Hillary in Reverse
I don't think many would argue that the end is near based solely on the fact that Hillary stands so close to becoming President.
Here she is heard in reverse (it doesn't sound any better) using the new reverse speech technology that shows your inner state of mind. I was waiting for the one that said something like - "I am Satan's imp" - but unfortunately they weren't able to capture that.
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Comment by john— 2007/11/13 @ 02:26 PM — (Reply)
Comment by Darkstream— 2007/11/13 @ 02:32 PM — (Reply)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/11/11/wclinton111.xml
besides Ron Paul - we have a gaggle of liars to choose from.
Comment by Darkstream— 2007/11/13 @ 02:44 PM — (Reply)
Comment by Damjan— 2007/11/14 @ 01:18 AM — (Reply)
Comment by Darkstream— 2007/11/14 @ 07:18 AM — (Reply)
He's against gun control, abortion, for state rights, wants to repel the patriot act and end the war, out of the UN, end the IRS, against forced vaccinations and the national id card - he ain't one of them.
Comment by Dugg— 2007/11/15 @ 03:58 PM — (Reply)
Comment by Ed— 2007/11/15 @ 04:31 PM — (Reply)
Comment by Dugg— 2007/11/15 @ 05:03 PM — (Reply)
Comment by Ed— 2007/11/15 @ 05:49 PM — (Reply)
The fact that you can be grabbed - charged as a terrorist - given no lawyer - no trial - held indefinitely - tortured - get no phone call - no word to anyone - they don't even have to say where they're keeping you or if you're alive - should scare the hell out of everyone. That'snot America - that's China. The fact that it hasn't happened yet is no big comfort - the fact that it can is enough.
Comment by Dugg— 2007/11/15 @ 06:09 PM — (Reply)
Comment by Ed— 2007/11/15 @ 06:54 PM — (Reply)
Comment by jim— 2007/11/15 @ 06:43 PM — (Reply)
Comment by Dugg— 2007/11/15 @ 06:47 PM — (Reply)
Comment by jim— 2007/11/15 @ 09:11 PM — (Reply)
Let's focus on reality not on groundless paranoia.
Comment by Barry G.— 2007/11/15 @ 10:28 PM — (Reply)
Secret Patriot Act II Destroys
Remaining US Liberty
Total Police State Takeover
The Secret Patriot Act II Destroys What
Is Left of American Liberty
By Alex Jones
www.infowars.com
2-11-3
Congressman Ron Paul (R-Tex) told the Washington Times that no member of Congress was allowed to read the first Patriot Act that was passed by the House on October 27, 2001. The first Patriot Act was universally decried by civil libertarians and Constitutional scholars from across the political spectrum. William Safire, while writing for the New York Times, described the first Patriot Act's powers by saying that President Bush was seizing dictatorial control.
On February 7, 2003 the Center for Public Integrity, a non-partisan public interest think-tank in DC, revealed the full text of the Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003. The classified document had been leaked to them by an unnamed source inside the Federal government. The document consisted of a 33-page section by section analysis of the accompanying 87-page bill.
*Note: On February 10, 2003 I discovered that not only was there a house version that had been covertly brought to Hastert, but that many provisions of the now public Patriot Act II had already been introduced as pork barrel riders on Senate Bill S. 22. Dozens of subsections and even the titles of the subsections are identical to those in the House version. This is very important because it catches the Justice Department in a bald-faced lie. The Justice Department claimed that the secret legislation brought into the House was only for study, and that at this time there was no intention to try and pass it. Now upon reading S. 22, it is clear that the leadership of the Senate is fully aware of the Patriot Act II, and have passed these riders out of their committees into the full bill. I spent two hours scanning through S. 22 and, let me tell you, it is a nightmare for anyone who loves liberty. It even contains the Our Lady of Peace Act that registers all gun owners. It bans the private sale of all firearms, creates a Federal ballistics database, and much more.
The bill itself is stamped 'Confidential ö Not for Distribution.' Upon reading the analysis and bill, I was stunned by the scientifically crafted tyranny contained in the legislation. The Justice Department Office of Legislative Affairs admits that they had indeed covertly transmitted a copy of the legislation to Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, (R-Il) and the Vice President of the United States, Dick Cheney as well as the executive heads of federal law enforcement agencies.
It is important to note that no member of Congress was allowed to see the first Patriot Act before its passage, and that no debate was tolerate by the House and Senate leadership. The intentions of the White House and Speaker Hastert concerning Patriot Act II appear to be a carbon copy replay of the events that led to the unprecedented passage of the first Patriot Act.
There are two glaring areas that need to be looked at concerning this new legislation:
1. The secretive tactics being used by the White House and Speaker Hastert to keep even the existence of this legislation secret would be more at home in Communist China than in the United States. The fact that Dick Cheney publicly managed the steamroller passage of the first Patriot Act, insuring that no one was allowed to read it and publicly threatening members of Congress that if they didn't vote in favor of it that they would be blamed for the next terrorist attack, is by the White House's own definition terrorism. The move to clandestinely craft and then bully passage of any legislation by the Executive Branch is clearly an impeachable offense.
2. The second Patriot Act is a mirror image of powers that Julius Caesar and Adolf Hitler gave themselves. Whereas the First Patriot Act only gutted the First, Third, Fourth and Fifth Amendments, and seriously damaged the Seventh and the Tenth, the Second Patriot Act reorganizes the entire Federal government as well as many areas of state government under the dictatorial control of the Justice Department, the Office of Homeland Security and the FEMA NORTHCOM military command. The Domestic Security Enhancement Act 2003, also known as the Second Patriot Act is by its very structure the definition of dictatorship.
I challenge all Americans to study the new Patriot Act and to compare it to the Constitution, Bill of Rights and Declaration of Independence. Ninety percent of the act has nothing to do with terrorism and is instead a giant Federal power-grab with tentacles reaching into every facet of our society. It strips American citizens of all of their rights and grants the government and its private agents total immunity.
Here is a quick thumbnail sketch of just some of the draconian measures encapsulated within this tyrannical legislation:
SECTION 501 (Expatriation of Terrorists) expands the Bush administration's "enemy combatant" definition to all American citizens who "may" have violated any provision of Section 802 of the first Patriot Act. (Section 802 is the new definition of domestic terrorism, and the definition is "any action that endangers human life that is a violation of any Federal or State law.") Section 501 of the second Patriot Act directly connects to Section 125 of the same act. The Justice Department boldly claims that the incredibly broad Section 802 of the First USA Patriot Act isn't broad enough and that a new, unlimited definition of terrorism is needed.
