RIGHT UNDER YOUR NOSE, MR. PRESIDENT – AT 10:41 A.M. ET:  We caught Bill Clinton yesterday trying to link the tea party movement to anti-government violence.  Clinton made a great show, when leaving office, of placing his new headquarters in Harlem, New York.  Well, if he's so concerned about violence, maybe he'd better take a look at what's happening under his nose:

A massive gang takedown in Queens uncovered a rare alliance between Bloods and Crips and a ruthless plot to assassinate cops, authorities said Friday.

The revelations came as law enforcement unveiled the chilling results of long-running "Operation Under Siege" - 104 suspects, dozens of guns, two slayings and piles of drugs and cash.

The sprawling case was built on wiretaps - including recordings of gang associate Keith Livingston, who blabbed about plans to protect his drug turf by killing cops on patrol.

"He intended to position himself on rooftops and shoot police officers who were compromising his business in Far Rockaway and South Jamaica," Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said.

"Before his deadly plans could be carried out, detectives arrested him and seized a defaced 9-mm. Hi-Point rifle, among other weapons."

Livingston's plot was only one facet of an investigation that began two years ago when police and prosecutors began looking into a drugs-and-guns network in Far Rockaway.

By Friday, they had arrested 104 people, closed two murder cases, and exposed ties between Far Rockaway Crips and the Bloods in South Jamaica.

COMMENT:  Domestic terrorism by anti-government groups is a legitimate concern.  But it is minor compared to the crime that goes on in America's cities every day.  Don't hear too much anguish about that.

Oh, and speaking of domestic terrorism, the former president might have shown some interest last year when an Army recruiter was gunned down by a Muslim extremist in Little Rock, Clinton's former stomping ground.   And I didn't hear much pain from the left after Ford Hood.  It's only people who want to cut spending and taxes who are a dire threat.

April 17, 2010