In light of a newly uncovered U.S. Army document that outlines plans for prisoners, including U.S. citizens, to be re-educated in detention camps, it's worth reminding ourselves of the fact that Barack Obama's political mentor, Weather Underground terrorist Bill Ayers, once called for precisely the same thing.

According to former FBI agent Larry Grathwohl, who was assigned to infiltrate the Weather Underground's Central Committee, the organization run by Bill Ayers carried out bombings targeting the Pentagon, the State Department, as well as police stations and federal buildings, in an attempt to cause the collapse of the United States government and open the door for Cuban, North Vietnamese, Chinese and Russian troops to occupy the country.

Grathwohl stated that Ayers and his group planned to deal with Americans who would try to resist this takeover by "establishing re-education centers in the south-west". Asked what he would do with those who still refused to convert to communism, Ayers said that they would have to be "eliminated," as in 25 million Americans would be killed in concentration camps.

Grathwohl said the Weathermen told him the camps would be used to "re-educate people into the new way of thinking."

This provides yet more historical context to underscore the point that using detention centers to "re-educate" prisoners into a new way of political thinking is the hallmark of a tyrannical regime.

The U.S. Army document that we highlighted yesterday targets "political activists" for "indoctrination programs" once they are incarcerated inside the prison camps. The document is a how-to manual on treatment of detainees, including "civilian internees" interned for "security reasons, for protection, or because he or she committed an offense against the detaining power."

The document makes it clear in numerous instances that the re-education program, designed to "remove antagonistic attitudes" and enforce "understanding and appreciation of U.S. policies and actions," is not just limited to prisoners in foreign countries like Afghanistan and Iraq.

The rules also apply "within U.S. territory" as part of "civil support operations" in conjunction with FEMA and Homeland Security in the aftermath of "man-made disasters, accidents, terrorist attacks and incidents in the U.S. and its territories." The manual says the indoctrination program "may be performed as domestic civil support operations." Eddie: "incidents" could mean anything the govt decides because it's wide open to interpretation.

The fact that Bill Ayers and the Weather Underground also planned for re-education camps to be used to incarcerate American citizens is alarming given President Barack Obama's relationship with Ayers, who helped launch Obama's political career.

"In 1995, State Senator Alice Palmer introduced her chosen successor, Barack Obama, to a few of the district's influential liberals at the home of two well known figures on the local left: William Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn," reported Politico's Ben Smith.

Maria Warren, an Obama-supporting liberal who attended the Chicago meeting, also confirmed Ayers' presence and his role in launching Obama's political dynasty.

"When I first met Barack Obama, he was giving a standard, innocuous little talk in the living room of those two legends-in-their-own-minds, Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn. They were launching him introducing him to the Hyde Park community as the best thing since sliced bread," wrote Warren.

According to retired Illinois postman Allen Hulton, Ayers' parents also bragged about how they paid to put a "foreign student," almost certainly Obama, through school.

The connection between Ayers' advocacy for re-education camps, his relationship with Barack Obama, and an Army document which clearly states that such "indoctrination programs" can be used against Americans so long as the President passes an executive order, represents a chilling triumvirate.