Be Wary of Those "Terrorist" First Responders

The "guarding America against terrorism" drumbeat is getting stranger and stranger. According to a story posted at TPMMuckraker,

Medical providers will soon inform 9/11 first responders about a provision in the James Zadroga 9/11 Health And Compensation law that requires them to be run through the FBI's terrorism watch list before they can receive health care benefits.

According to a letter obtained by Michael McAuliff of the Huffington Post, Dr. John Howard, director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, is instructing health care providers to tell their patients about the provision before they can begin to receive benefits in July.

The provision was tacked on by Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL) during the contentious fight over the bill in December, which was blocked by Republicans at the time. Stearns' amendment adds a paragraph stipulating the "disqualification of individuals on the terrorist watch list," and requiring each potential beneficiary to be run through the list...

Let me pose the $64,000 question: Why would a "terrorist" risk his life to save victims of a terrorist attack? Wouldn't he WANT more people to die? Why would he willingly rush into a blazing inferno to offer aid to folks?

This requirement is absolutely crazy, not to mention completely illogical!!!