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'''Political profiling''' is an activity certain "watchdog" organizations engage in on various computer bulletin boards, chat rooms and wikis.  A internet user's postings under either their real life identity of psydonym may be "profiled" for their ideoplogical convictions based upon editing patterns, interests, subject matter, common references, or declared beleiefs.  The profile is then pigeon-holed into predetermined character assessments published by the watchdog organizations.  Poltical profiling has been refereed to as the rough equivalent of surveilling all Black males on the grounds that a certain percentage may commit violent crimes. In the sense that targeting minorities for special surveillance is called “racial profiling,” the watchdogs engage in “political profiling.”  Some watchdog groups hold law enforcement conferences, seminars and training  sessions on this “profiling” behavior.

'''Political profiling''' is an activity certain "watchdog" organizations engage in on various computer bulletin boards, chat rooms and wikis.  A internet user's postings under either their real life identity of pseudonym may be "profiled" for their ideological convictions based upon editing patterns, interests, subject matter, common references, or declared beliefs.  The profile is then pigeon-holed into predetermined character assessments published by the watchdog organizations.  Political profiling has been refereed to as the rough equivalent of surveilling all Black males on the grounds that a certain percentage may commit violent crimes. In the sense that targeting minorities for special surveillance is called “racial profiling,” the watchdogs engage in “political profiling.”  Some watchdog groups hold law enforcement conferences, seminars and training  sessions on this “profiling” behavior.

Daniel Brandt, founder of the Wikipedia-Watch website describes watchdog organizations that promote political profiling as "private intelligence agencies", and remarks,   

Daniel Brandt, founder of the Wikipedia-Watch website describes watchdog organizations that promote political profiling as "private intelligence agencies", and remarks,   

{{Cquote|As a private agency" they enjoy "no oversight, no requirements for probable cause prior to political spying, and no Privacy Act or Freedom of Information Act responsibilities to the public. By contrast, the FBI, CIA, and some major police departments in the U.S. are held accountable by various hard-won legal restrictions. <ref>[http://www.namebase.org/news02.html Cyberspace Wars: Microprocessing vs. Big Brother], by Daniel Brandt, ''NameBase NewsLine'', No. 2, July-August 1993.</ref>}}

{{Cquote|As a private agency" they enjoy "no oversight, no requirements for probable cause prior to political spying, and no Privacy Act or Freedom of Information Act responsibilities to the public. By contrast, the FBI, CIA, and some major police departments in the U.S. are held accountable by various hard-won legal restrictions. <ref>[http://www.namebase.org/news02.html Cyberspace Wars: Microprocessing vs. Big Brother], by Daniel Brandt, ''NameBase NewsLine'', No. 2, July-August 1993.</ref>}}

Walter O'Brien refers to them as "civilian agencies." <ref>[http://www.rjayco.com/obrien/nazism.pdf ''Nazism, the Internet and Culture of Violence,] A preliminary survey toward preventing a third world war'', Walter James O'Brien, 1999, pgs. 3,6-9, 12,14,61,63,68. </ref>  And Laird Wilcox uses similiar language in dicussing their activities,

Walter O'Brien refers to them as "civilian agencies." <ref>[http://www.rjayco.com/obrien/nazism.pdf ''Nazism, the Internet and Culture of Violence,] A preliminary survey toward preventing a third world war'', Walter James O'Brien, 1999, pgs. 3,6-9, 12,14,61,63,68. </ref>  And Laird Wilcox uses similar language in discussing their activities,

{{Cquote|Any citizen can obtain their FBI files through the Freedom of Information Act....There is no such mechanism by which a private American citizen can obtain their files compiled by private Watchdog organizations.... You cannot correct errors...  they may have obtained information that government agencies cannot legally collect on its own. This... is something that goes on all the time and represents a serious civil liberties issue. <ref>[http://spencer.lib.ku.edu/exhibits/wilcox/5.html Laird Wilcox], ''The Watchdogs: A Close Look at Anti-Racist "Watchdog" Groups'', Editorial Research Service, 1999, pg. 15. ISBN 0-993592-96-5. </ref>}}

