You know, the program of domestic spying on peaceful political activists implemented under the Clinton Justice Department – which the FBI was forced to continue even after it was found that groups like Concerned Women for America (CWA), the Christian Coalition and the National Right to Life Committee were not domestic terrorists.

Given the appointment of a prominent abortion advocate from the Clinton Justice Department to a high position in the Obama Justice Department, I think that it is important that Congress ask the above question.

What is VAAPCOM, you ask? Well, it was the “Violence Against Abortion Providers Conspiracy” investigation that was discovered by Judicial Watch, a watchdog organization, after a Freedom of Information Act request. The documents revealed that the Justice Department under Janet Reno started an investigation in 1994 — while Johnsen was a deputy assistant attorney general — where they pressured the FBI to investigate pro-life organizations and its supporters.

Apparently they sought to prove there was a national conspiracy of pro-life “extremists” who were attacking abortion clinics. After months of monitoring several organizations, including Concerned Women for America (CWA), the Christian Coalition and the National Right to Life Committee, among others, the FBI failed to come up with anything. And though the FBI wanted to end the investigation, the DOJ pressured them to continue.

Given that Obama-appointee Dawn Johnson has worked closely with the ACLU and Planned Parenthood to protect the so-called right to an abortion and limit the rights of pro-life protesters and speakers to communicate their message peacefully in public places historically considered to be public forums for the exercise of First Amendment rights, do pro-lifers have legitimate cause for concern? Will Congress confront her during her confirmation hearings, and seek assurances from her that there will be no repeat of this massive violation of the rights of pro-life citizens during her time at Justice?

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