by Calvin Freiburger, LifeSite News:
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FORT LIBERTY, North Carolina (LifeSiteNews) –– U.S. Army Secretary Christine Wormuth rejects characterizing pro-life organizations such as the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) as “terrorist groups,” but revealed that a slide presentation suggesting exactly that has been used by military instructors for “at least” seven years, following a congressional inquiry into a recently-leaked terrorism presentation given to troops at Fort Liberty (the renamed Fort Bragg).
Earlier this month, independent journalist Sam Shoemate posted to X/Twitter a photograph of a slide he said was shown during an anti-terrorism briefing at Fort Bragg, right after one about the Islamist terror group ISIS.
The slide named NRLC and Operation Rescue (OR) as “terrorist groups,” characterized by their opposition to abortion and Roe v. Wade (misspelled “Row”). It listed various types of peaceful activism pro-life groups typically practice, as well as “Bombing of Clinics” and “Attempted Murders,” echoing common pro-abortion efforts to tar pro-lifers as a whole with the rare violent acts of a few, which mainstream pro-life activists and organizations have always overwhelmingly condemned. It also showed an example of “Choose Life” license plates, which are available in many states.
Republican members of the House Armed Services Committee, as well as a group of Republican lawmakers led by Sen. Ted Budd (R-NC) wrote to Wormuth demanding answers about the story.
On Thursday, Budd published the Secretary’s reply. “I want to state unequivocally that non-profit groups such as National Right to Life and PETA are not terrorist groups and should not be described as such in Army documents or training materials,” she wrote. “I share your view that it is critical for the Army to remain politically neutral.”
She went on to reveal that her information “indicates that this set of slides (enclosed) has been used for at least the last seven years by the Directorate of Emergency Services at Fort Liberty to train Soldiers as they prepare to take on installation access control duties.” Wormuth added that they “do not represent the official policy or views of the U.S. Army and pre-date Army Directive 2024-07 (Handling Protest, Extremist, and Criminal Gang Activities.” She pledged that they “will no longer be used to train Soldiers at Fort Liberty.”
