spam, scams, and hoaxes

Ian Murray seamus2001 at home.com
Thu Oct 11 18:56:47 PDT 2001


From: "Chip Berlet" <cberlet at igc.org>


> Hi,
>
> Rense is a notorious conspiracy crank: Here is a list of his areas
of interest
> from his web page.
============ Apropos,

I found this buried in S1510

SEC. 803. DEFINITION OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM.

(a) DOMESTIC TERRORISM DEFINED- Section 2331 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--

(1) in paragraph (1)(B)(iii), by striking `by assassination or kidnapping' and inserting `by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping';

(2) in paragraph (3), by striking `and';

(3) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and inserting `; and'; and

(4) by adding at the end the following:

`(5) the term `domestic terrorism' means activities that--

`(A) involve acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State;

`(B) appear to be intended--

`(i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population;

`(ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or

`(iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping; and

`(C) occur primarily within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States.'.

Lots of strategic ambiguity in the above, no?

Ian



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