HR 1955 seems like just about the worst bill to come out of Washington since the Patriot Act. It’s already past the House (voted on without debate, when Ron Paul wasn’t present) and is now in Senate committee. Will this finally wake up the American people, albeit too late? Or will apologists line up to defend it - I’m sure that they will allow extremist defenders of the law to remain at large.
Would probably help to post a summary of the bill.
4/19/2007–Introduced.
Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to add provisions concerning the prevention of homegrown terrorism (terrorism by individuals born, raised, or based and operating primarily in the United States).
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) establish a grant program to prevent radicalization (use of an extremist belief system for facilitating ideologically-based violence) and homegrown terrorism in the United States; (2) establish or designate a university-based Center of Excellence for the Study of Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism in the United States; and (3) conduct a survey of methodologies implemented by foreign nations to prevent radicalization and homegrown terrorism.
Prohibits the Department of Homeland Security’s efforts to prevent ideologically-based violence and homegrown terrorism from violating the constitutional and civil rights, and civil liberties, of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents.