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Posted: April 17, 2009 12:00 am Eastern By Bob Unruh © 2009 WorldNetDaily

 

Radio talk show host Michael Savage has teamed up with the Thomas More

 

Law Center of Ann Arbor, Mich., to file a lawsuit against Department of

 

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. "It is a civil rights action

 

brought under the First and Fifth Amendments to the United States

 

Constitution, challenging the policy, practice, and custom of the United States

 

Government that targets for disfavored treatment those individuals and

 

groups that are considered to be 'rightwing extremists,'" the complaint

 

announced today said. Become part of WND's re-declaration of our founders'

 

intent to be an independent nation The federal agency recently targeted those

 

individuals in its report called "Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and

 

Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment

 

According to the federal government, members of the suspect group of people

 

include those who: Oppose restrictions on firearms Oppose lax immigration

 

Oppose the policies of President Obama regarding immigration, citizenship

 

and the expansion of social programs Oppose continuation of free trade

 

agreements Oppose same-sex marriage Have paranoia of foreign regimes

 

Fear Communist regimes Oppose one world government Bemoan the decline

 

of U.S. stature in the world Are upset with the loss of U.S. manufacturing jobs

 

to China and India The case seeks a declaration that the DHS policy violates

 

the First and Fifth Amendments, a court order permanently enjoining the

 

policy and its application to the plaintiffs' speech and other activities, and the

 

award of reasonable attorneys' fees and costs. WND had reported earlier on

 

the report and the reaction it has drawn, including just a day ago when the

 

Law Center said it had submitted a Freedom of Information Act request to the

 

DHS, demanding to know why it calls Americans who oppose abortion,

 

support the 2nd Amendment and dislike lax immigration "extremists." "This is

 

not an intelligence report but a diatribe against those who oppose the policies

 

of the Obama administration," Richard Thompson, president and chief

 

counsel for the organization, said of the request. "It is a declaration of war

 

against the American people and our constitution. It is a prelude to extreme

 

gun control legislation and hate speech laws targeting Christian churches and

 

others who oppose abortion and same sex marriage," he continued. "The

 

federal government should be focusing its attention on the 35 radical Muslim

 

compounds in the U.S. training its followers on how to kidnap and kill

 

Americans." Are you ready for a second Declaration of Independence? Sign

 

the petition promoting true freedom once again! Amy Kudwa, a spokeswoman

 

for the DHS, said the agency as a matter of policy doesn't comment on

 

pending litigation. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the

 

Eastern District of Michigan on behalf of Savage, Gregg Cunningham of the

 

pro-life Center for Bio-Ethical Reform and Iraqi War Marine veteran Kevin

 

Murray. The federal agency's action "encourages law enforcement officers

 

throughout the nation to target and report citizens to federal officials as

 

suspicious rightwing extremists and potential terrorists because of their

 

political beliefs." "The report even admits that the department has no specific

 

information on any plans of violence by so-called 'rightwing extremists.'

 

Rather, what they do have is the expression of political opinions by certain

 

individuals and organizations that oppose the Obama administration’s

 

policies, and this expression is protected speech under the First Amendment,"

 

Thompson said. "Janet Napolitano is lying to the American people when she

 

says the report is not based on ideology or political beliefs. In fact, her report

 

would have the admiration of any current or past dictator in the way it targets

 

political opponents," he said. The action alleges the policy "is a tool of

 

intimidation for federal, state, and local government officials. It provides a

 

basis for government officials to abuse their positions of power to stifle

 

political opinion and opposition." "Pursuant to the 'Rightwing Extremism

 

Policy,' federal officials will work with state, local, tribal, and private sector

 

entities to conduct surveillance and to gather information in order to deter the

 

activities of those individuals and groups considered to be 'rightwing

 

extremists,'" the case said. The agency's intention is to enforce the policy

 

through "state and local fusion centers, which are local intelligence centers

 

created by DHS to combat 'terrorism' and related activities that are deemed to

 

be 'criminal,'" the case said. Napolitano, on a Fox News appearance today,

 

backtracked a little, saying, "To the extent veterans read it as an accusation …

 

an apology is owed."