Under Section 501 a US citizen engaging in lawful activities can be grabbed off the street and thrown into a van never to be seen again. The Justice Department states that they can do this because the person "had inferred from conduct" that they were not a US citizen. Remember Section 802 of the First USA Patriot Act states that any violation of Federal or State law can result in the "enemy combatant" terrorist designation.
SECTION 201 of the second Patriot Act makes it a criminal act for any member of the government or any citizen to release any information concerning the incarceration or whereabouts of detainees. It also states that law enforcement does not even have to tell the press who they have arrested and they never have to release the names.
SECTION 301 and 306 (Terrorist Identification Database) set up a national database of "suspected terrorists" and radically expand the database to include anyone associated with suspected terrorist groups and anyone involved in crimes or having supported any group designated as "terrorist." These sections also set up a national DNA database for anyone on probation or who has been on probation for any crime, and orders State governments to collect the DNA for the Federal government.
SECTION 312 gives immunity to law enforcement engaging in spying operations against the American people and would place substantial restrictions on court injunctions against Federal violations of civil rights across the board.
SECTION 101 will designate individual terrorists as foreign powers and again strip them of all rights under the "enemy combatant" designation.
SECTION 102 states clearly that any information gathering, regardless of whether or not those activities are illegal, can be considered to be clandestine intelligence activities for a foreign power. This makes news gathering illegal.
SECTION 103 allows the Federal government to use wartime martial law powers domestically and internationally without Congress declaring that a state of war exists.
SECTION 106 is bone-chilling in its straightforwardness. It states that broad general warrants by the secret FSIA court (a panel of secret judges set up in a star chamber system that convenes in an undisclosed location) granted under the first Patriot Act are not good enough. It states that government agents must be given immunity for carrying out searches with no prior court approval. This section throws out the entire Fourth Amendment against unreasonable searches and seizures.
SECTION 109 allows secret star chamber courts to issue contempt charges against any individual or corporation who refuses to incriminate themselves or others. This sections annihilate the last vestiges of the Fifth Amendment.
SECTION 110 restates that key police state clauses in the first Patriot Act were not sunsetted and removes the five year sunset clause from other subsections of the first Patriot Act. After all, the media has told us: "this is the New America. Get used to it. This is forever."
SECTION 111 expands the definition of the "enemy combatant" designation.
SECTION 122 restates the government's newly announced power of "surveillance without a court order."
SECTION 123 restates that the government no longer needs warrants and that the investigations can be a giant dragnet-style sweep described in press reports about the Total Information Awareness Network. One passage reads, "thus the focus of domestic surveillance may be less precise than that directed against more conventional types of crime."
*Note: Over and over again, in subsection after subsection, the second Patriot Act states that its new Soviet-type powers will be used to fight international terrorism, domestic terrorism and other types of crimes. Of course the government has already announced in Section 802 of the first USA Patriot act that any crime is considered domestic terrorism.
SECTION 126 grants the government the right to mine the entire spectrum of public and private sector information from bank records to educational and medical records. This is the enacting law to allow ECHELON and the Total Information Awareness Network to totally break down any and all walls of privacy.
The government states that they must look at everything to "determine" if individuals or groups might have a connection to terrorist groups. As you can now see, you are guilty until proven innocent.
SECTION 127 allows the government to takeover coroners' and medical examiners' operations whenever they see fit. See how this is like Bill Clinton's special medical examiner he had in Arkansas that ruled that people had committed suicide when their arms and legs had been cut off.
SECTION 128 allows the Federal government to place gag orders on Federal and State Grand Juries and to take over the proceedings. It also disallows individuals or organizations to even try to quash a Federal subpoena. So now defending yourself will be a terrorist action.
SECTION 129 destroys any remaining whistleblower protection for Federal agents.
SECTION 202 allows corporations to keep secret their activities with toxic biological, chemical or radiological materials.
SECTION 205 allows top Federal officials to keep all their financial dealings secret, and anyone investigating them can be considered a terrorist. This should be very useful for Dick Cheney to stop anyone investigating Haliburton.
SECTION 303 sets up national DNA database of suspected terrorists. The database will also be used to "stop other unlawful activities." It will share the information with state, local and foreign agencies for the same purposes.
SECTION 311 federalizes your local police department in the area of information sharing.
SECTION 313 provides liability protection for businesses, especially big businesses that spy on their customers for Homeland Security, violating their privacy agreements. It goes on to say that these are all preventative measures ö has anyone seen Minority Report? This is the access hub for the Total Information Awareness Network.
SECTION 321 authorizes foreign governments to spy on the American people and to share information with foreign governments.
SECTION 322 removes Congress from the extradition process and allows officers of the Homeland Security complex to extradite American citizens anywhere they wish. It also allows Homeland Security to secretly take individuals out of foreign countries.
SECTION 402 is titled "Providing Material Support to Terrorism." The section reads that there is no requirement to show that the individual even had the intent to aid terrorists.
SECTION 403 expands the definition of weapons of mass destruction to include any activity that affects interstate or foreign commerce.
SECTION 404 makes it a crime for a terrorist or "other criminals" to use encryption in the commission of a crime.
SECTION 408 creates "lifetime parole" (basically, slavery) for a whole host of crimes.
SECTION 410 creates no statute of limitations for anyone that engages in terrorist actions or supports terrorists. Remember: any crime is now considered terrorism under the first Patriot Act.
SECTION 411 expands crimes that are punishable by death. Again, they point to Section 802 of the first Patriot Act and state that any terrorist act or support of terrorist act can result in the death penalty.
SECTION 421 increases penalties for terrorist financing. This section states that any type of financial activity connected to terrorism will result to time in prison and $10-50,000 fines per violation.
SECTIONS 427 sets up asset forfeiture provisions for anyone engaging in terrorist activities.
There are many other sections that I did not cover in the interest of time. The American people were shocked by the despotic nature of the first Patriot Act. The second Patriot Act dwarfs all police state legislation in modern world history.
