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This bill never became law. This bill was proposed in a previous session of Congress. Sessions of Congress last two years, and at the end of each session all proposed bills and resolutions that haven't passed are cleared from the books. Members often reintroduce bills that did not come up for debate under a new number in the next session.Because this bill was introduced in a previous session of Congress, no more action can occur on it.SO GUESS WHAT? THEY RENAMED IT {H.R.1955} yah-they can DO that! and re-submit it over and over till it passes. the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act, HR. 1955 / S. 1959. This legislation does not criminalize conduct, but may well lead to criminalizing ideas or beliefs in violation of the First Amendment. By targeting the Internet, it may result in increased surveillance of Internet communications in violation of the Fourth Amendment.
This bill would establish a Commission to study and report on "facts and causes" of "violent radicalism" and "extremist belief systems." It defines "violent radicalism" as "adopting or promoting an extremist belief system for the purpose of facilitating ideologically based violence to advance political, religious, or social change." The term "extremist belief system" is not defined.leaving it wide open for interpretation.
"Ideologically based violence" is defined in the bill as the "use, planned use, or threatened use of force or violence by a group or individual to promote the group or individual's political, religious, or social beliefs." Thus, "force" and "violence" are used interchangeably. If a group of people blocked the doorway of a corporation that manufactured weapons, or blocked a sidewalk during a demonstration, it might constitute the use of "force" to promote "political beliefs."
The bill charges that 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." This provision could be used to conduct more intrusive surveillance of our Internet communications without warrants.Hr 1955 was passed on the House Floor October 23rd, 2007. Since that date, there is still a “press blackout” in effect, and now, while most of America thought HR 1955/S 1959 was in committee pending further review until it was brought up for a vote in the Senate; None of us were aware that this Bill is taking on a life of its own, and some parts of this measure are already being implemented! I found an article from The Nation this morning, and what it describes is the enacting of certain parts of this Bill, even though it hasn’t become law yet., it’s time to get this out in the open and find a way to circumvent the press blackout so Americans will become aware that once again, the government is running programs that undermine what our colleges are attempting to accomplish and are threatening free speech on our campuses:
Free-speech zones. Taser guns. Hidden cameras. Data mining. A new security curriculum. Private security contractors. Welcome to the homeland security campus.
But wait, there’s more: DHS has founded and funded six of its very own “Centers of Excellence,” research facilities that span dozens of universities from coast to coast. The latest is a Center of Excellence for the Study of Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism, the funding for which cleared the House in October. The center is mandated to assist a national commission in combating those “adopting or promoting an extremist belief system…to advance political, religious or social change.”

It’s not a secret that the Pentagon, for its part, hopes to turn campuses into recruitment centers for its overstretched, overstressed forces. The Defense Department has built its own database for just this purpose. Known as Joint Advertising Market Research and Studies, this program tracks 30 million young people, ages 16 to 25. According to a Pentagon spokesperson, the department has partnered with private marketing and data-mining firms, which in turn sell the government reams of information on students and other potential recruits.
The American people have a right to know where and how their tax money is being spent, and parents that are plowing hard earned money and savings into their children’s education should be aware that they may be sending their kids into a hotbed of political opportunism that our Neo-conservative government is attempting to capitalize upon at the taxpayers expense.

Whatever the government is attempting to accomplish with S 1959, it’s obvious that they consider it important enough to circumvent the press and appear to be implementing parts of this program very quickly and quietly, a sure sign that civil rights and freedom are being compromised in the name of national security.
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