Senate Moves Forward On Thought Crimes Bill
In the wake of Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) and Susan Collins (R-ME) alarmist report, Violent Islamist Extremism, the Internet, and the Homegrown Terrorism Threat,”the Senate may be moving towards passage of the Orwellian Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 (S. 1959).
A companion piece of legislative flotsam to the House bill, The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 (H.R. 1955), the Democrat-controlled Congress seems ready to jettison Constitutional guarantees of free speech and assembly. The bill passed the House by a 404-6 vote in October. Twenty-three congress members abstained, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers.
Under cover of studying violent radicalization,”both bills would broaden the already-fluid definition of terrorism”to encompass political activity and protest by dissident groups, effectively criminalizing civil disobedience and non-violent direct action by developing policies for prevention, disruption and mitigation.”
Call it COINTELPRO 2.0.
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