Usually, corrupt governments allow their citizens lots of wonderful rights on paper, while carrying out their jackbooted oppression covertly. From snatch and grab operations to warantless searches, Patriot Act II is an Adolf Hitler wish list.
You can understand why President Bush, Dick Cheney and Dennis Hastert want to keep this legislation secret not just from Congress, but the American people as well. Bill Allison, Managing Editor of the Center for Public Integrity, the group that broke this story, stated on my radio show that it was obvious that they were just waiting for another terrorist attack to opportunistically get this new bill through. He then shocked me with an insightful comment about how the Federal government was crafting this so that they could go after the American people in general. He also agreed that the FBI has been quietly demonizing patriots and Christians and "those who carry around pocket Constitutions."
I have produced two documentary films and written a book about what really happened on September 11th. The bottom line is this: the military-industrial complex carried the attacks out as a pretext for control. Anyone who doubts this just hasn't looked at the mountains of hard evidence.
Of course, the current group of white collar criminals in the White House might not care that we're finding out the details of their next phase. Because, after all, when smallpox gets released, or more buildings start blowing up, the President can stand up there at his lectern suppressing a smirk, squeeze out a tear or two, and tell us that "See I was right. I had to take away your rights to keep you safe. And now it's your fault that all of these children are dead." From that point on, anyone who criticizes tyranny will be shouted down by the paid talking head government mouthpieces in the mainstream media.
You have to admit, it's a beautiful script. Unfortunately, it's being played out in the real world. If we don't get the word out that government is using terror to control our lives while doing nothing to stop the terrorists, we will deserve what we get - tyranny. But our children won't deserve it.
Comment by Dugg— 2007/11/15 @ 10:49 PM — (Reply)
Comment by Barry G.— 2007/11/15 @ 10:52 PM — (Reply)
Hillary like??
Comment by Dugg— 2007/11/15 @ 10:57 PM — (Reply)
Hillary like = not answeringa a yes or not question with a yes or no.
Comment by Barry G.— 2007/11/15 @ 11:02 PM — (Reply)
Comment by Dugg— 2007/11/15 @ 11:51 PM — (Reply)
``(c) Whoever knowingly violates this section shall be fined as
provided in this title, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both, but
the prohibition contained in this section shall not apply with respect
to any duly authorized United States governmental activity.''; and
(3) in the chapter analysis, by inserting after the item
relating to section 175a the following:
``175b. Possession by restricted persons.''.
[[Page 115 STAT. 387]]
TITLE IX--IMPROVED INTELLIGENCE
SEC. 901. RESPONSIBILITIES OF DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE REGARDING
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE COLLECTED UNDER FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE
SURVEILLANCE ACT OF 1978.
Section 103(c) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 403-
3(c)) is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) as paragraphs
(7) and (8), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following new
paragraph (6):
``(6) establish requirements and priorities for foreign
intelligence information to be collected under the Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.),
and provide assistance to the Attorney General to ensure that
information derived from electronic surveillance or physical
searches under that Act is disseminated so it may be used
efficiently and effectively for foreign intelligence purposes,
except that the Director shall have no authority to direct,
manage, or undertake electronic surveillance or physical search
operations pursuant to that Act unless otherwise authorized by
statute or Executive order;''.
SEC. 902. INCLUSION OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTIVITIES WITHIN SCOPE
OF FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE UNDER NATIONAL SECURITY ACT OF 1947.
Section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a) is
amended--
(1) in paragraph (2), by inserting before the period the
following: ``, or international terrorist activities''; and
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ``and activities
conducted'' and inserting ``, and activities conducted,''.
SEC. 903. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF
INTELLIGENCE RELATIONSHIPS TO ACQUIRE INFORMATION ON
TERRORISTS AND TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS.
It is the sense of Congress that officers and employees of the
intelligence community of the Federal Government, acting within the
course of their official duties, should be encouraged, and should make
every effort, to establish and maintain intelligence relationships with
any person, entity, or group for the purpose of engaging in lawful
intelligence activities, including the acquisition of information on the
identity, location, finances, affiliations, capabilities, plans, or
intentions of a terrorist or terrorist organization, or information on
any other person, entity, or group (including a foreign government)
engaged in harboring, comforting, financing, aiding, or assisting a
terrorist or terrorist organization.
SEC. 904. TEMPORARY AUTHORITY TO DEFER SUBMITTAL TO CONGRESS OF REPORTS
ON INTELLIGENCE AND INTELLIGENCE-RELATED MATTERS.
(a) Authority To Defer.--The Secretary of Defense, Attorney General,
and Director of Central Intelligence each may, during the effective
period of this section, defer the date of submittal
[[Page 115 STAT. 388]]
to Congress of any covered intelligence report under the jurisdiction of
such official until February 1, 2002.
(b) Covered Intelligence Report.--Except as provided in subsection
(c), for purposes of subsection (a), a covered intelligence report is as
follows:
(1) Any report on intelligence or intelligence-related
activities of the United States Government that is required to
be submitted to Congress by an element of the intelligence
community during the effective period of this section.
(2) Any report or other matter that is required to be
submitted to the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate
and Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of
Representatives by the Department of Defense or the Department
of Justice during the effective period of this section.
(c) Exception for Certain Reports.--For purposes of subsection (a),
any report required by section 502 or 503 of the National Security Act
of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 413a, 413b) is not a covered intelligence report.
(d) Notice to Congress.--Upon deferring the date of submittal to
Congress of a covered intelligence report under subsection (a), the
official deferring the date of submittal of the covered intelligence
report shall submit to Congress notice of the deferral. Notice of
deferral of a report shall specify the provision of law, if any, under
which the report would otherwise be submitted to Congress.
(e) Extension <
official specified in subsection (a) may defer the date of submittal to
Congress of a covered intelligence report under the jurisdiction of such
official to a date after February 1, 2002, if such official submits to
the committees of Congress specified in subsection (b)(2) before
February 1, 2002, a certification that preparation and submittal of the
covered intelligence report on February 1, 2002, will impede the work of
officers or employees who are engaged in counterterrorism activities.
(2) A certification under paragraph (1) with respect to a covered
intelligence report shall specify the date on which the covered
intelligence report will be submitted to Congress.
(f) Effective Period.--The effective period of this section is the
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on
February 1, 2002.
