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GOP Lungren Fights Democrats on Terrorism
Hogue News ^ | November 8, 2009 | Eric Hogue

Posted on 11/08/2009 10:04:41 AM PST by hoguenews

While Republicans are fighting to keep America safe, Washington Democrats sought to remove the one provision in the Patriot Act that allows for individuals to be investigated if they are thought to be a candidate for sudden jihadists terror like Army Major Nidal M. Hasan.

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TOPICS: Conspiracy; History; Military/Veterans; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: blogpimp; democrats; lonewolfprovision; patriotact; terrorism
Congressman Dan Lungren (R- Gold River, CA.) informed me today that the majority party wanted the sunset rule to mature, allowing the Lone Wolf Provision of the Patriot Act to be removed.

Lungren reports that the House Judiciary Committee was discussing this consideration this past week, just ahead of Major Nidal M. Hasan’s terrorists action against America and his own Army members in Fort Hood, Texas.

The Lone Wolf Provision gives the federal government the right to use tech-intelligence upon individuals who are thought to be planning an individual action of terrorism against the United States. Congressman Lungren was one of the Republicans who placed the provisions in 2003.

1 posted on 11/08/2009 10:04:41 AM PST by hoguenews
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Fred Nerks; ...
Washington Democrats sought to remove the one provision in the Patriot Act that allows for individuals to be investigated if they are thought to be a candidate for sudden jihadists terror like Army Major Nidal M. Hasan.
And thanks Ernest (et al) for the various Fort Hood pings linked below:
2 posted on 11/08/2009 5:18:32 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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whoops, tabs I kept open from yesterday, just found as I was trying to knock this off and go fall asleep to a DVD:
3 posted on 11/08/2009 5:36:02 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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