In Nashville this week, six pro-life activists were convicted in federal court of conspiracy to violate the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act when they peacefully prayed and sang at the entrance to an abortion clinic in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, in March 2021. Those convicted now face a possible prison sentence of 10 and 1/2 years and up to $250,000 in fines.

The Biden administration's Justice Department, which is remarkably blase about prosecuting those responsible for the 2020 riots or investigating dozens of violent attacks against pro-life crisis pregnancy centers, seems to view some Christians -- specifically as a subset of conservative Americans generally -- as a threat to the peace and security of the United States.

This time last year, FBI whistleblower Kyle Seraphin leaked an intelligence memorandum that originated within the Richmond, Virginia, Field Office of the FBI. The memorandum purported to address concerns about "extremism" within segments of the Roman Catholic Church in America. Its title is a mouthful and reveals much: "Interest of Racially or Ethnically Motivated Violent Extremists in Radical-Traditionalist Catholic Ideology Almost Certainly Presents New Mitigation Opportunities."

Those "opportunities" to "mitigate" violent extremism included recruiting spies or having federal agents "infiltrate" certain churches to provide intelligence about potential domestic terrorism. According to the memo, "Radical Traditionalist" (or "Rad-Trad")........

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