(g) Element of the Intelligence Community Defined.--In this section,
the term ``element of the intelligence community'' means any element of
the intelligence community specified or designated under section 3(4) of
the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)).
SEC. 905. DISCLOSURE TO DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE OF FOREIGN
INTELLIGENCE-RELATED INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATIONS.
(a) In General.--Title I of the National Security Act of 1947 (50
U.S.C. 402 et seq.) is amended--
(1) by redesignating <
(2) by inserting after section 105A the following new
section 105B:
[[Page 115 STAT. 389]]
``Sec. <
Intelligence.--(1) Except as otherwise provided by law and subject to
paragraph (2), the Attorney General, or the head of any other department
or agency of the Federal Government with law enforcement
responsibilities, shall expeditiously disclose to the Director of
Central Intelligence, pursuant to guidelines developed by the Attorney
General in consultation with the Director, foreign intelligence acquired
by an element of the Department of Justice or an element of such
department or agency, as the case may be, in the course of a criminal
investigation.
``(2) The Attorney General by regulation and in consultation with
the Director of Central Intelligence may provide for exceptions to the
applicability of paragraph (1) for one or more classes of foreign
intelligence, or foreign intelligence with respect to one or more
targets or matters, if the Attorney General determines that disclosure
of such foreign intelligence under that paragraph would jeopardize an
ongoing law enforcement investigation or impair other significant law
enforcement interests.
``(b) Procedures <
Investigations.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of
this section, the Attorney General, in consultation with the Director of
Central Intelligence, shall develop guidelines to ensure that after
receipt of a report from an element of the intelligence community of
activity of a foreign intelligence source or potential foreign
intelligence source that may warrant investigation as criminal activity,
the Attorney General provides notice to the Director of Central
Intelligence, within a reasonable period of time, of his intention to
commence, or decline to commence, a criminal investigation of such
activity.
``(c) Procedures.--The Attorney General shall develop procedures for
the administration of this section, including the disclosure of foreign
intelligence by elements of the Department of Justice, and elements of
other departments and agencies of the Federal Government, under
subsection (a) and the provision of notice with respect to criminal
investigations under subsection (b).''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in the first section
of that Act is amended by striking the item relating to section 105B and
inserting the following new items:
``Sec. 105B. Disclosure of foreign intelligence acquired in criminal
investigations; notice of criminal investigations of foreign
intelligence sources.
``Sec. 105C. Protection of the operational files of the National Imagery
and Mapping Agency.''.
SEC. 906. FOREIGN TERRORIST ASSET TRACKING CENTER.
(a) Report <
February 1, 2002, the Attorney General, the Director of Central
Intelligence, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall jointly submit to
Congress a report on the feasibility and desirability of reconfiguring
the Foreign Terrorist Asset Tracking Center and the Office of Foreign
Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury in order to establish a
capability to provide for the effective and efficient analysis and
dissemination of foreign intelligence relating to the financial
capabilities and resources of international terrorist organizations.
[[Page 115 STAT. 390]]
(b) Report Requirements.--(1) In preparing the report under
subsection (a), the Attorney General, the Secretary, and the Director
shall consider whether, and to what extent, the capacities and resources
of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Center of the Department of the
Treasury may be integrated into the capability contemplated by the
report.
(2) If the Attorney General, Secretary, and the Director determine
that it is feasible and desirable to undertake the reconfiguration
described in subsection (a) in order to establish the capability
described in that subsection, the Attorney General, the Secretary, and
the Director shall include with the report under that subsection a
detailed proposal for legislation to achieve the reconfiguration.
SEC. 907. NATIONAL VIRTUAL TRANSLATION CENTER.
(a) Report <
February 1, 2002, the Director of Central Intelligence shall, in
consultation with the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the
establishment and maintenance within the intelligence community of an
element for purposes of providing timely and accurate translations of
foreign intelligence for all other elements of the intelligence
community. In the report, the element shall be referred to as the
``National Virtual Translation Center''.
(2) The report on the element described in paragraph (1) shall
discuss the use of state-of-the-art communications technology, the
integration of existing translation capabilities in the intelligence
community, and the utilization of remote-connection capacities so as to
minimize the need for a central physical facility for the element.
(b) Resources.--The report on the element required by subsection (a)
shall address the following:
(1) The assignment to the element of a staff of individuals
possessing a broad range of linguistic and translation skills
appropriate for the purposes of the element.
(2) The provision to the element of communications
capabilities and systems that are commensurate with the most
current and sophisticated communications capabilities and
systems available to other elements of intelligence community.
(3) The assurance, to the maximum extent practicable, that
the communications capabilities and systems provided to the
element will be compatible with communications capabilities and
systems utilized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in
securing timely and accurate translations of foreign language
materials for law enforcement investigations.
(4) The development of a communications infrastructure to
ensure the efficient and secure use of the translation
capabilities of the element.
(c) Secure Communications.--The report shall include a discussion of
the creation of secure electronic communications between the element
described by subsection (a) and the other elements of the intelligence
community.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Foreign intelligence.--The term ``foreign intelligence''
has the meaning given that term in section 3(2) of the National
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(2)).
(2) Element of the intelligence community.--The term
``element of the intelligence community'' means any element
[[Page 115 STAT. 391]]
of the intelligence community specified or designated under
section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C.
401a(4)).
SEC. 908. <
REGARDING IDENTIFICATION AND USE OF FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
(a) Program Required.--The Attorney General shall, in consultation
with the Director of Central Intelligence, carry out a program to
provide appropriate training to officials described in subsection (b) in
order to assist such officials in--
(1) identifying foreign intelligence information in the
course of their duties; and
(2) utilizing foreign intelligence information in the course
of their duties, to the extent that the utilization of such
information is appropriate for such duties.
(b) Officials.--The officials provided training under subsection (a)
are, at the discretion of the Attorney General and the Director, the
following:
(1) Officials of the Federal Government who are not
ordinarily engaged in the collection, dissemination, and use of
foreign intelligence in the performance of their duties.
(2) Officials of State and local governments who encounter,
or may encounter in the course of a terrorist event, foreign
intelligence in the performance of their duties.
(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is hereby authorized to
be appropriated for the Department of Justice such sums as may be
necessary for purposes of carrying out the program required by
subsection (a).
