we must contact our senators about this. make a difference.

Violent Radicalization & Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act
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read the "more info" tag on this video for further links and summary.

That is very interesting. The wikipedia article on it contains a surprising (to me) line that the bill would curtail the dept of homeland security's efforts towards preventing ideological based violence. It was introduced by a democrat, and has a lot of democrats as sponsors, and not the right wing republicans one would expect. I am not convinced that this is not a bill designed to put oversights and checks and balances on the dept of homeland security. At any rate, it was introduced a year ago and seems to have gotten nowhere. This makes sense if it is designed to limit the present dangerous setup, and yet got nailed from the left as a "thought crime" bill anyway. It's prospects for passage look very dim. I mean both the ACLU and the john birch society have spoken out against it. That's a pretty broad base of criticism.

The bill, if enacted, would:

1. Amend 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).[4]
2. 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;[4]
2. Establish or designate a university-based Center of Excellence for the Study of Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism in the United States;[4]
3. Conduct a survey of methodologies implemented by foreign nations to prevent radicalization and homegrown terrorism.[4]
3. Prohibit 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.[4]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viol...ct_of_2007