Even bird watchers are “terrorists” grilled by the FBI! http://www.rightsmatter.org/multimedia/

QUESTIONS, CONCERNS:

E) When reading the text of the bill, note also the placement of “centers” in Universities, whose purpose is to study American psychology giving rise to such ingrown “terrorism“: Infiltration and spying on our students? Squelching of student dissent? No thank you. Considering how vocal students are, how strategic is the University placement of such study centers? Isn’t that proof of the intentions to squelch dissent and control American opinion, right there?

F) Last but not least, what are the legal implications of being dubbed a “terrorist”? Are such “terrorists” as Greenpeace, The American Friends Service Committee, Food not Bombs, et al deserving of the Guantanamo treatment?

G) Are “radical” ideas defined in this bill? Not at all. ANYBODY can be Dubbed “radical” and that can be tweaked to suit the agenda of the individual politician, FBI agent or police officer. (Under the Patriot Act, the FBI currently has power to arrest us at their whim without warrant or connection to wrong-doing, according to the ACLU and many other organizations including even the conservative Gun Owners of America http://www.gunowners.org/patriotii.htm

It would be all too easy to send an FBI agent to our door at the request of any politician in response to his/her own determination of “radical ideology“. Getting rid of such “radical“ citizens is of course convenient for politicians. Especially when dissent is so squelched that never would anyone dare to utter a peep when it happens). “Other purposes” leaves the door wide open, too.

To further illustrate the point of “terrorism“ applying to innocent people and protestors specifically, here is a link to an actual FBI “terrorist” investigation document posted to the ACLU’s website: www.aclu.org/safefree/spyfiles/28000res20060314.html

I) www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/22/AR2007032201882_pf.html National Security Letters are FBI-issued subpoenas for internet, phone, medical and other records of suspected “terrorists”, carrying gag orders with 5-year jail sentences for disclosing receipt of an NSL. Former FBI agent Mike German wrote to ACLU members that between 2003-2005, 153,000 NSL’s were issued (that’s 993 per week), about 50% to American citizens, and only ONE terrorist was caught since 9-11 using these NSL's. Since NSL’s are being overly-used by the FBI, so much that even Congress and the ACLU don’t know the extent of the abuses, how can we trust that this bill would not be similarly misused/abused?

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