TITLE X--MISCELLANEOUS
SEC. 1001. <
The Inspector General of the Department of Justice shall designate
one official who shall--
(1) review information and receive complaints alleging
abuses of civil rights and civil liberties by employees and
officials of the Department of Justice;
(2) <
through the Internet, radio, television, and newspaper
advertisements information on the responsibilities and functions
of, and how to contact, the official; and
(3) <
Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
the Judiciary of the Senate on a semi-annual basis a report on
the implementation of this subsection and detailing any abuses
described in paragraph (1), including a description of the use
of funds appropriations used to carry out this subsection.
SEC. 1002. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) all Americans are united in condemning, in the strongest
possible terms, the terrorists who planned and carried out the
attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001, and in
pursuing all those responsible for those attacks and their
sponsors until they are brought to justice;
(2) Sikh-Americans form a vibrant, peaceful, and law-abiding
part of America's people;
[[Page 115 STAT. 392]]
(3) approximately 500,000 Sikhs reside in the United States
and are a vital part of the Nation;
(4) Sikh-Americans stand resolutely in support of the
commitment of our Government to bring the terrorists and those
that harbor them to justice;
(5) the Sikh faith is a distinct religion with a distinct
religious and ethnic identity that has its own places of worship
and a distinct holy text and religious tenets;
(6) many Sikh-Americans, who are easily recognizable by
their turbans and beards, which are required articles of their
faith, have suffered both verbal and physical assaults as a
result of misguided anger toward Arab-Americans and Muslim-
Americans in the wake of the September 11, 2001 terrorist
attack;
(7) Sikh-Americans, as do all Americans, condemn acts of
prejudice against any American; and
(8) Congress is seriously concerned by the number of crimes
against Sikh-Americans and other Americans all across the Nation
that have been reported in the wake of the tragic events that
unfolded on September 11, 2001.
(b) Sense of Congress.--Congress--
(1) declares that, in the quest to identify, locate, and
bring to justice the perpetrators and sponsors of the terrorist
attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001, the civil
rights and civil liberties of all Americans, including Sikh-
Americans, should be protected;
(2) condemns bigotry and any acts of violence or
discrimination against any Americans, including Sikh-Americans;
(3) calls upon local and Federal law enforcement authorities
to work to prevent crimes against all Americans, including Sikh-
Americans; and
(4) calls upon local and Federal law enforcement authorities
to prosecute to the fullest extent of the law all those who
commit crimes.
SEC. 1003. DEFINITION OF ``ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE''.
Section 101(f)(2) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (50
U.S.C. 1801(f)(2)) is amended by adding at the end before the semicolon
the following: ``, but does not include the acquisition of those
communications of computer trespassers that would be permissible under
section 2511(2)(i) of title 18, United States Code''.
SEC. 1004. VENUE IN MONEY LAUNDERING CASES.
Section 1956 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding
at the end the following:
``(i) Venue.--(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a prosecution
for an offense under this section or section 1957 may be brought in--
``(A) any district in which the financial or monetary
transaction is conducted; or
``(B) any district where a prosecution for the underlying
specified unlawful activity could be brought, if the defendant
participated in the transfer of the proceeds of the specified
unlawful activity from that district to the district where the
financial or monetary transaction is conducted.
``(2) A prosecution for an attempt or conspiracy offense under this
section or section 1957 may be brought in the district where venue would
lie for the completed offense under paragraph (1),
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or in any other district where an act in furtherance of the attempt or
conspiracy took place.
``(3) For purposes of this section, a transfer of funds from 1 place
to another, by wire or any other means, shall constitute a single,
continuing transaction. Any person who conducts (as that term is defined
in subsection (c)(2)) any portion of the transaction may be charged in
any district in which the transaction takes place.''.
SEC. 1005. <
(a) Grant Authorization.--The Attorney General shall make grants
described in subsections (b) and (c) to States and units of local
government to improve the ability of State and local law enforcement,
fire department and first responders to respond to and prevent acts of
terrorism.
(b) Terrorism Prevention Grants.--Terrorism prevention grants under
this subsection may be used for programs, projects, and other activities
to--
(1) hire additional law enforcement personnel dedicated to
intelligence gathering and analysis functions, including the
formation of full-time intelligence and analysis units;
(2) purchase technology and equipment for intelligence
gathering and analysis functions, including wire-tap, pen links,
cameras, and computer hardware and software;
(3) purchase equipment for responding to a critical
incident, including protective equipment for patrol officers
such as quick masks;
(4) purchase equipment for managing a critical incident,
such as communications equipment for improved interoperability
among surrounding jurisdictions and mobile command posts for
overall scene management; and
(5) fund technical assistance programs that emphasize
coordination among neighboring law enforcement agencies for
sharing resources, and resources coordination among law
enforcement agencies for combining intelligence gathering and
analysis functions, and the development of policy, procedures,
memorandums of understanding, and other best practices.
(c) Antiterrorism Training Grants.--Antiterrorism training grants
under this subsection may be used for programs, projects, and other
activities to address--
(1) intelligence gathering and analysis techniques;
(2) community engagement and outreach;
(3) critical incident management for all forms of terrorist
attack;
(4) threat assessment capabilities;
(5) conducting followup investigations; and
(6) stabilizing a community after a terrorist incident.
(d) Application.--
(1) In general.--Each eligible entity that desires to
receive a grant under this section shall submit an application
to the Attorney General, at such time, in such manner, and
accompanied by such additional information as the Attorney
General may reasonably require.
(2) Contents.--Each application submitted pursuant to
paragraph (1) shall--
(A) describe the activities for which assistance
under this section is sought; and
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(B) provide such additional assurances as the
Attorney General determines to be essential to ensure
compliance with the requirements of this section.
(e) Minimum Amount.--If all applications submitted by a State or
units of local government within that State have not been funded under
this section in any fiscal year, that State, if it qualifies, and the
units of local government within that State, shall receive in that
fiscal year not less than 0.5 percent of the total amount appropriated
in that fiscal year for grants under this section.
(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated $25,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2003 through 2007.
SEC. 1006. INADMISSIBILITY OF ALIENS ENGAGED IN MONEY LAUNDERING.
