ACLU Files More Than 150 FOIA Requests Concerning Gov Spying On Activists

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FBI, police spying is rising, groups allege

The ACLU has filed Freedom of Information requests for more than 150 groups and individuals.

By Alexandra Marks | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

Is that concern paranoia? Or is it skepticism in this post-9/11 era of increased surveillance?

Political activists from New York to Colorado to California report that they believe police and FBI surveillance of their activities has increased markedly since the terror attacks 4-1/2 years ago since Congress approved the USA Patriot Act loosening some of the strictures on law enforcement. They include environmental groups like Time's UP!, peace activists in Pittsburgh, and even a police union protesting for higher wages in New York City.

To try to find out if law officers are spying on them, the American Civil Liberties Union has filed Freedom of Information requests for more than 150 groups and individuals in more than 20 states who believe their first amendment rights are being violated.


http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0323/p03s03-ussc.html

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1. I just sent them a check about a month ago and so glad I did...what

in the hell would we do without them?? (never sent them any money before, but then I have never been so political before 2000)