GOP Congressman On Obamacare: We're Just Like Flight 93 Passengers Fighting Terrorists

[JDPriestly]

28. Precisely! And that is one of the reasons I oppose the NSA surveillance and collection of metadata.

The word "terrorist" is not clearly defined.

Here is an example of how you define a crime:

Burglary, at Common Law, was the trespassory breaking and entering of the dwelling of another at night with an intent to commit a felony therein. It is an offense against possession and habitation.

http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/burglary

And here is the legal definition of a conspiracy.

The crime of conspiracy is defined as two or more persons conspiring to commit any crime, together with proof of the commission of an overt act in furtherance by one or more of the parties to such agreement. However, mere association of two or more persons will not constitute a criminal conspiracy[ii]. The main elements of conspiracy are a specific intent, an agreement with another person to engage a crime to be performed, and the commission of an overt act by one of the conspirators in furtherance of the conspiracy[iii].

An unlawful agreement is an element of a criminal conspiracy. Generally, the crime of conspiracy is complete when parties enter into a conspiratorial agreement. Moreover, if there is an agreement between two or more persons for an unlawful purpose, it is considered a criminal conspiracy even where there is no agreement regarding the details of the criminal scheme or the means by which the unlawful purpose will be accomplished. The agreement will determine whether single or multiple conspiracies exist between the parties. A single conspiratorial agreement will constitute a single criminal conspiracy and multiple agreements to commit separate crimes will constitute multiple conspiracies.

Similarly, conspiracy is considered a specific intent crime. A specific intent crime is one in which a person acts with knowledge of what he/she is doing and also with the objective of completing some unlawful act[iv]. The intent can be determined from words, acts, and conduct. If the conspirators agree or conspire with specific intent to kill and commit an overt act in furtherance of such agreement, then they are guilty of conspiracy to commit express malice murder[v].

http://conspiracy.uslegal.com/elements-of-the-crime/

Terrorism can be defined and is defined in the US Code. You would think that a terrorist would be one who commits terror. But in fact, that is not how it is used. A burglar may be one who has committed a burglary.
But included under the term "terrorist" can be people who hold unpopular ides, belong to an unpopular relgion, demonstrate peacefully for the environment, for instance.

And now, we hear Congress likening those who support and passed the ACA to terrorists.

The NSA is investigating "terrorists," most likely who have never committed acts of terrorism and who may or may not ever do so. I suspect and there is no reason not to suspect that they are just picking people they don't like, people whose profiles are of interest, people who are "different" in some way they don't like and are investigating them.

You, too, could be classed as a terrorist by some cooky Tea Party person.

I do not want to see any compromises with the nuts in the Tea Party.