(a) Amendment to Immigration and Nationality Act.--Section 212(a)(2)
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)) is amended
by adding at the end the following:
``(I) Money laundering.--Any alien--
``(i) who a consular officer or the Attorney
General knows, or has reason to believe, has
engaged, is engaging, or seeks to enter the United
States to engage, in an offense which is described
in section 1956 or 1957 of title 18, United States
Code (relating to laundering of monetary
instruments); or
``(ii) who a consular officer or the Attorney
General knows is, or has been, a knowing aider,
abettor, assister, conspirator, or colluder with
others in an offense which is described in such
section;
is inadmissible.''.
(b) Money <
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall develop,
implement, and certify to the Congress that there has been established a
money laundering watchlist, which identifies individuals worldwide who
are known or suspected of money laundering, which is readily accessible
to, and shall be checked by, a consular or other Federal official prior
to the issuance of a visa or admission to the United States. The
Secretary of State shall develop and continually update the watchlist in
cooperation with the Attorney General, the Secretary of the Treasury,
and the Director of Central Intelligence.
SEC. 1007. AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDS FOR DEA POLICE TRAINING IN SOUTH AND
CENTRAL ASIA.
In addition to amounts otherwise available to carry out section 481
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291), there is
authorized to be appropriated to the President not less than $5,000,000
for fiscal year 2002 for regional antidrug training in the Republic of
Turkey by the Drug Enforcement Administration for police, as well as
increased precursor chemical control efforts in the South and Central
Asia region.
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SEC. 1008. FEASIBILITY STUDY ON USE OF BIOMETRIC IDENTIFIER SCANNING
SYSTEM WITH ACCESS TO THE FBI INTEGRATED AUTOMATED
FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM AT OVERSEAS CONSULAR POSTS
AND POINTS OF ENTRY TO THE UNITED STATES.
(a) In General.--The Attorney General, in consultation with the
Secretary of State and the Secretary of Transportation, shall conduct a
study on the feasibility of utilizing a biometric identifier
(fingerprint) scanning system, with access to the database of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation Integrated Automated Fingerprint
Identification System, at consular offices abroad and at points of entry
into the United States to enhance the ability of State Department and
immigration officials to identify aliens who may be wanted in connection
with criminal or terrorist investigations in the United States or abroad
prior to the issuance of visas or entry into the United States.
(b) Report <
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall
submit a report summarizing the findings of the study authorized under
subsection (a) to the Committee on International Relations and the
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on the Judiciary of the
Senate.
SEC. 1009. STUDY OF ACCESS.
(a) In <
enactment of this Act, the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall study
and report to Congress on the feasibility of providing to airlines
access via computer to the names of passengers who are suspected of
terrorist activity by Federal officials.
(b) Authorization.--There are authorized to be appropriated not more
than $250,000 to carry out subsection (a).
SEC. 1010. <
WITH LOCAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS FOR PERFORMANCE OF SECURITY
FUNCTIONS AT UNITED STATES MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 2465 of title 10, United
States Code, during the period of time that United States armed forces
are engaged in Operation Enduring Freedom, and for the period of 180
days thereafter, funds appropriated to the Department of Defense may be
obligated and expended for the purpose of entering into contracts or
other agreements for the performance of security functions at any
military installation or facility in the United States with a
proximately located local or State government, or combination of such
governments, whether or not any such government is obligated to provide
such services to the general public without compensation.
(b) Training.--Any contract or agreement entered into under this
section shall prescribe standards for the training and other
qualifications of local government law enforcement personnel who perform
security functions under this section in accordance with criteria
established by the Secretary of the service concerned.
(c) Report.--One <
enactment of this section, the Secretary of Defense shall submit a
report to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House
of Representatives describing the use of the authority granted under
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this section and the use by the Department of Defense of other means to
improve the performance of security functions on military installations
and facilities located within the United States.
SEC. 1011. <
(a) Short <
cited as the ``Crimes Against Charitable Americans Act of 2001''.
(b) Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud Abuse.--The Telemarketing and
Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.) is
amended--
(1) in section 3(a)(2), <
after ``practices'' the second place it appears the following:
``which shall include fraudulent charitable solicitations,
and'';
(2) in section 3(a)(3)--
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' at the
end;
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at
the end and inserting ``; and''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(D) a requirement that any person engaged in
telemarketing for the solicitation of charitable
contributions, donations, or gifts of money or any other
thing of value, shall promptly and clearly disclose to
the person receiving the call that the purpose of the
call is to solicit charitable contributions, donations,
or gifts, and make such other disclosures as the
Commission considers appropriate, including the name and
mailing address of the charitable organization on behalf
of which the solicitation is made.''; and
(3) <
or a charitable contribution, donation, or gift of money or any
other thing of value,'' after ``services''.
(c) Red Cross Members or Agents.--Section 917 of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by striking ``one year'' and inserting ``5
years''.
(d) Telemarketing Fraud.--Section 2325(1) of title 18, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or'' at the end;
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the comma at the end
and inserting ``; or'';
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:
``(C) a charitable contribution, donation, or gift
of money or any other thing of value,''; and
(4) in the flush language, by inserting ``or charitable
contributor, or donor'' after ``participant''.
SEC. 1012. <
ISSUANCE OF HAZMAT LICENSES.
(a) Limitation.--
(1) In general.--Chapter 51 of title 49, United States Code,
is amended by inserting after section 5103 the following new
section:
``Sec. 5103a. Limitation on issuance of hazmat licenses
``(a) Limitation.--
``(1) Issuance of licenses.--A State may not issue to any
individual a license to operate a motor vehicle transporting in
commerce a hazardous material unless the Secretary of
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Transportation has first determined, upon receipt of a
notification under subsection (c)(1)(B), that the individual
does not pose a security risk warranting denial of the license.
``(2) Renewals included.--For the purposes of this section,
the term `issue', with respect to a license, includes renewal of
the license.
``(b) Hazardous Materials Described.--The limitation in subsection
(a) shall apply with respect to--
``(1) any material defined as a hazardous material by the
Secretary of Transportation; and
``(2) any chemical or biological material or agent
determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services or the
Attorney General as being a threat to the national security of
the United States.
``(c) Background Records Check.--
``(1) In general.--Upon the request of a State regarding
issuance of a license described in subsection (a)(1) to an
individual, the Attorney General--
``(A) shall carry out a background records check
regarding the individual; and
``(B) upon completing the background records check,
shall notify the Secretary of Transportation of the
completion and results of the background records check.
