Thursday, December 02, 2004
CoIntel Redux
From the comments at DailyKos:
Oh man. I actually really like the idea of the government spying on peaceful protestors, cause at least it means that they're not spying on the ones willing to cause some damage to get what they want. I mean, I'm definitely not in favor of blowing anyone up, but spying on citizens (which is the CIA's job, anyway!) just reeks of corruption and injustice so deep that there must be some citizens driven to act out their feelings differently than most others... ¶
- david | 1:15 PM
"The American Civil Liberties Union (news - web sites) on Thursday accused the FBI (news - web sites) and local police of spying on political and faith-based groups and formally asked the government for information about such FBI surveillance.
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'The FBI is wasting its time and our tax dollars spying on groups that criticize the government, like the Quakers in Colorado or Catholic Peace Ministries in Iowa,' said ACLU associate legal director Ann Beeson."
From the comments at DailyKos:
The last time this occurred was during the 1980s when the FBI was spying upon church groups that opposed U.S. policy in Central America.
Senate hearings were held on the whole issue. I think they were chaired by Senator Dodd.
In any event, should be we really be surprised? The same people were in power then that are in power now.
Once a fascist, always a fascist.
Oh man. I actually really like the idea of the government spying on peaceful protestors, cause at least it means that they're not spying on the ones willing to cause some damage to get what they want. I mean, I'm definitely not in favor of blowing anyone up, but spying on citizens (which is the CIA's job, anyway!) just reeks of corruption and injustice so deep that there must be some citizens driven to act out their feelings differently than most others... ¶
- david | 1:15 PM
