Democrats Trying to Stifle Terror Whistleblowers (UPDATED: Good News?)

They tried to quietly kill a provision to protect "John Doe" whistleblowers from civil lawsuit by the terrorist enablers in CAIR once before. Thanks to blogosphere outrage, it didn't happen. Looks like they're trying to do it again. Again, quietly in conference committee, in hopes of not raising the alarm.

Too late.

WaTimes:

Democrats are trying to pull a provision from a homeland security bill that will protect the public from being sued for reporting suspicious behavior that may lead to a terrorist attack, according to House Republican leadership aides...

Republicans aides say they will put up a fight with Democrats when the conference committee begins at 1 p.m., to reinsert the language, but that public pressure is also needed.

Michelle Malkin has the relevant phone numbers to put that pressure on.

UPDATE: Preliminary good news report:

A Senate Republican aide says they scored one victory when the chamber's parliamentarian ruled this morning that the "John Doe" protections are within the scope of the legislation and can be included by amendment.

"Combine that with the public outcry and Democrats may be forced to cave," the aide said.

Andy McCarthy explains the relevant amendment which the Dem leadership is trying to kill:

Congressman Pete King (R., NY), the ranking member on the House Homeland Security Committee, sprang quickly into action, concluding that the lawsuits were cheap attempts to intimidate everyday Americans from taking action to help protect our country. Congressman King introduced an amendment to protect passengers and commuters against frivolous lawsuits such as those filed by the imams.

I don't know what the flying imams were up to, but it is better to err on the side of caution and encourage citizens to report any suspicious activity.

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