Neoconservative sponsored thought crime resolution HR 1955 turns patriotic Americans into terrorists

By Rob Bishop

It’s said that the final sign of disenfranchisement is when the population begins to fear their leaders. Representative Jane Harman (pictured), the lead sponsor of HR 1955 (titled the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007), is not only a favored ambassador of the most powerful Israeli lobbies in Washington but also tied to the hierarchy of the global elite.

Harman, a 62 year old from California, was the ranking Democrat on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in the 109th Congress. Fox News reported in October of 2006 that Harman was under investigation from the FBI for brokering political deals with AIPAC in exchange for enlisting powerful donors to lobby for her to become Chair of the Intelligence Committee in the 110th Congress. So what did Harman, one of the few Democrats who is publicly friendly with the Bush administration, promise in exchange for one of the most powerful positions in Congress? According to the Washington Post, the Congresswoman was to use her connections with the Administration in order to get the Justice Department to only “slap the wrists” of two high level AIPAC lobbyists charged with violating the Espionage Act. (more…)