The Justice Department has created a "domestic terrorism" division after previously labeling libertarians and conservatives as "domestic extremists."

The DOJ announced it will appoint a "domestic terrorism counsel" to focus on who the Obama administration and the controversial Southern Poverty Law Center considers "extremists."

"Looking back over the past few years, it is clear that domestic terrorists and homegrown violent extremists remain a real and present danger to the United States," the DOJ's John Carlin said on Wednesday.

But the Justice Dept. and the Department of Homeland Security previously characterized libertarians, conservatives and constitutionalists as militia-inspired "domestic extremists."