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Article: ACLU Statement on the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- November 28, 2007
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The American Civil Liberties Union issued the following news release:
Washington, D.C. - The ACLU continues to have serious concerns regarding the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 (H.R. 1955). Caroline Fredrickson, Director of the Washington Legislative Office of the ACLU said, "Law enforcement should focus on action, not thought. We need to worry about the people who are committing crimes rather than those who harbor beliefs that the government may consider to be extreme."
The framework established by the measure will unavoidably make the focus of the commission the bill creates more likely to lead to unconstitutional restrictions on speech and belief - ...