Sunday, June 27, 2010

Will Obama try to deem his critics "domestic terrorists"?

   Will Obama resurrect this legislation in order to deem his critics "domestic terrorists"?

"Harman's bill contends that the United States will soon have to deal
with home grown terrorists and that something must be done to anticipate
and neutralize the problem. The act deals with the issue through the
creation of a congressional commission that will be empowered to hold
hearings, conduct investigations, and designate various groups as
"homegrown terrorists." The commission will be tasked to propose new
legislation that will enable the government to take punitive action
against both the groups and the individuals who are affiliated with
them. Like Joe McCarthy and HUAC in the past, the commission will
travel around the United States and hold hearings to find the terrorists
and root them out. Unlike inquiries in the past where the activity was
carried out collectively, the act establishing the Violent
Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Commission will
empower all the members on the commission to arrange hearings, obtain
testimony, and even to administer oaths to witnesses, meaning that
multiple hearings could be running simultaneously in various parts of
the country. The ten commission members will be selected for their
"expertise," though most will be appointed by Congress itself and will
reflect the usual political interests."

Interestingly, the sympathetic author never explicitly points out that Jane Harmon is a Dem.


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