The thought police
Pioneer Press
by Peter Ehrlinder
12/20/07
Under media radar, the Democrat-sponsored “Prevention of Violent Radicalism and Homegrown Terrorism” bill (H.R. 1955) passed the House at the end of October by a vote of 404 (including the entire Minnesota delegation) to 6. The bill was tagged as noncontroversial by the House leadership and is pending before the Senate. For those senators and citizens who remember history, the bill should be controversial, indeed.Promoted as a relatively innocuous public safety measure, the bill directs money to the Department of Homeland Security for research on homegrown terrorist-Americans in our midst. While this may seem to make sense, the way the bill describes the “hidden enemy,” and the powers inherent in the 10-member investigative commission it establishes, should raise concerns among Americans who remember history, no matter what their political leanings...
http://www.twincities.com/opinion/ci_7762617
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=H.R.+1955
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Homegrown+Terrorism+bill
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Homeland+Security
by Peter Ehrlinder
12/20/07
Under media radar, the Democrat-sponsored “Prevention of Violent Radicalism and Homegrown Terrorism” bill (H.R. 1955) passed the House at the end of October by a vote of 404 (including the entire Minnesota delegation) to 6. The bill was tagged as noncontroversial by the House leadership and is pending before the Senate. For those senators and citizens who remember history, the bill should be controversial, indeed.Promoted as a relatively innocuous public safety measure, the bill directs money to the Department of Homeland Security for research on homegrown terrorist-Americans in our midst. While this may seem to make sense, the way the bill describes the “hidden enemy,” and the powers inherent in the 10-member investigative commission it establishes, should raise concerns among Americans who remember history, no matter what their political leanings...
http://www.twincities.com/opinion/ci_7762617
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=H.R.+1955
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Homegrown+Terrorism+bill
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Homeland+Security
rudkla - 21. Dez, 10:22
