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Ghost skin is a term used by white supremacists to describe those who avoid overt display of their beliefs to blend into society and covertly advance white supremacist causes.^[1]^[2]

In an FBI Intelligence Assessment from 2006, the FBI Counterterrorism Division provides an overview of white supremacist infiltration of law enforcement and mentions that use of the term came to the agency's attention in 2004.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] In 2001, two law enforcement officers in Williamson County, Texas, were fired after it was discovered they were members of the Ku Klux Klan.^[7]^[8]

References

^ Cooter, Amy Beth (May 2006). "Neo-Nazi Normalization: The Skinhead Movement and Integration into Normative Structures". Sociological Inquiry. 76 (2): 145–165. doi:10.1111/j.1475-682X.2006.00149.x. ISSN 0038-0245. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
^ Smith, Jordan Michael. "FBI: Right-wing terror is real". Salon. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
^ FBI Counterterrorism Division (17 October 2006). "White Supremacist Infiltration of Law Enforcement" (PDF). Retrieved 31 January 2017. (U/LES) Since coming to law enforcement attention in late 2004, the term ghost skins has gained currency among white supremacists to describe those who avoid overt display of their beliefs to blend into society and covertly advance white supremacist causes. One internet posting described this effort as a form of role-playing in which "to create the character, you must get inside the mind of the person you are trying to duplicate."* Such role playing has an application to ad-hoc and organized law enforcement infiltration. At least one white supremacist group has reportedly encouraged ghost skins to seek positions in law enforcement for the capability of alerting skinhead crews of pending investigative action against them.
(U/LES) Leaders in the white supremacist movement have advocated confronting suspected infiltrators and to instruct them to provide their FBI handlers with low level information that will minimally impact the group's activities. Another as yet undocumented infiltration strategy is for members to "walk in" to law enforcement agencies and offer information to determine an agency's interest in the organization.
*(U) http://www.nukeisrael.com/ghost%20skin.htm {{cite web}}: External link in |quote= (help)
^ "Ghost Aryan Skin Warrior". 4 February 2005. Archived from the original on 4 February 2005. Retrieved 31 January 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "FBI report on Police infiltration ... It's worse when we discover the paranoids are really after us". Daily Kos. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
^ Speri2017-01-31T12:10:15+00:00, Alice SperiAlice. "The FBI Has Quietly Investigated White Supremacist Infiltration of Law Enforcement". The Intercept. Retrieved 2017-02-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "'Ghost Skins' And Masculinity: Alt-Right Terms, Defined". NPR.org. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
^ News, A. B. C. (2006-01-07). "Texas Officers Fired for Membership in KKK". ABC News. Retrieved 2017-09-14. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

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[1] Cooter, Amy Beth (May 2006). "Neo-Nazi Normalization: The Skinhead Movement and Integration into Normative Structures". Sociological Inquiry. 76 (2): 145–165. doi:10.1111/j.1475-682X.2006.00149.x. ISSN 0038-0245. Retrieved 2017-02-01.

[2] Smith, Jordan Michael. "FBI: Right-wing terror is real". Salon. Retrieved 31 January 2017.

[3] FBI Counterterrorism Division (17 October 2006). "White Supremacist Infiltration of Law Enforcement" (PDF). Retrieved 31 January 2017. (U/LES) Since coming to law enforcement attention in late 2004, the term ghost skins has gained currency among white supremacists to describe those who avoid overt display of their beliefs to blend into society and covertly advance white supremacist causes. One internet posting described this effort as a form of role-playing in which "to create the character, you must get inside the mind of the person you are trying to duplicate."* Such role playing has an application to ad-hoc and organized law enforcement infiltration. At least one white supremacist group has reportedly encouraged ghost skins to seek positions in law enforcement for the capability of alerting skinhead crews of pending investigative action against them.
(U/LES) Leaders in the white supremacist movement have advocated confronting suspected infiltrators and to instruct them to provide their FBI handlers with low level information that will minimally impact the group's activities. Another as yet undocumented infiltration strategy is for members to "walk in" to law enforcement agencies and offer information to determine an agency's interest in the organization.
*(U) http://www.nukeisrael.com/ghost%20skin.htm {{cite web}}: External link in |quote= (help)

[4] "Ghost Aryan Skin Warrior". 4 February 2005. Archived from the original on 4 February 2005. Retrieved 31 January 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[5] "FBI report on Police infiltration ... It's worse when we discover the paranoids are really after us". Daily Kos. Retrieved 1 February 2017.

[6] Speri2017-01-31T12:10:15+00:00, Alice SperiAlice. "The FBI Has Quietly Investigated White Supremacist Infiltration of Law Enforcement". The Intercept. Retrieved 2017-02-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[7] "'Ghost Skins' And Masculinity: Alt-Right Terms, Defined". NPR.org. Retrieved 2017-09-14.

[8] News, A. B. C. (2006-01-07). "Texas Officers Fired for Membership in KKK". ABC News. Retrieved 2017-09-14. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

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