``(2) Scope.--A background records check regarding an
individual under this subsection shall consist of the following:
``(A) A check of the relevant criminal history data
bases.
``(B) In the case of an alien, a check of the
relevant data bases to determine the status of the alien
under the immigration laws of the United States.
``(C) As appropriate, a check of the relevant
international data bases through Interpol-U.S. National
Central Bureau or other appropriate means.
``(d) Reporting Requirement.--Each State shall submit to the
Secretary of Transportation, at such time and in such manner as the
Secretary may prescribe, the name, address, and such other information
as the Secretary may require, concerning--
``(1) each alien to whom the State issues a license
described in subsection (a); and
``(2) each other individual to whom such a license is
issued, as the Secretary may require.
``(e) Alien Defined.--In this section, the term `alien' has the
meaning given the term in section 101(a)(3) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act.''.
(2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the
beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item
relating to section 5103 the following new item:
``5103a. Limitation on issuance of hazmat licenses.''.
(b) Regulation of Driver Fitness.--Section 31305(a)(5) of title 49,
United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (A);
(2) by inserting ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (B); and
(3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(C) is licensed by a State to operate the vehicle
after having first been determined under section 5103a
of this title as not posing a security risk warranting
denial of the license.''.
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(c) Authorization <
There is authorized to be appropriated for the Department of
Transportation and the Department of Justice such amounts as may be
necessary to carry out section 5103a of title 49, United States Code, as
added by subsection (a).
SEC. 1013. EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE CONCERNING THE PROVISION
OF FUNDING FOR BIOTERRORISM PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE.
(a) Findings.--The Senate finds the following:
(1) Additional steps must be taken to better prepare the
United States to respond to potential bioterrorism attacks.
(2) The threat of a bioterrorist attack is still remote, but
is increasing for a variety of reasons, including--
(A) public pronouncements by Osama bin Laden that it
is his religious duty to acquire weapons of mass
destruction, including chemical and biological weapons;
(B) the callous disregard for innocent human life as
demonstrated by the terrorists' attacks of September 11,
2001;
(C) the resources and motivation of known terrorists
and their sponsors and supporters to use biological
warfare;
(D) recent scientific and technological advances in
agent delivery technology such as aerosolization that
have made weaponization of certain germs much easier;
and
(E) the increasing access to the technologies and
expertise necessary to construct and deploy chemical and
biological weapons of mass destruction.
(3) Coordination of Federal, State, and local terrorism
research, preparedness, and response programs must be improved.
(4) States, local areas, and public health officials must
have enhanced resources and expertise in order to respond to a
potential bioterrorist attack.
(5) National, State, and local communication capacities must
be enhanced to combat the spread of chemical and biological
illness.
(6) Greater resources must be provided to increase the
capacity of hospitals and local health care workers to respond
to public health threats.
(7) Health care professionals must be better trained to
recognize, diagnose, and treat illnesses arising from
biochemical attacks.
(8) Additional supplies may be essential to increase the
readiness of the United States to respond to a bio-attack.
(9) Improvements must be made in assuring the safety of the
food supply.
(10) New vaccines and treatments are needed to assure that
we have an adequate response to a biochemical attack.
(11) Government research, preparedness, and response
programs need to utilize private sector expertise and resources.
(12) Now is the time to strengthen our public health system
and ensure that the United States is adequately prepared to
respond to potential bioterrorist attacks, natural infectious
disease outbreaks, and other challenges and potential threats to
the public health.
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(b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that the
United States should make a substantial new investment this year toward
the following:
(1) Improving State and local preparedness capabilities by
upgrading State and local surveillance epidemiology, assisting
in the development of response plans, assuring adequate staffing
and training of health professionals to diagnose and care for
victims of bioterrorism, extending the electronics
communications networks and training personnel, and improving
public health laboratories.
(2) Improving hospital response capabilities by assisting
hospitals in developing plans for a bioterrorist attack and
improving the surge capacity of hospitals.
(3) Upgrading the bioterrorism capabilities of the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention through improving rapid
identification and health early warning systems.
(4) Improving disaster response medical systems, such as the
National Disaster Medical System and the Metropolitan Medical
Response System and Epidemic Intelligence Service.
(5) Targeting research to assist with the development of
appropriate therapeutics and vaccines for likely bioterrorist
agents and assisting with expedited drug and device review
through the Food and Drug Administration.
(6) Improving the National Pharmaceutical Stockpile program
by increasing the amount of necessary therapies (including
smallpox vaccines and other post-exposure vaccines) and ensuring
the appropriate deployment of stockpiles.
(7) Targeting activities to increase food safety at the Food
and Drug Administration.
(8) Increasing international cooperation to secure dangerous
biological agents, increase surveillance, and retrain biological
warfare specialists.
SEC. 1014. <
DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS SUPPORT.
(a) In General.--The Office for State and Local Domestic
Preparedness Support of the Office of Justice Programs shall make a
grant to each State, which shall be used by the State, in conjunction
with units of local government, to enhance the capability of State and
local jurisdictions to prepare for and respond to terrorist acts
including events of terrorism involving weapons of mass destruction and
biological, nuclear, radiological, incendiary, chemical, and explosive
devices.
(b) Use of Grant Amounts.--Grants under this section may be used to
purchase needed equipment and to provide training and technical
assistance to State and local first responders.
(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--
(1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated to
carry out this section such sums as necessary for each of fiscal
years 2002 through 2007.
(2) Limitations.--Of the amount made available to carry out
this section in any fiscal year not more than 3 percent may be
used by the Attorney General for salaries and administrative
expenses.
(3) Minimum amount.--Each State shall be allocated in each
fiscal year under this section not less than 0.75 percent of the
total amount appropriated in the fiscal year for grants
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pursuant to this section, except that the United States Virgin
Islands, America Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands
each shall be allocated 0.25 percent.
SEC. 1015. EXPANSION AND REAUTHORIZATION OF THE CRIME IDENTIFICATION
TECHNOLOGY ACT FOR ANTITERRORISM GRANTS TO STATES AND
LOCALITIES.