{{Cquote|Any citizen can obtain their FBI files through the Freedom of Information Act....There is no such mechanism by which a private American citizen can obtain their files compiled by private Watchdog organizations.... You cannot correct errors...  they may have obtained information that government agencies cannot legally collect on its own. This... is something that goes on all the time and represents a serious civil liberties issue. <ref>[http://spencer.lib.ku.edu/exhibits/wilcox/5.html Laird Wilcox], ''The Watchdogs: A Close Look at Anti-Racist "Watchdog" Groups'', Editorial Research Service, 1999, pg. 15. ISBN 0-993592-96-5. </ref>}}

The Wikipedia project has worked in close collaboration with several alleged humanitarian "watchdog" groups to manage it's political content.  The "Notable Wikipedians" entrusted with this venture are immune to all Wikipeidia's published policies, Attribtution, No self promotion, Experts do not hold a place of privilege, Citing self, No personal attacks, Civility, and Wikipedia is not a battleground are the most often cited complaints that go unenforced against these private smear factories. <ref>[http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=10352 Leftist Lie Factory], By Chris Arabia, ''FrontPageMagazine.com'', October 16, 2003.</ref>

The Wikipedia project has worked in close collaboration with several alleged humanitarian "watchdog" groups to manage it's political content.  The "Notable Wikipedians" entrusted with this venture are immune to all Wikipeidia's published policies, Attribution, No self promotion, Experts do not hold a place of privilege, Citing self, No personal attacks, Civility, and Wikipedia is not a battleground are the most often cited complaints that go unenforced against these private smear factories. <ref>[http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=10352 Leftist Lie Factory], By Chris Arabia, ''FrontPageMagazine.com'', October 16, 2003.</ref>

==Profiled groups==

==Profiled groups==

The following list is taken from ''Understanding the Right Wing'', by Scot Nakagawa written about 1999 and lists various groups classified as "right wing" and "proto-facsist".  This list and accompanying search engine terms have been expanded in the following years.  Nakagawa accredits [[Political Research Associates]] ([[Chip Berlet]], Surina Khan, and [[Jean Hardisty]], [ed. note:now retired]), the Coalition for Human Dignity (Jonathan Mozzochi, Steven Gardiner, and Gillian Leichtling), [[People for the American Way]], The Institute for First Amendment Studies, Sara Diamond, and the Western States Center (Tarso Ramos).

The following list is taken from ''Understanding the Right Wing'', by Scot Nakagawa written about 1999 and lists various groups classified as "right wing" and "proto-fascist".  This list and accompanying search engine terms have been expanded in the following years.  Nakagawa accredits [[Political Research Associates]] ([[Chip Berlet]], Surina Khan, and [[Jean Hardisty]], [ed. note:now retired]), the Coalition for Human Dignity (Jonathan Mozzochi, Steven Gardiner, and Gillian Leichtling), [[People for the American Way]], The Institute for First Amendment Studies, Sara Diamond, and the Western States Center (Tarso Ramos).

All these groups and the person associated with them have been the target of "political profiling", as discussed by Laird Wilcox.  Dr. Dobson and Paul Weyrich, among several others, have been viciouosly smeared in Wikipedia, in violation of Wikipedia's own policies on Neutral Point of View {NPOV}, WP:What Wikipedia is not (WP:NOT), WP:Attribution, and a host of other policies.

All these groups and the person associated with them have been the target of "political profiling", as discussed by Laird Wilcox.  Dr. Dobson and Paul Weyrich, among several others, have been viciously smeared in Wikipedia, in violation of Wikipedia's own policies on Neutral Point of View {NPOV}, WP:What Wikipedia is not (WP:NOT), WP:Attribution, and a host of other policies.

'''[[Theocratic]]'''

'''[[Theocratic]]'''

*[[National Wetlands Coalition]]

*[[National Wetlands Coalition]]

The following list was taken from the SPLC's ''Intelligence Reoprt'' and written by Berlet.  It classifies these groups as "hate groups", and some of the defamatory smears have made their way into Wikipedia, despite numerous violations of Wikipedia's stated policies.

The following list was taken from the SPLC's ''Intelligence Report'' and written by Berlet.  It classifies these groups as "hate groups", and some of the defamatory smears have made their way into Wikipedia, despite numerous violations of Wikipedia's stated policies.

