Monday, August 29, 2005

ACLU reveals FBI labeled peace, affirmative action groups as 'terrorist' groups

Is the F.B.I., taking their cue from Bush adminstration abuses, seeking to return to the days when J. Edgar Hoover monitored and harassed peace activists and civil rights groups?

(Courtesy of Abby Normal)

ACLU reveals FBI labeled peace, affirmative action groups as 'terrorist' groups
Raw Story

The American Civil Liberties Union today released an FBI document that designates a Michigan-based peace group and an affirmative action advocacy group as potentially "involved in terrorist activities," RAW STORY has learned. The ACLU release follows.

The file was obtained through an ongoing nationwide ACLU effort seeking information on the FBI's use of Joint Terrorism Task Forces to engage in political surveillance.

"This document confirms our fears that federal and state counterterrorism officers have turned their attention to groups and individuals engaged in peaceful protest activities," said Ben Wizner, an ACLU staff attorney and counsel in a lawsuit seeking the release of additional FBI records. "When the FBI and local law enforcement identify affirmative action advocates as potential terrorists, every American has cause for concern."

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