Section 102 of the Crime Identification Technology Act of 1998 (42
U.S.C. 14601) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)--
(A) in paragraph (16), by striking ``and'' at the
end;
(B) in paragraph (17), by striking the period and
inserting ``; and''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(18) notwithstanding subsection (c), antiterrorism
purposes as they relate to any other uses under this section or
for other antiterrorism programs.''; and
(2) in subsection (e)(1), by striking ``this section'' and
all that follows and inserting ``this section $250,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 2002 through 2007.''.
SEC. 1016. <
(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Critical
Infrastructures Protection Act of 2001''.
(b) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The information revolution has transformed the conduct
of business and the operations of government as well as the
infrastructure relied upon for the defense and national security
of the United States.
(2) Private business, government, and the national security
apparatus increasingly depend on an interdependent network of
critical physical and information infrastructures, including
telecommunications, energy, financial services, water, and
transportation sectors.
(3) A continuous national effort is required to ensure the
reliable provision of cyber and physical infrastructure services
critical to maintaining the national defense, continuity of
government, economic prosperity, and quality of life in the
United States.
(4) This national effort requires extensive modeling and
analytic capabilities for purposes of evaluating appropriate
mechanisms to ensure the stability of these complex and
interdependent systems, and to underpin policy recommendations,
so as to achieve the continuous viability and adequate
protection of the critical infrastructure of the Nation.
(c) Policy of the United States.--It is the policy of the United
States--
(1) that any physical or virtual disruption of the operation
of the critical infrastructures of the United States be rare,
brief, geographically limited in effect, manageable, and
minimally detrimental to the economy, human and government
services, and national security of the United States;
(2) that actions necessary to achieve the policy stated in
paragraph (1) be carried out in a public-private partnership
involving corporate and non-governmental organizations; and
(3) to have in place a comprehensive and effective program
to ensure the continuity of essential Federal Government
functions under all circumstances.
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(d) Establishment of National Competence for Critical Infrastructure
Protection.--
(1) Support of critical infrastructure protection and
continuity by national infrastructure simulation and analysis
center.--There shall be established the National Infrastructure
Simulation and Analysis Center (NISAC) to serve as a source of
national competence to address critical infrastructure
protection and continuity through support for activities related
to counterterrorism, threat assessment, and risk mitigation.
(2) Particular support.--The support provided under
paragraph (1) shall include the following:
(A) Modeling, simulation, and analysis of the
systems comprising critical infrastructures, including
cyber infrastructure, telecommunications infrastructure,
and physical infrastructure, in order to enhance
understanding of the large-scale complexity of such
systems and to facilitate modification of such systems
to mitigate the threats to such systems and to critical
infrastructures generally.
(B) Acquisition from State and local governments and
the private sector of data necessary to create and
maintain models of such systems and of critical
infrastructures generally.
(C) Utilization of modeling, simulation, and
analysis under subparagraph (A) to provide education and
training to policymakers on matters relating to--
(i) the analysis conducted under that
subparagraph;
(ii) the implications of unintended or
unintentional disturbances to critical
infrastructures; and
(iii) responses to incidents or crises
involving critical infrastructures, including the
continuity of government and private sector
activities through and after such incidents or
crises.
(D) Utilization of modeling, simulation, and
analysis under subparagraph (A) to provide
recommendations to policymakers, and to departments and
agencies of the Federal Government and private sector
persons and entities upon request, regarding means of
enhancing the stability of, and preserving, critical
infrastructures.
(3) Recipient of certain support.--Modeling, simulation, and
analysis provided under this subsection shall be provided, in
particular, to relevant Federal, State, and local entities
responsible for critical infrastructure protection and policy.
(e) Critical Infrastructure Defined.--In this section, the term
``critical infrastructure'' means systems and assets, whether physical
or virtual, so vital to the United States that the incapacity or
destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating impact
on security, national economic security, national public health or
safety, or any combination of those matters.
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(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is hereby authorized for
the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2002, $20,000,000 for the
Defense Threat Reduction Agency for activities of the National
Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center under this section in that
fiscal year.
Approved October 26, 2001.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 3162:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 147 (2001):
Oct. 23, 24, considered and passed House.
Oct. 25, considered and passed Senate.
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 37 (2001):
Oct. 26, Presidential remarks.
Comment by Barry G.— 2007/11/15 @ 10:58 PM — (Reply)
HR1955
It has all the hallmarks of a concerted effort—the corporate media, in particular Glenn Beck and Bill O’Reilly, are attacking Ron Paul and the 9/11 truth movement at the very moment H.R. 1955, entitled the “Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007″ (although more accurately entitled the Thought Crime Bill) inches its way toward the Senate, having passed the House of Representatives, that is to say the house of corporate and neocon whores in the District of Criminals. As if to send a strident message they mean business, a Ministry of Homeland Security subcommittee on “terrorism risk assessment” went out of its way on November 6 to conflate so-called jihad terrorism—you know, terrorism engineered by the CIA—with 9/11 truth.
“Under the guise of a bill that calls for the study of ‘homegrown terrorism,’ Congress is apparently trying to broaden the definition of terrorism to encompass both First Amendment political activity and traditional forms of protest such as nonviolent civil disobedience, according to civil liberties advocates, scholars and historians,” writes Jessica Lee. “Many observers fear that the proposed law will be used against U.S.-based groups engaged in legal but unpopular political activism, ranging from political Islamists to animal-rights and environmental campaigners to radical right-wing organizations. There is concern, too, that the bill will undermine academic integrity and is the latest salvo in a decade-long government grab for power at the expense of civil liberties.”
H.R. 1955 is scary because it does not target actual terrorists but rather “extremist belief systems” and “is not necessarily about violence” but rather the potential “use, planned use, or threatened use, of force or violence,” according to Alejandro Queral, executive director of the Northwest Constitutional Rights Center. “What is an extremist belief system? Who defines this? These are broad definitions that encompass so much…. It is criminalizing thought and ideology.”
H.R. 1955 is a “form of prior restraint,” explains David Price, a professor of anthropology at St. Martin’s University who studies government surveillance and harassment of dissident scholars. It will prevent people from petitioning the government, lest they find themselves equated with terrorists.
Comment by Dugg— 2007/11/15 @ 11:10 PM — (Reply)
Well what happens when it does start to effect us?
Comment by Dugg— 2007/11/15 @ 11:14 PM — (Reply)
We should have a bloghi convention somewhere and all get crocked.
Comment by Dugg— 2007/11/15 @ 11:48 PM — (Reply)