S. 1959: Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=s110-1959and the House version passed as HR 1955
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h110-1955violates the Hughes-Ryan Act (intelligence oversight act)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughes-Ryan_Act"The Hughes-Ryan Act is a 1974 United States federal law that amended the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. The Act was named for its co-authors, Senator Harold E. Hughes (D-Iowa) and Representative Leo Ryan (D-CA). The Act required the President of the United States to report all covert operations of the Central Intelligence Agency to one or more Congressional committees within a set time limit.
This amendment addressed the question of CIA and Defense Department covert actions, and prohibited the use of appropriated funds for their conduct unless and until the President issues an official "Finding" that each such operation is important to the national security and submits these Findings to the appropriate Congressional committees — a total of six committees, at the time, growing to eight committees after the House and Senate "select committees" on intelligence were established.
The legislation was meant to ensure that the intelligence oversight committees within Congress were told of CIA actions within a reasonable time limit.<1> Senator Hughes, in introducing the legislation in 1973, also saw it as a means of limiting major covert operations by military, intelligence, and national security agents conducted without the full knowledge of the president."
Domestic operations of the CIA and intelligence agencies in general, conducted without congressional oversight and findings, such as that would it be a serious matter of national security to think that the Jersey Girl's activities in promoting efforts to reexamine the 9-11 Commission findings were erroneous, could be enacted without such findings per S. 1959 and HR 1955.
Thought crimes could be enacted. These bills need to be challenged in the Senate.