to over throw a government. mike is kof writes in newsweek s plog about the conditions under which this is happening. in some respects, the increase in such violent hate groups as the hewitt ree appears reminiscent of the surge. fueled in large part by anger over the economy and barack obama s presidency. the number of identifiable patriot groups increased 244% from 149 in 2008 to 512 in 2009. senator lieberman, back to you. in this highly charged political atmosphere where you ve got so much passion, so much disagreement, this takes it, of course, to a different level. we re also operating in a recession and at a time where there s a lot of anger at washington. how is the nature of that threat escalated in your view? well, the threat is definitely escalated. all the conditions that you
to over throw a government. mike is kof writes in newsweek s plog about the conditions under which this is happening. in some respects, the increase in such violent hate groups as the hewitt ree appears reminiscent of the surge. fueled in large part by anger over the economy and barack obama s presidency. the number of identifiable patriot groups increased 244% from 149 in 2008 to 512 in 2009. senator lieberman, back to you. in this highly charged political atmosphere where you ve got so much passion, so much disagreement, this takes it, of course, to a different level. we re also operating in a recession and at a time where there s a lot of anger at washington. how is the nature of that threat escalated in your view? well, the threat is definitely escalated. all the conditions that you