Congressman Bennie G. Thompson, Democrat of Mississippi, is Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, and he is not happy with the DHS manifesto that smears everyone from pro-lifers to war veterans as potential neo-nazis. He scolds High Kommissar Janet Napolitano in a letter to her department:He closes by asking for a detailed report on just what kind of activities her department has planned in the next few months.
This report appears to raise significant issues involving the privacy and civil liberties of many Americans-including war veterans.
Unfortunately, this report appears to have blurred the line between violent belief, which is constitutionally protected, and violent action, which is not. I am disappointed and surprised that the Department would allow this report to be disseminated to its state, local and tribal partners in its present form.
Rep.Thomson is one of the more liberal members of Congress, but as a civil rights champion, he has taken a principled stand by recognizing this for the irresponsible propaganda that it is. In the spirit of Voltaire, I'm sure he agrees with very little the conservative agenda, but he is defending our right to voice it. For, if one group is silenced and threatened for activities that are legal, then we are all in danger of being silenced. God bless him.
http://benniethompson.house.gov/
http://homeland.house.gov/press/index.asp?ID=443
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennie_Thompson
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Well if nothing else it proves that there are still some politicians with principle.
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