HR1955

My brother alerted me to this bill, HR1955. I haven’t read the bill yet, but here’s some information I’ve found on it, and a link to the bill itself.

Update: 5:24 p.m. The bill is now S1959 and is in the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. Guess who the chairman of this committee is? Joe Fucking Lieberman. The full committee list is: Joseph I. Lieberman Chairman (ID) (CT) Susan M. Collins Ranking Member (ME) Carl Levin (MI) Ted Stevens (AK) Daniel K. Akaka (HI) George V. Voinovich (OH)
Thomas R. Carper (DE) Norm Coleman (MN) Mark L. Pryor (AR) Tom Coburn (OK)
Mary L. Landrieu (LA) Pete V. Domenici (NM) Barack Obama (IL) John Warner (VA)
Claire McCaskill (MO) John E. Sununu (NH) Jon Tester (MT)

Doesn’t look good. I’d guess it will make it out of the committee.

From MYDD:

HR 1955 passed with 404 votes in the House. Sponsored by Jane Harmon aand co sponsored by Chris Carney and a host of others the bill is entitled Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007.

Here is a link to read the bill: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext .xpd?bill=h110-1955

I am most troubled by this section of the bill:
(3) The Internet has aided in facilitating violent radicalization, ideologically based violence, and the homegrown terrorism process in the United States by providing access to broad and constant streams of terrorist-related propaganda to United States citizens.

Will this section endanger Net Neutrality

From Indybay:

The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed HR 1955 titled the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007. This bill is one of the most blatant attacks against the Constitution yet and actually defines thought crimes as homegrown terrorism.

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