The Central Intelligence Agency retracted a Biden-era internal document warning about female “racially and ethnically motivated violent extremists” that listed the prioritization of “motherhood and homemaking,” raising the concern of a conservative legal group.
In a thread posted to X last week, the legal organization America First Legal, founded by Trump adviser Stephen Miller in 2021, shared screenshots of a now-retracted intelligence assessment compiled during the Biden administration.
The document, titled “Women Advancing White Racially and Ethnically Motivated Violent Extremists,” outlines concerns about women’s participation in “white racially and ethnically motivated violent extremism.”
The intelligence assessment, published in October 2021, defines racially and ethnically motivated violent extremists as those “who incite, facilitate, or conduct violence because they believe that their perception of an idealized white European ethnic identity is under attack from people who embody and support multiculturalism and globalization.” While the document primarily focused on groups and individuals explicitly focused on race, it also suggested that support for traditional gender roles may constitute extremism.
“White REMVEs and their sympathizers have claimed in online posts that it is essential for white families to have as many biological children as possible to counter the rising birth rates among nonwhite populations; white REMVEs allege that the rise is a conspiracy, which they have termed the ‘great replacement,’ according to an Open Source Enterprise assessment,” the document stated.
The intelligence assessment contained a paragraph about a group that has been redacted, noting that “the group has lauded motherhood and homemaking as women’s most important responsibility.”
The document was one of 19 intelligence products that the CIA retracted in February on grounds of “bias.”
“The intelligence products we released to the American people today — produced before my tenure as DCIA — fall short of the high standards of impartiality that CIA must uphold and do not reflect the expertise for which our analysts are renowned,” CIA Director John Ratcliffe said in a statement.
“There is absolutely no room for bias in our work and when we identify instances where analytic rigor has been compromised, we have a responsibility to correct the record. These actions underscore our commitment to transparency, accountability, and objective intelligence analysis. Our recent successes in Operation ABSOLUTE RESOLVE and Operation MIDNIGHT HAMMER exemplify our dedication to analytic excellence.”
America First Legal reacted to the intelligence assessment by commenting, “Motherhood and homemaking may be added to the list of other everyday behaviors that made everyday Americans ‘radicalization suspects’ under the Biden administration.”
“President Trump has rightfully retracted this Biden-era CIA intelligence assessment,” America First Legal wrote. “U.S. intelligence agencies exist to protect Americans — not target them.”
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