Reply #14: No, that is protected by the 1st amendment here.

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At the height of the Cold War, it was perfectly legal for Americans to receive literature from the Soviet Union, for distribution here. There had been attempts early in the 20th century to prosecute people for the distribution of communist literature, and some famous court cases reinforcing the 1st amendment. It was also legal to receive funds for that purpose. Various radical Muslim organizations today are free to publish in the US, including attacks on secular society, and religious arguments in defense of terrorism. Much of that is funded from abroad.

"Political activity" is a suspiciously vague phrase, one that typically it is used to cover and constrain free expression in an autocratic society.

AI's reports are "silly" only to those who don't care about civil liberties. You view AI as silly for the same reason and in the same way that the right in the US views the ACLU as silly. And worse.

Now, me? I'm a liberal. That means especially with regard to civil liberties. Given your views, you are quite right to oppose us.

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