[graffis-l] THOUGHT CRIME BILL PASSES HOUSE BETTER WAKE UP ON THIS ONE PEOPLE!!!!

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At 08:32 AM 11/5/07, you wrote:

>House Passes Thought Crime Prevention Bill

>Posted by: " Mark Graffis " mgraffis mgraffis

>Mon Nov 5, 2007 4:07 am (PST)

>ALERT!

>

>House Passes Thought Crime Prevention Bill

>http://www.roguegovernment.com/news.php?id=4682

>

>The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed HR 1955 titled the

>Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007.

>This bill is one of the most blatant attacks against the Constitution yet

>and actually defines thought crimes as homegrown terrorism. If passed into

>law, it will also establish a commission and a Center of Excellence to

>study and defeat so called thought criminals. Unlike previous anti-terror

>legislation, this bill specifically targets the civilian population of the

>United States and uses vague language to define homegrown terrorism.

>Amazingly, 404 of our elected representatives from both the Democrat and

>Republican parties voted in favor of this bill. There is little doubt that

>this bill is specifically targeting the growing patriot community that is

>demanding the restoration of the Constitution.

>

>First let's take a look at the definitions of violent radicalization and

>homegrown terrorism as defined in Section 899A of the bill.

>

>The definition of violent radicalization uses vague language to define

>this term of promoting any belief system that the government considers to

>be an extremist agenda. Since the bill doesn't specifically define what an

>extremist belief system is, it is entirely up to the interpretation of the

>government. Considering how much the government has done to destroy the

>Constitution they could even define Ron Paul supporters as promoting an

>extremist belief system. Literally, the government according to this

>definition can define whatever they want as an extremist belief system.

>Essentially they have defined violent radicalization as thought crime. The

>definition as defined in the bill is shown below.

>

>`(2) VIOLENT RADICALIZATION- The term `violent radicalization' means the

>process of adopting or promoting an extremist belief system for the

>purpose of facilitating ideologically based violence to advance political,

>religious, or social change.

>

>The definition of homegrown terrorism uses equally vague language to

>further define thought crime. The bill includes the planned use of force

>or violence as homegrown terrorism which could be interpreted as thinking

>about using force or violence. Not only that but the definition is so

>vaguely defined, that petty crimes could even fall into the category of

>homegrown terrorism. The definition as defined in the bill is shown below.

>

>`(3) HOMEGROWN TERRORISM- The term `homegrown terrorism' means the use,

>planned use, or threatened use, of force or violence by a group or

>individual born, raised, or based and operating primarily within the

>United States or any possession of the United States to intimidate or

>coerce the United States government, the civilian population of the United

>States, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social

>objectives.

>

>Section 899B of the bill goes over the findings of Congress as it pertains

>to homegrown terrorism. Particularly alarming is that the bill mentions

>the Internet as a main source for terrorist propaganda. The bill even

>mentions streams in obvious reference to many of the patriot and

>pro-constitution Internet radio networks that have been formed. It also

>mentions that homegrown terrorists span all ages and races indicating that

>the Congress is stating that everyone is a potential terrorist. Even worse

>is that Congress states in their findings that they should look at

>draconian police states like Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom as

>models to defeat homegrown terrorists. Literally, these findings of

>Congress fall right in line with the growing patriot community.

>

>The biggest joke of all is that this section also says that any measure to

>prevent violent radicalization and homegrown terrorism should not violate

>the constitutional rights of citizens. However, the definition of violent

>radicalization and homegrown terrorism as they are defined in section 899A

>are themselves unconstitutional. The Constitution does not allow the

>government to arrest people for thought crimes, so any promises not to

>violate the constitutional rights of citizens are already broken by their

>own definitions.

>

>`SEC. 899B. FINDINGS.

>

>`The Congress finds the following:

>

>`(1) The development and implementation of methods and processes that can

>be utilized to prevent violent radicalization, homegrown terrorism, and

>ideologically based violence in the United States is critical to combating

>domestic terrorism.

>

>`(2) The promotion of violent radicalization, homegrown terrorism, and

>ideologically based violence exists in the United States and poses a

>threat to homeland security.

>

>`(3) The Internet has aided in facilitating violent radicalization,

>ideologically based violence, and the homegrown terrorism process in the

>United States by providing access to broad and constant streams of

>terrorist-related propaganda to United States citizens.

>

>`(4) While the United States must continue its vigilant efforts to combat

>international terrorism, it must also strengthen efforts to combat the

>threat posed by homegrown terrorists based and operating within the United

>States.

>

>`(5) Understanding the motivational factors that lead to violent

>radicalization, homegrown terrorism, and ideologically based violence is a

>vital step toward eradicating these threats in the United States.

>

>`(6) The potential rise of self radicalized, unaffiliated terrorists

>domestically cannot be easily prevented through traditional Federal

>intelligence or law enforcement efforts, and requires the incorporation of

>State and local solutions.

>

>`(7) Individuals prone to violent radicalization, homegrown terrorism, and

>ideologically based violence span all races, ethnicities, and religious

>beliefs, and individuals should not be targeted based solely on race,

>ethnicity, or religion.

