We’re all terrorists now
Former FBI agent (fired for complaining about privacy abuses) who now works for the ACLU:
The most disturbing thing we’ve uncovered is the scope of domestic intelligence activities taking place today. Domestic spying is now being done by a host of federal agencies (FBI, DOD, DHS, DNI) as well as state and local law enforcement and even private companies. Too often this spying targets political activity and religious practices. We’ve documented intelligence activities targeting or obstructing First Amendment-protected activity in 33 states and DC.
Eventually, there will be a list to put your name on for something.
February 10th, 2011 at 3:28 pm
Too often this spying targets political activity and religious practices.
This reminds me of the “shocking revelation” of post-9/11 “domestic spying”.
Turns out the FBI had actually looked into anti-war protestors.
The “shocking revelation” was that they “had files on” peaceful and law-abiding groups.
The non-shocking part that made it a complete non-story in my eyes was that the files concluded with statements like “group involved in lawful first-amendment protected speech” with no further action taken.
In other words, the Feds were for once doing exactly what they should have; investigate, find that the actions were lawful and protected, and then leave them alone.
I have the sneaking suspicion that that sort of thing is the bulk of what he’s talking about. (I might be wrong, but so far I’ve never seen evidence of it presented by anyone.)
February 10th, 2011 at 5:51 pm
Why should they even be investigating anti-war groups?
February 10th, 2011 at 11:05 pm
What do you mean by “eventually”? We’re already there just by reading this blog.