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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-09 10:56 PM
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Maryland State Police Label Bicycle Enthusiasts As Terrorists (this is NOT snark)
More Groups Than Thought Monitored in Police Spying
New Documents Reveal Md. Program's Reach

By Lisa Rein and Josh White
Washington Post Staff Writers
Sunday, January 4, 2009; Page A01

The Maryland State Police surveillance of advocacy groups was far more extensive than previously acknowledged, with records showing that troopers monitored — and labeled as terrorists — activists devoted to such wide-ranging causes as promoting human rights and establishing bike lanes.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/03/AR2009010301993.html?hpid=moreheadlines
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-09 10:57 PM
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1. ::facepalm::
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originalpckelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-09 11:01 PM
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3. More correctly...
Picard Facepalm:
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-09 10:58 PM
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2. We told you that moderates would be next.
Exasperatedly,
Everybody remotely radical person who already got this treatment.
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-09 11:45 PM
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4. Keep going with talk like that, and you'll be on the list next
You've been warned.
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Liberal_in_LA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-09 11:46 PM
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You ain't kidding
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Liberal_in_LA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-09 11:46 PM
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5. You ain't kidding
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-09 11:57 PM
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6. These days, not being on a list or three must be a sign that a person is a crashing bore.
:shrug:
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