Carrie from Arizona asks: If I read this assessment from the Homeland Security Department correctly, then if my husband and I, who have no children, were to go to a church service where a prophetic message was spoken, and then we went to Costco and bought too many groceries, we would end up being on the government’s watch list. Is that correct?

Jay answers: Here’s exactly what the report says on page five: "Antigovernment conspiracy theories and ‘end times’ prophecies could motivate extremist individuals and groups to stockpile food, ammunition, and weapons." This is what they are saying. And then they say, "These teachings also have been linked with the radicalization of domestic extremist individuals and groups in the past." So, these End Times prophecies are now dangerous. That’s who they’re focusing on. Not al Qaeda, who they won’t even call a terrorist group, but rather, those that are attending Bible prophecy conferences. You’re exactly correct, Carrie, and that’s the unfortunate aspect of this.

However, we’re taking direct action here. I want you to know -- I want everybody to know this -- we’ve sent a demand letter to all fifty states, saying in essence, "If you think you’re going to take this assessment from DHS and apply it to pro-life groups or to veterans, you’re wrong. That violates the First Amendment free speech clause, it violates freedom of association, and it violates freedom of the press." We’re also sending a demand for a retraction to the Secretary of Homeland Security herself, Janet Napolitano, and we’re calling for congressional oversight hearings on this issue. I want this question asked of Secretary Napolitano by our friends in the Senate: "Why is it that you disregarded the advice of your lawyers, who told you, ‘Do not send this assessment out with those statements in it because it would violate free speech and civil liberties’? Why did you do that?"