Free Speech Watch|All civil liberties must be respected, even in times of national emergency, however, the Freedom of Speech afforded by the U.S. Constitution is arguably the most important. In these days of the so-called “Patriot Act” our free speech is constantly under serious attack. This website monitors the efforts to protect our free speech. It also monitors the People’s reaction to those efforts.

“It was limited to extremists — those who seek to commit violence within the United States. And all this was meant to do was to give law enforcement what we call ‘situational awareness.’” Situational awareness? … The DHS report does not specifically mention the SPLC, but it is most likely referring to them when it quotes a “prominent civil rights organization” on the danger of military veterans being recruited by “violent neo-nazis, skinheads, and white supremacists. …

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