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4 Homeland Security Rev. 173 (2010)
Patriotic Enemies of the State: A Cross-Case Comparison of the Christian Patriot Movement and the 1920s Ku Klux Klan

handle is hein.journals/homlndsr4 and id is 179 raw text is: The Homeland Security Review, Vol. 4, No. 3 (Fall 2010). Patriotic Enemies of the State: A Cross-Case Comparison of the Christian Patriot Movement and the 1920s Ku Klux Klan* BY PAUL D. BRISTERt Largely overlooked in the modern war on terrorism, the United States is home to a loose affiliation of armed groups united by a desire to topple the American government. This convoluted web of overlap- ping ideologies is most commonly referred to as the Christian Patriot movement (or Patriot movement for short). An ever-shifting network of white supremacists, neo-Nazis, survivalists, militia members, and sovereign citizens, the Patriots should be recognized as a prevalent threat to domestic security. The movement - which blossomed during the 1980s and spawned the likes of Timothy McVeigh - has witnessed a dramatic upsurge in both strength and size in recent years. The tre- mendous popularity of right-leaning talk and radio talkshows' com- bined with the general backlash over programs instituted during the Obama Administration have policy makers and watchdog groups an- ticipating yet another surge in right wing extremism. Is the concern warranted, or is the modern Patriot movement destined to be yet * The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessar- ily represent the views of, and should not be attributed to, the Naval Postgradu- ate School or the United States Department of Defense. The author would like to thank Dr. Thomas Gilly for his assistance and helpful comments as well as the anonymous reviewers for their constructive feedback. t Paul Brister is a PhD Candidate in the Security Studies Curriculum at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA. An active duty Air Force Special Tactics Officer, Paul's focus is the field of terrorism studies, where he is completing a dis- sertation on domestic right-wing terrorism. The project, titled Ku Klux Rising: Understanding American Right Wing Terrorism seeks to refine models which ex- plain and possibly predict surges in right wing extremism. Major Brister is a gradu- ate of the U.S. Air Force Academy and holds a Master's degree in Defense Analysis/ Irregular Warfare from the Naval Postgraduate School 173

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