I am glad that this "John Doe" amendment was dropped from the Fatherland Security Bill

[BushOut06]

http://washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070719/NATION/70719001/1001

The amendment would have basically applied "whistleblower" protection to people who reported 'suspicious behavior', protecting them from lawsuits. This amendment was proposed by a couple of rethugs after a group of Muslim imams filed a federal civil rights suit after being removed from a US Airways flight, based on the objections of a few passengers. Basically, it would have given Americans a green light to harass Muslims at will, without fear of repercussion. All you would have had to do was claim that you thought you saw something 'suspicious'.

Glad to see our leadership standing up to the rethugs.

[lvx35]

1. That is GREAT news.

The quotes in that article are outrageous. "it caves in to radical Islamists" as if the bill applied only muslims. For YEARS the Freepers have been reporting liberals they don't like to the FBI and homeland security in hopes of starting investigations that would harass them, and in some cases succeeded in starting retarded witchhunts that waste millions of taxpayer dollars. Take O'Reilly and all the people he has said should be followed or investigated and actually were. I hope he is the first sued.