"Jordan said the FBI’s document cites "biased and partisan sources, including the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Salon, and The Atlantic, to support its assessment."
"Jordan said the SPLC "identifies the broad term ‘Christian identity’ as a hate group — a term that could arguably encompass millions of Americans with sincerely held religious beliefs."
"The fact that the FBI would blindly accept and regurgitate the SPLC’s spin is highly concerning and undercuts the FBI’s assertion that it is unbiased and politically neutral," Jordan wrote."
The FBI used the SPLC as the source for categorizing Catholics who attend Latin mass as violent extremists.
https://judiciary.house.gov/media/in-the-news/jordan-demands-answers-wray-after-leaked-fbi-memo-suggests-agency-may-be
"Jordan said the FBI’s document cites "biased and partisan sources, including the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Salon, and The Atlantic, to support its assessment."
"Jordan said the SPLC "identifies the broad term ‘Christian identity’ as a hate group — a term that could arguably encompass millions of Americans with sincerely held religious beliefs."
"The fact that the FBI would blindly accept and regurgitate the SPLC’s spin is highly concerning and undercuts the FBI’s assertion that it is unbiased and politically neutral," Jordan wrote."
One good thing that came from that, I think, is that it hardened the resolve of many Catholics to return to Latin mass...