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| U.S. House Votes to Revoke Passports of Americans Linked to Terror Groups | |
| 2015-07-23 | |
| [AnNahar] The House of Representatives has passed a measure that would allow the U.S. government to revoke or deny passports to Americans linked to "foreign terrorist organizations." Passed by a voice vote Tuesday after a 15-minute debate, the bill aims to block the movement of "lone wolves" trained in Syria by the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... group for attacks in the United States. Senate approval is required for the bill to become law.
Likewise, the U.S. passport can be denied under the bill to any American that falls into that category. U.S. law currently allows passports to be revoked for national security or foreign policy reasons. But Republican congressman Ed Royce, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, argued that the law is open to interpretation, making a more explicit measure necessary. About 180 Americans have traveled to Syria to join murderous Moslem groups, out of about 3,400 western imported muscle, the director of national intelligence, James Clapper, said in February. "These traitors who've turned against Americans (and) joined the ranks of foreign radical terrorist armies should not be allowed to come back in the United States unless it's in handcuffs," Republican congressman Ted Poe, the bill's sponsor, said. Americans whose passports are revoked can appeal through administrative channels. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 Obama would probably veto the law. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2015-07-23 22:09 |
| #1 This stuff is about 20 years too late |
| Posted by: Bov Flimbers 2015-07-23 20:29 |