The New York Post sums up the entire argument in favor of immunizing those who report suspected terrorist threats.

No American who reports suspicious activity to police - truthfully and in good faith - should ever have to fear a lawsuit. It's the most basic of civic duties, and it's desperately necessary.

Even if one ascribes the best, most benign of motives to the six imams removed from a flight last fall (something very hard to do, given the involvement of CAIR with this lawsuit), it is quite easy to see the problem raised by allowing such litigation. It reared its ugly head in the Fort Dix terrorism investigation -- the first reaction of an individual with information on possible terrorist activities was "will this get me sued?" If the answer is that it will, it is likely that the next successful terrorist attack in this country will be followed by reports that many were suspicious of the perpetrators but were too afraid of financial ruin to make a call to the authorities -- and that our own legal system will have become a tool in the hands of the jihadis.

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