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Congress and the white house renewing their call to pass domestic terrorism legislation. the other side of the debate is people say well, who can decide what a political agenda is or what the back and forth -- >> well, as jean reported, paul, the attorney general has a bit of a say here as well, right, in terms of what can be charged here? >> absolutely. that's why in these hate crime cases that the attorney general generally signs off on it. there could be a big dispute as to whether certain kinds of expression or political commentary is hate or motivated by something else. it's a very carefu...

Legal attorney for lamb da legal. sure. >> what kind of message does this verdict send? >> i think the message sends to all of us that we need to do more to take seriously the threat of anti-gay bias, particularly for our young people. >> okay. does this set any sort of precedent for future hate crime cases? do you think they'll be looking at this as something to compare it to? >> i think a lot of people are looking right now at hate crime prosecutions and what this all means. to me, the visibility of the case is particularly important because it means that we're all going to understand better...