[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 63 (Tuesday, April 28, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H4846]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       HOMELAND SECURITY PARANOIA

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, according to a recently released 
secret memo by Homeland Security, America now faces new serious 
threats. I am not referring to al Qaeda, the Somali pirates, or radical 
Islamic terrorists. The memo states we are in danger from people who 
are concerned about our porous borders, gun owners, returning military 
veterans, the recent tax protestors at the TEA parties, and those who 
want to protect the unborn.
  Mr. Speaker, these Americans simply disagree with the administration 
on certain issues. But by disagreeing, they are now labeled and 
vilified by Homeland Security as extremists and threats to America. So 
because of Homeland Security paranoia, is the cloak and dagger agency 
going to watch these people and spy on them under the guise of national 
security? We shall see.
  This is a dangerous policy and attack on individual liberty and a 
denial of free speech. Homeland Security should do their real job like 
finding radical Islamic terrorists who want to kill us in the name of 
religion rather than making a watch list and snooping around in the 
private lives of patriots who are just exercising their absolute right 
to disagree.
  And that's just the way it is.

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