Editorial in Post-Gazette Today

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I love my PG. You guys have probably heard about the Merton Center and the recently revealed spying controversy. I thought this was worth posting.

Editorial: The Merton file / Dissent was once a cherished American value
Saturday, March 18, 2006

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

In George W. Bush's America, it's hard not to sympathize with the folks at the Thomas Merton Center for Peace and Justice. The Pittsburgh advocacy group, which spends much of its time opposing war and violence, released federal documents this week that it says proves the FBI was spying on peace activists here.

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The FBI's description of the Merton Center is not some crazed and concocted version from the Red Scare days. It called the group a "left-wing organization advocating, among many political causes, pacifism" and said its efforts in 2002 "focused on its opposition to the potential war with Iraq." It's the kind of boilerplate account one could find on a political Web site, so what's the fuss?

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That's life, unfortunately, in George W. Bush's America.

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06077/672466.stm