Pennsylvania Homeland Security office engaged in domestic surveillance, compared political groups to

[RamboLiberal]

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The Patriot-News reported that Pennsylvania’s Office of Homeland Security had been tracking groups engaged in lawful, peaceful protests, including groups opposed to natural gas drilling, peace activists and gay rights groups. An embarrassed Gov. Ed Rendell, who said that he had been unaware of the program until he read the newspaper, issued an immediate order to halt it.

It turns out the homeland security office or its private consultant were doing more than just monitoring law-abiding citizens.

They were comparing environmental activists to Al Qaeda.

They were tracking down protesters and grilling their parents.

They were seeking a network of citizen spies to combat the security threats they saw in virtually any legal political activity.

http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2010/11/pennsylvania_homeland_security_1.html

[femmocrat]

1. I can believe that Rendell was not informed, but how about Corbett?

As AG, he could have known about it. Wonder if that will ever be investigated? (I doubt it.)

[JPZenger]

2. Explanation

The company was tracking protestors as part of its work for gas drilling companies, and then was re-selling the same information to the state as "national security" information.