I'm surprised I haven't seen this posted here yet.
From the same government that brought you the Patriot Act...
H.R. 838 Threat Assessment, Prevention, and Safety Act (TAPS).
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-...-bill/838/text
Here's a small bit of text taken from the bill.
"BEHAVIORAL THREAT ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT.—The term “behavioral threat assessment and management” means the systematic and evidence-based process of—
(A) identifying individuals who are exhibiting patterns of concerning behavior that indicate an interest, motive, intention, or capability of carrying out an act of violence;
(B) investigating and gathering information from multiple sources to assess whether an individual described in subparagraph (A) poses a threat, based on articulable facts; and
(C) the subsequent management of such a threat, if necessary."
Also,
"Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish within the Department of Homeland Security a Joint Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Task Force (referred to in this Act as the “Task Force”)."
Continued,
"It shall be the duty of the Task Force to provide recommendations to the appropriate committees of Congress and the Secretary on the development and implementation of a national strategy for preventing targeted violence through behavioral threat assessment and management (referred to in this Act as the “national strategy”)."
Of course that's not all..
"RULES AND PROCEDURES.—Any member of the Task Force may propose to develop or change existing operating rules and procedures of the Task Force consistent with the functions of the Task Force. Any change to such operating rules and procedures shall be adopted upon a majority vote of the Task Force."
So it appears both Republicans and Democrats, in a bipartisan effort for once in the past three years, want to make a task force designed to find anyone they deem a threat, or capable of being a threat (we can only guess what that means). Then, once they create this task force (comprised of only constitution following members I'm sure), they will allow them the ability to change the rules by a simple majority vote (13 out of 24 votes).
Maybe I'm missing something here, but what the hell?
Has anyone else seen this? What are your thoughts?
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