It's becoming more and more obvious that BushCo has turned into Big
Brother:

FBI monitors activists, court documents show
Groups say Bush is trying to stifle political opponents
Eric Lichtblau, New York Times

Monday, July 18, 2005


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Washington -- The FBI has collected at least 3,500 pages of internal
documents in the last several years on a handful of civil rights and
anti-war protest groups in what the groups charge is an attempt to
stifle political opposition to the Bush administration.

The FBI has in its files 1,173 pages of internal documents on the
American Civil Liberties Union, the leading critic of the Bush
administration's anti-terror policies, and 2,383 pages on Greenpeace,
an environmental group that has led acts of civil disobedience in
protest over the administration's policies, the Justice Department
disclosed in a court filing earlier this month in federal court in
Washington.

The filing came as part of a lawsuit under the Freedom of Information
Act brought by the ACLU and other groups that maintain that the FBI has
engaged in a pattern of political surveillance against critics of the
Bush administration. A smaller batch of documents already turned over
by the government sheds light on the interest of FBI counterterrorism
officials in protests surrounding the Iraq war and last year's
Republican National Convention.

FBI and Justice Department officials declined to say what was in the
ACLU and Greenpeace files, citing the pending lawsuit. But they
emphasized that as a matter of both policy and practice, they have not
sought to monitor the political activities of any activist groups, and
that any intelligence- gathering activities related to political
protests are designed to prevent disruptive and criminal activity at
demonstrations, not quell free speech. They said there may be an
innocuous explanation for the large volume of files, like preserving
requests from or complaints about the groups in agency files.

But officials at the two groups said they were troubled by the
disclosure.

"Why would the FBI collect almost 1,200 pages on a civil rights
organization engaged in lawful activity? What justification could there
be, other than political surveillance of lawful First Amendment
activities?" said Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the ACLU.

Protest groups charge that FBI counterterrorism officials have used
their expanded powers since the Sept. 11 attacks to blur the line
between legitimate civil disobedience and violent or terrorist activity
in what they liken to FBI political surveillance of the 1960s.

In all, the ACLU is now seeking FBI records since 2001 or earlier on
some 150 groups that have been critical of the Bush administration's
policies on the Iraq war and other matters.

The Justice Department is opposing the ACLU's request, saying it does
not involve a matter of urgent public interest, and department lawyers
say the sheer volume of material will take them eight to 11 months to
process for Greenpeace and the ACLU alone.

The files that the FBI has already turned over in recent weeks center
on two other groups that were involved in political protests in the
last few years, and those files point to previously undisclosed
communications by bureau counterterrorism officials regarding activity
at protests.

Six pages of internal FBI documents on a group called United for Peace
and Justice, which led wide-scale protests over the Iraq war, discuss
the group's role in 2003 in preparing protests for last year's
Republican National Convention.

A memo by counterterrorism personnel in the FBI's Los Angeles office
circulated to other counterterrorism officials in New York, Boston, Los
Angeles and Washington makes reference to possible anarchist
connections of some protesters and the prospect for disruptions but
also quotes from more benign statements protesters had released on the
Internet and elsewhere to prepare for the Republican convention.

A second file turned over by the FBI on the group American Indian
Movement of Colorado includes seven pages of internal documents and
press clippings related to protests and possible disruptions in the
Denver area in connection with Columbus Day

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It's becoming more and more obvious that BushCo has turned into Big
Brother:

FBI monitors activists, court documents show
Groups say Bush is trying to stifle political opponents
Eric Lichtblau, New York Times

This has been going on since the Vietnam war.

"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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It's becoming more and more obvious that BushCo has turned into Big
Brother:

FBI monitors activists, court documents show
Groups say Bush is trying to stifle political opponents
Eric Lichtblau, New York Times

This has been going on since the Vietnam war.
Yeah, remember Janet Reno.

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"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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It's becoming more and more obvious that BushCo has turned into Big
Brother:

FBI monitors activists, court documents show
Groups say Bush is trying to stifle political opponents
Eric Lichtblau, New York Times

This has been going on since the Vietnam war.
Yeah, remember Janet Reno.


Actually, I'm not sure how she fits this subject. Explain?

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"Jeff Rigby" wrote in message
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"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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It's becoming more and more obvious that BushCo has turned into Big
Brother:

FBI monitors activists, court documents show
Groups say Bush is trying to stifle political opponents
Eric Lichtblau, New York Times

This has been going on since the Vietnam war.
Yeah, remember Janet Reno.


Actually, I'm not sure how she fits this subject. Explain?

THE FBI, person in charge of, abuse of power, corruption, drugs, political
coverups, POWER, special interest groups, etc.

http://www.netowne.com/conspiracy/important/

1. DERELICTION OF DUTY (Ruby Ridge, Idaho - 1992)
Janet Reno refused to support the conclusion of a Justice Dept.
investigation that found an FBI sniper shot which killed Vicki Weaver was
unconstitutional. Senate testimony showed that an FBI sniper killed Vicki
Weaver by shooting her in the head as she held her baby while standing with
the door open on her front porch. The FBI snipers were shooting at the
Weavers from over 200 yards away using rifles with 10 power scopes. The
snipers and assistant FBI director Larry Potts, testified that they had the
right to shoot and kill anyone if that person was holding a gun. Chairman
Spector pointed out that such a situation did not warrant the use of deadly
force according to FBI policy. On the House floor, Idaho representative,
Helen Chenoweth, called for the resignation of Potts who was also
responsible for the WACO disaster and a personal friend of FBI Director
Freeh, the Reno appointee. Randy Weaver's attorney called for Lon Horiuchi,
the sniper, to be tried for murder based on the Justice Dept. investigation.
Instead Horiuchi and Potts received paid leave for over two years. (SENATE
RUBY RIDGE SIEGE INVESTIGATION)

2. FAILURE TO UPHOLD THE 4TH AMENDMENT OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION (Waco,
Texas - 1993)
Janet Reno approved the CS military gas attack that led to the deaths of
over 80 men, women and children who had never been charged with any crime.
She also stated that she "could not find anything wrong" with FBI actions in
Waco despite overwhelming video based evidence that the FBI was responsible
for the deaths of the Davidians. An aerial video tape shows a tank
destroying a Davidian building while people were still inside. Autopsy
reports indicate that six bodies found in the rubble of that building were
crushed to death. The Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) tape clearly shows
heat images from bullets being fired at the Davidians as they tried to
escape from the burning buildings. Janet Reno also could find no violation
of the Posse Comitatus act which expressly prohibits the use of military
equipment and personnel to enforce laws against American citizens unless
authorized by the U.S. Constitution or act of Congress. (HOUSE BRANCH
DAVIDIAN INCIDENT INVESTIGATION, RULES OF ENGAGEMENT - WILLIAM GAZECKI)

3. ABUSE OF POWER (Firing of all U.S. Attorneys - 1993)
Janet Reno fired all 94 United States Attorneys, a move unprecedented in
American history, shortly after her appointment in March 1993. She stated
that the replacement of all U.S. Attorneys was a "joint decision" with the
White House. The liaison with the White House was the third highest ranking
Justice Dept. official, associate attorney general, Webster Hubbell, who is
now a convicted felon.

OK. I thought you were suggesting she was involve in some way back as far as
the early 1970s. But, she probably would've been an intern at that time.

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I will post this as Chuck won't:

Now see there? All the guys who are convinced you aren't even the
tiniest bit interested in boating have to be at least partially wrong.
You are becoming an expert troller. Do you have any original thoughts
you'd care to share, or have you been instructed to repost the
propaganda?