consolejockey

Not to be a fear monger, but this genuinely worries me:

SEC. 802. DEFINITION OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM
‘(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.’.

Vague enough for you?
More information from the ALCU

This combined with the also disturbingly vague Federal Animal Enterprise Protection Act really starts to make me worry. Seven people were thrown in jail last year for just running a web site that protested and encouraged protest against an animal testing lab, based on this Act.

The likelihood of me or anyone else who engages in activism (be it civil rights or animal rights) being charged as a terrorist in near future just increased to an uncomfortable level.