Thought Crimes are Homegrown Terrorism???

The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed HR 1955 , titled the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007.

The following summary is provided by the Congressional Research Service, which is a nonpartisan government entity that serves Congress and is run by the Library of Congress. The summary is taken from the official website THOMAS.

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.

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 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. Look at the definitions of violent radicalization and homegrown terrorism as defined in Section 899A of the bill.