-it-makes-headlines-trash\/\" title=\"Trump Criticizes Fox News Poll Methodology, Labels It &#039;Trash&#039; After It Gains Attention\">reflect broader narratives<\/a> around COVID-19, painting dissenters as extremists and possibly encouraging violent responses to government actions. The article urges readers to recognize the implications of such labeling and to consider who might genuinely pose a threat to democratic freedoms.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Are you a &ldquo;Domestic Violent Extremist?&rdquo; If you were opposed to COVID-19 lockdown procedures or vaccine mandates, that&rsquo;s how President Joe Biden&rsquo;s administration viewed you.<\/p>\n<p>You may not have noticed it, but last Wednesday, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard put online two reports that demonstrated the lengths the past administration would go to label those who didn&rsquo;t go along with their policies as not just problematic but threats.<\/p>\n<p>Gabbard posted the documents to her X account after journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fbi-agent-didnt-know-supposed-lie-confirmed-biden-laptop-real-call-twitter-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Shellenberger<\/a> did a deeper dive into the documents: &ldquo;The idea that the Biden administration viewed millions of Americans as a terrorist threat sounds like a conspiracy theory, but it&rsquo;s not. Newly declassified documents show that in December 2021, the FBI and DHS labeled opponents of Covid mandates &lsquo;Domestic Violent Extremists,&#8217;&rdquo; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Gabbard quote-posted him with two of the most damning documents.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As Director of National Intelligence, I promised to root out and expose the politicization of intelligence,&rdquo; she wrote.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I recently declassified two reports that show how the Biden administration labeled Americans who disagreed with their policies as potential &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-says-biggest-domestic-terror-threats-in-2021-are-violent-extremists-motivated-by-race-or-anti-authority-views\/\" title=\"... Says Biggest Domestic Terror ...s in 2021 Are Violent ... Motivated by Race or Anti-Authority Views\">domestic violent extremists<\/a>,&rsquo; which was often followed by FBI investigations, surveillance, and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >government-directed social media censorship<\/a>. &nbsp;This is a classic ploy to politicize intelligence and the national security state against the American people, undermining our Constitutionally-guaranteed rights and freedoms.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">As Director of National Intelligence, I promised to root out and expose the politicization of intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>I recently declassified two reports that show how the Biden administration labeled Americans who disagreed with their policies as potential &ldquo;domestic violent extremists,&rdquo;&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Fh3TQaS60N\">https:\/\/t.co\/Fh3TQaS60N<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BOarowktQa\">pic.twitter.com\/BOarowktQa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; DNI Tulsi Gabbard (@DNIGabbard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DNIGabbard\/status\/1927892793973723294?\">May 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The first document was from the National Counterterrorism Center Current; the second was a &ldquo;Special Analysis&rdquo; by a Joint Analytic Cell authored by the NCTC, the Department of Homeland Security, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fbi-issues-response-twitter-files-bombshells-takes-aim-conspiracy-theorists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the FBI<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The first document &ldquo;assess[ed] that some domestic violent extremists (DVEs) and their foreign analogues will threaten or mobilize to violence in opposition to new or expanding COVID-19-related mandates. In 2020, DVEs threatened or plotted violence against the healthcare sector and state and local government officials.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Since the advent of COVID-19 vaccines, DVEs have expanded their potential target set to include federal government officials, healthcare workers, or others who enforce vaccination mandates or participate in vaccination efforts,&rdquo; including &ldquo;at least a handful of identified antigovernment or antiauthority violent extremists (AGAAVEs) &mdash; specifically militia violent extremists (MVEs) &mdash; characterize COVID-19 vaccination and mask mandates as evidence of government overreach.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>This all sounds particularly menacing until you realize that this is the same administration that saw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fbi-targeting-catholics-went-beyond-single-office-redacted-documents-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">threats in Roman Catholics who were too serious about their religion<\/a> (except for &ldquo;devout Catholic&rdquo; Joe Biden, naturally) and parents who took the slightest bit of interest in their child&rsquo;s education and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/parents-group-speaks-reportedly-targeted-fbi-merrick-garland-terrorist-threats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">umbrage at the state shoving propaganda down their throats<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A range of narratives about COVID-19 have resonated with MVEs, RMVEs, and DVEs motivated by QAnon, compounding the view that COVID-19 mandates justify violent responses,&rdquo; the fuller declassified document, as posted by Shellenberger, stated. &ldquo;Prominent narratives include the belief that COVID-19 vaccines are unsafe, especially for children, are part of a government or global conspiracy to deprive individuals of their civil liberties and livelihoods, or are designed to start a new social or political order.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Document #1 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nWbYBsWoJ4\">pic.twitter.com\/nWbYBsWoJ4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shellenberger\/status\/1925902795951009881?\">May 23, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>All this is missing in its febrile intensity is a quote from Jim Garrison saying that in frame 232 of the Zapruder film, you can see an unmasked, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-jets-aaron-rodgers-shows-support-unvaccinated-tennis-star-novak-djokovic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unvaccinated<\/a> QAnon believer on the grassy knoll turn and shoot John F. Kennedy.<\/p>\n<p>The second document stated that &ldquo;[a]n overlapping set of sociopolitical grievances spurred domestic violent extremists (DVE) to plot attacks during 2021, fomenting a sustained threat of violence to the public and to democratic institutions, and events in 2022 will probably further exacerbate DVE activity. Adherents of several DVE ideologies continued to converge around anger at government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, immigration, and perceived election fraud &mdash; along with evolving conspiracy theories &mdash; thus increasing the likelihood that violent extremist messaging or an attack would encourage other DVEs to take action.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>And you won&rsquo;t, again, believe, what this includes: &ldquo;New COVID-19 mitigation measures &mdash; particularly mandates or endorsements of vaccines for school-age children &mdash; will probably spur plotting against the government, health care, or education sectors,&rdquo; the document continued.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Document 2 (of 2) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qfFzEStLCj\">pic.twitter.com\/qfFzEStLCj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shellenberger\/status\/1925903072154247615?\">May 23, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Instead, it&rsquo;s worth noting that the institution, which tried to use force to spur compliance with their view on the COVID-19 pandemic &mdash; a view <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bhattacharya-just-confirmed-nih-director-banned-twitter-covid-truth-telling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">widely discredited<\/a> at this point from all angles, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/deleted-gop-docs-reveal-exact-moment-experts-suspected-covid-lab-leak-instead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">it&rsquo;s worth noting<\/a> &mdash; was the U.S. government, with mandates for vaccines that didn&rsquo;t fully prevent the virus like originally advertised, mask mandates that didn&rsquo;t work, school closures which hobbled our children&rsquo;s educational future, and silencing of anyone who disagreed through deplatforming or censorship.<\/p>\n<p>But you, as DNI Director Gabbard is reminding us, were the ones they viewed as an existential threat to the country as we were suffering the effects of their incompetence and oppressive tactics. 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If you opposed COVID-19 lockdowns or vaccine mandates, that&#8217;s how President Joe Biden&#8217;s administration perceived you. You might have missed it, but last Wednesday, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard shared two reports online that reveal the extent to which the previous administration sought to categorize dissenters as threats rather than just opponents. Gabbard posted these documents on her X account after journalist Michael Shellenberger examined them closely: &#8220;The notion that the Biden administration viewed millions of Americans as terrorist threats may sound like a conspiracy theory, but it&#8217;s not. Newly declassified documents indicate that in December 2021, the FBI and DHS classified those opposing COVID mandates as &#8216;Domestic Violent Extremists,'&#8221; he stated. Gabbard highlighted this by sharing two particularly incriminating documents. &#8220;As Director of National Intelligence, I committed to uncovering and exposing the politicization of intelligence,&#8221; she remarked.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I recently declassified two reports showing how the Biden administration labeled Americans who disagreed with their policies as potential &#8216;domestic violent extremists,&#8217; often leading to FBI investigations, surveillance, and government-directed social media censorship. This is a classic tactic used to politicize intelligence against American citizens and undermine our Constitutionally-protected rights,&#8221; she continued.<\/p>\n<p>The first document originated from the National Counterterrorism Center Current; the second was a &#8220;Special Analysis&#8221; produced by a Joint Analytic Cell involving NCTC, DHS, and FBI collaboration. The initial report assessed that some domestic violent extremists (DVEs) would threaten or resort to violence against new or expanding COVID-19-related mandates. In 2020 alone, DVEs had threatened violence against healthcare workers and local officials.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Since vaccines became available for COVID-19,&#8221; it noted further risks posed by DVEs targeting federal officials enforcing vaccination mandates or participating in vaccination efforts-specifically mentioning militia groups viewing such measures as government overreach.<\/p>\n<p>This alarming narrative is compounded when considering this same administration identified serious Roman Catholics (except for &#8220;devout Catholic&#8221; Joe Biden) and concerned parents engaged in their children&#8217;s education as potential threats.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A variety of narratives surrounding COVID-19 have resonated with MVEs (militia violent extremists), RMVEs (racially motivated violent extremists), and DVEs influenced by QAnon beliefs-leading them to view vaccine mandates as justification for violence,&#8221; stated Shellenberger&#8217;s detailed document release.<\/p>\n<p>The second report indicated an interconnected set of sociopolitical grievances driving domestic violent extremists toward plotting attacks throughout 2021-a trend likely exacerbated in subsequent years due to anger over governmental responses related not only to COVID-19 but also immigration issues and perceived election fraud alongside evolving conspiracy theories.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s crucial to note that while these institutions attempted coercive compliance regarding their views on handling COVID-19-a perspective now widely discredited-the U.S. government enforced vaccine mandates that didn&#8217;t fully prevent transmission nor were they effective mask requirements; school closures severely impacted children&#8217;s education; dissenters faced deplatforming or censorship tactics instead of open dialogue.<br \/>\nAs DNI Director Gabbard reminds us: those who questioned authority during this period were seen as existential threats amid governmental incompetence-an important lesson we must remember about who truly poses risks today<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2441742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Tulsi-Gabbard.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3620,56368,21851,37690],"class_list":["post-2441741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-biden","tag-covid-mandates","tag-declassification","tag-tulsi-gabbard"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Tulsi-Gabbard.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2441741"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2441745,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441741\/revisions\/2441745"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2441742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2441741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2441741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2441741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}