>

>`(8) Any measure taken to prevent violent radicalization, homegrown

>terrorism, and ideologically based violence and homegrown terrorism in the

>United States should not violate the constitutional rights, civil rights

>and civil liberties of United States citizens and lawful permanent residents.

>

>`(9) Certain governments, including the United Kingdom, Canada, and

>Australia have significant experience with homegrown terrorism and the

>United States can benefit from lessons learned by those nations.

>

>Section 899C calls for a commission on the prevention of violent

>radicalization and ideologically based violence. The commission will

>consist of ten members appointed by various individuals that hold

>different positions in government. Essentially, this is a commission that

>will examine and report on how they are going to deal with violent

>radicalization and homegrown terrorism. So basically, the commission is

>being formed specifically on how to deal with thought criminals in the

>United States. The bill requires that the commission submit their final

>report 18 months following the commission's first meeting as well as

>submit interim reports every 6 months leading up to the final report.

>Below is the bill's defined purpose of the commission. Amazingly they even

>define one of the purposes of the commission to determine the causes of

>lone wolf violent radicalization.

>

>(b) Purpose- The purposes of the Commission are the following:

>

>`(1) Examine and report upon the facts and causes of violent

>radicalization, homegrown terrorism, and ideologically based violence in

>the United States, including United States connections to non-United

>States persons and networks, violent radicalization, homegrown terrorism,

>and ideologically based violence in prison, individual or `lone wolf'

>violent radicalization, homegrown terrorism, and ideologically based

>violence, and other faces of the phenomena of violent radicalization,

>homegrown terrorism, and ideologically based violence that the Commission

>considers important.

>

>`(2) Build upon and bring together the work of other entities and avoid

>unnecessary duplication, by reviewing the findings, conclusions, and

>recommendations of--

>

>`(A) the Center of Excellence established or designated under section

>899D, and other academic work, as appropriate;

>

>`(B) Federal, State, local, or tribal studies of, reviews of, and

>experiences with violent radicalization, homegrown terrorism, and

>ideologically based violence; and

>

>`© foreign government studies of, reviews of, and experiences with

>violent radicalization, homegrown terrorism, and ideologically based violence.

>

>Section 899D of the bill establishes a Center of Excellence for the Study

>of Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism in the United States.

>Essentially, this will be a Department of Homeland Security affiliated

>institution that will study and determine how to defeat thought criminals.

>

>Section 899E of the bill discusses how the government is going to defeat

>violent radicalization and homegrown terrorism through international

>cooperation. As stated in the findings section earlier in the legislation,

>they will unquestionably seek the advice of countries with draconian

>police states like the United Kingdom to determine how to deal with this

>growing threat of thought crime.

>

>Possibly the most ridiculous section of the bill is Section 899F which

>states how they plan on protecting civil rights and civil liberties while

>preventing ideologically based violence and homegrown terrorism. Here is

>what the section says.

>

>`SEC. 899F. PROTECTING CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES WHILE PREVENTING

>IDEOLOGICALLY-BASED VIOLENCE AND HOMEGROWN TERRORISM.

>

>`(a) In General- The Department of Homeland Security's efforts to prevent

>ideologically-based violence and homegrown terrorism as described herein

>shall not violate the constitutional rights, civil rights, and civil

>liberties of United States citizens and lawful permanent residents.

>

>`(b) Commitment to Racial Neutrality- The Secretary shall ensure that the

>activities and operations of the entities created by this subtitle are in

>compliance with the Department of Homeland Security's commitment to racial

>neutrality.

>

>`© Auditing Mechanism- The Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Officer of

>the Department of Homeland Security will develop and implement an auditing

>mechanism to ensure that compliance with this subtitle does not result in

>a disproportionate impact, without a rational basis, on any particular

>race, ethnicity, or religion and include the results of its audit in its

>annual report to Congress required under section 705.'.

>

>(b) Clerical Amendment- The table of contents in section 1(b) of such Act

>is amended by inserting at the end of the items relating to title VIII the

>following:

>

>It states in the first subsection that in general the efforts to defeat

>thought crime shall not violate the constitutional rights, civil rights

>and civil liberties of the United States citizens and lawful permanent

>residents. How does this protect constitutional rights if they use vague

>language such as in general that prefaces the statement? This means that

>the Department of Homeland Security does not have to abide by the

>Constitution in their attempts to prevent so called homegrown terrorism.

>

>This bill is completely insane. It literally allows the government to

>define any and all crimes including thought crime as violent

>radicalization and homegrown terrorism. Obviously, this legislation is

>unconstitutional on a number of levels and it is clear that all 404

>representatives who voted in favor of this bill are traitors and should be

>removed from office immediately. The treason spans both political parties

>and it shows us all that there is no difference between them. The bill

>will go on to the Senate and will likely be passed and signed into the law

>by George W. Bush. Considering that draconian legislation like the Patriot

>Act and the Military Commissions Act have already been passed, there seems

>little question that this one will get passed as well. This is more proof

>that our country has been completely sold out by a group of traitors at

>all levels of government.

>

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