# Who released the "rightwing extremists" threat assessment to the public?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 16, 2009, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-released-the-rightwing-extremists-threat-assessment-to-the-public/493330 "2009-04-16T20:39:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2009, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-released-the-rightwing-extremists-threat-assessment-to-the-public/493330/1 "2009-04-16T20:39:05Z")

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Also, wasn’t there a similar threat assessment about leftwing extremists recently? If so, does anyone know where I can find a copy of it?

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**Author:** ![Baracus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2bfe46/32.png) [@Baracus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baracus)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2009, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-released-the-rightwing-extremists-threat-assessment-to-the-public/493330/2 "2009-04-16T21:11:39Z")

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As far as I know, it wasn’t released, it was leaked. It has FOUO (For Official Use Only) plastered all over it.

Fox News has a copy of the [Left-Wing Extremist Report](http://www.foxnews.com/projects/pdf/Leftwing_Extremist_Threat.pdf)on their website.