ACLU releases 'first concrete evidence' of domestic spying for anti-war ..

[napi21]

http://rawstory.com/news/2006/ACLU_releases_first_concrete_evidence_of_0314.html

ACLU releases 'first concrete evidence' of domestic spying for anti-war views

Documents released today by the American Civil Liberties Union reveal that the Federal Bureau of Investigations has indeed monitored political groups solely on the basis that they opposed a U.S.-led war.

According to a memo written in 2002, the FBI launched a classified investigation into the activities of Pittsburgh's Thomas Merton Center after becoming concerned that the group held "daily leaflet distribution activities in downtown Pittsburgh and currently focused on its opposition to the potential war on Iraq." The memo aimed to summarize the investigation's results.

It identifies the group as "a left-wing organization advocating, among many political causes, pacifism."

[marmar]

1. This is on the home page.

:hi:

[napi21]

3. Sorry, I did a quick scan of the GD and didn't see it. n/t

[democrat_patriot]

2. Wel...they are dangerous. Those crazy pacifists

will ruin this country!!

With their non-violent agenda.


If needed: :sarcasm:

[Maat]

4. It would be funny if it weren't so tragic (n/t).

[Hubert Flottz]

5. Yes we can't have peace on Earth, until after Armageddon...

"Faith Based" means never having to say you're sorry.

EDIT...So did terrorists call these people from overseas, or did they call overseas to speak with the terrorists?

[Ksec]

6. we already knew this

but this is evidence which backs that up. Good job ACLU.

[wtbymark]

7. concrete evidence that shrub broke the law

domestic spying without a warrant on US citizens conversing with other US citizens inside the border of the United States = Felony