THE DEFINITION OF “DOMESTIC TERRORISM” (this'll scare you)

Yesterday I mentioned a brochure someone sent me from the Phoenix FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force. This is a brochure handed out to law enforcement officers in the Phoenix area to help them identify potential “domestic terrorists.”

The brochure starts out with “If you encounter any of the following, call the Joint Terrorism Task Force. The brochure then proceeds to set forth certain things that the law enforcement officers need to look for.  They include ….

• Someone who defends the US Constitution against the federal government and the United Nations.

• Someone who asks the law enforcement officer to cite his authority for making a stop.

• Someone who makes numerous references to the U.S. Constitution.

• Someone who says that driving is a “right,” and not a “privilege.”

• Someone who attempts to “police the police.”

Pretty good stuff, huh?  Let’s say you’re stopped by the cops and they want to search your car.  You cite your Constitutional right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure and ask the cop why he stopped you and what he is looking for.  Suddenly your name is reported to a terrorism task force.

Is any of this beginning to sound just a little frightening to you?

Well .. let’s read some more from the brochure:

“The FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force is attempting to identify criminal activities with domestic terrorists.  In this regard, the purpose of this information sheet is to assist uniformed patrol officers in identifying potential domestic terrorists.
”Domestic terrorism is defined as: Groups or individuals operating entirely inside the US, attempting to influence the US government or population to effect political or social change by engaging in criminal activity.”

Do you need to read that again?  Go ahead, I’ll wait.

Break this down.  Any individual who violates a law in an attempt to influence the government or other people in an attempt to produce some political or social change is a domestic terrorist.  Some examples:

1. You make an illegal campaign contribution

2. You trespass on private property while engaged in a demonstration

3. You remove campaign yard signs erected by a politician you don’t support

4. You illegally place campaign signs in the highway right-of-way

5. You withhold a percentage of your income taxes to protest military spending

All of the above actions fit easily into the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force definition and thus make you a “domestic terrorist” according to this brochure.

If you aren’t starting to get a little concerned about our civil liberties at this point, you’re either a leftist or you’re asleep. 

from boortz.com