'''[[Hate groups]]'''

'''[[Hate groups]]'''

*[[Center for the Study of Popular Culture]] ([[David Horowitz]])

*[[Center for the Study of Popular Culture]] ([[David Horowitz]])

*Federation for American Immigration Reform

*Federation for American Immigration Reform

*Free Congress Foundation (paul Weyrich)

*Free Congress Foundation (Paul Weyrich)

*Institute for the Study of Man

*Institute for the Study of Man

*[[Ludwig von Mises Institute]] (LvMI)

*[[Ludwig von Mises Institute]] (LvMI)

Mrs. Vallance, a retired nurse who is married to a civilian employee at Holloman, said Agent Finerty asked about her religious affiliation and whether anyone was “planning something” against German pilots [stationed at the base].}}

Mrs. Vallance, a retired nurse who is married to a civilian employee at Holloman, said Agent Finerty asked about her religious affiliation and whether anyone was “planning something” against German pilots [stationed at the base].}}

All of this came about by the issuance of a manual entitled ''The Extreme Right: An Overview''

All of this came about by the issuance of a manual entitled ''The Extreme Right: An Overview'' containing in large part material from a [[leftist]] "Watchdog" organization to law enforcement agencies. <ref>Laird Wilcox, ''The Watchdogs'', 1999, pg. 69.</ref>  According to news sources:

containing in large part material from a [[leftist]] "Watchdog" organization to law enforcement agencies. <ref>Laird Wilcox, ''The Watchdogs'', 1999, pg. 69.</ref>  According to news sources:

{{Cquote|The 73-page document included profiles of fringe groups such as the Ku Klux Klan, as well as skinheads and extremists who believe each race should have its own land in the United States. Lumped into the manual’s description of terrorists, racists and other pariahs is an excerpt on the so-called “[[wise use]]” movement, which advocates more local control over federally owned lands. }}

{{Cquote|The 73-page document included profiles of fringe groups such as the Ku Klux Klan, as well as skinheads and extremists who believe each race should have its own land in the United States. Lumped into the manual’s description of terrorists, racists and other pariahs is an excerpt on the so-called “[[wise use]]” movement, which advocates more local control over federally owned lands. }}

Ranchers and loggers erupted in anger at the manual’s juxtaposition of the [[wise use]] movement with Nazi and Klan groups....Local government officials, concerned about the impact of federal policies on rural economies, also objected to the manual.

Ranchers and loggers erupted in anger at the manual’s juxtaposition of the [[wise use]] movement with Nazi and Klan groups....Local government officials, concerned about the impact of federal policies on rural economies, also objected to the manual.

{{Cquote|“They labeled us as dissidents when all we went to do is participate in decisions about how federal lands are used,” said Adam Polley, a Catron County official in western New Mexico. }}

{{Cquote|They labeled us as dissidents when all we went to do is participate in decisions about how federal lands are used,” said Adam Polley, a Catron County official in western New Mexico. }}

Darren White, the Governor’s cabinet secretary for the state police, apologized for the manual and issued a written apology dated 9 July 1998:

Darren White, the Governor’s cabinet secretary for the state police, apologized for the manual and issued a written apology dated 9 July 1998:

{{Cquote|“I recognize that across New Mexico thousands of farmers, ranchers, miners, loggers and others are committed to preserving a way of life free from unnecessary regulation,” he wrote. “I believe free speech and the spoken word sustain our freedom.” }}

{{Cquote|I recognize that across New Mexico thousands of farmers, ranchers, miners, loggers and others are committed to preserving a way of life free from unnecessary regulation,” he wrote. “I believe free speech and the spoken word sustain our freedom. }}

The "Watchdog" organization manual and others like it continue to be circulated among law enforcement officials nationwide, even though its effect is to target ordinary American citizens on the basis of the values, opinions and beliefs. <ref>Laird Wilcox, ''The Watchdogs'', pg. 70. </ref>  The Wise use movement was the target of political profiling and placed on the this leftist Watchdog list because if frequently takes positions contrary to the [[Sierra Club]] and the [[Wilderness Society]]. <ref>[http://www.attacreport.com/ar_terror/tframe.php?region=namerica&group=ef ATTAC Report].</ref>

The "Watchdog" organization manual and others like it continue to be circulated among law enforcement officials nationwide, even though its effect is to target ordinary American citizens on the basis of the values, opinions and beliefs. <ref>Laird Wilcox, ''The Watchdogs'', pg. 70. </ref>  The Wise use movement was the target of political profiling and placed on the this leftist Watchdog list because if frequently takes positions contrary to the [[Sierra Club]] and the [[Wilderness Society]]. <ref>[http://www.attacreport.com/ar_terror/tframe.php?region=namerica&group=ef ATTAC Report].</ref>