John Doe, the Imams, and CAIR: Round Two

We should get to the morning paper a bit earlier. In a surprise followup to a story HazZzMat just posted this morning, the Washington Times reports that House Republicans have succeeded in jamming through the kind of anti-terrorist language that will make provocateurs like the 6 Minnesota imams and their pro-terrorist backers in in CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations) think twice before trying to sue alert American citizens again:

House Republicans tonight surprised Democrats with a procedural vote to protect public-transportation passengers from being sued if they report suspicious activity -- the first step by lawmakers to protect "John Doe" airline travelers already targeted in such a lawsuit.

After a heated debate and calls for order, the motion to recommit the Democrats' Rail and Public Transportation Security Act of 2007 back to committee with instructions to add the protective language passed on a vote of 304-121.

Republicans said the lawsuit filed by six Muslim imams against US Airways and "John Does," passengers who reported suspicious behavior, could have a "chilling effect" on passengers who may fear being sued for acting vigilant.

Of course, this offended lefty Democrats like Bennie Thompson (Dimwit-MS) mightily:

Rep. Bennie Thompson, Mississippi Democrat and chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, opposed the motion over loud objections from colleagues on the House floor, forcing several calls to order from the chair.

"Absolutely they should have the ability to seek redress in a court of law," said Mr. Thompson, who suggested that protecting passengers from a lawsuit would encourage racial profiling.

This spurious "racial profiling" accusation, a stock in trade of the Socialist Democrat party—which is always looking to encourage new mutations of class struggle—is precisely the line the imams and CAIR are using now to attack citizen vigilance against terrorism in America. As per the following harrumphing:

Nihad Awad, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), said in an open letter yesterday to the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty that "the only individuals against whom suit may be raised in this litigation are those who may have knowingly made false reports against the imams with the intent to discriminate against them."

Right. And who gets to decide just who is discriminating or not? Would YOU want to take the chance of getting sued? The chutzpah (heh) of this terrorist front organization is breathtaking but expected.

BTW, every single one of the 121 America-haters who voted against this measure was a wingnut Democrat. (105 Dems and 199 Repubs voted in favor of the measure with no Repubs voting against.) Check out the Hall of Shame here. If one of these 121 turkeys represents you, make sure his or term is limited in November 2008. (Hear that, Kucinich voters?)

Meanwhile, for those requiring further background, this organization, with some surprising people in its corner, is helping to expose CAIR for what it really is.