washingtonmonthly.com - 1/4/2009
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SURVEILLANCE STATE RUN AMOK.... In July, the Washington Post reported on undercover Maryland State Police officers conducting surveillance on war protesters and death penalty opponents. Today, we learn that the monitoring was worse, and more pervasive, than first believed. The...
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 1/4/2009
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org —
Via Steve Benen, I’m shocked to learn that
police surveillance power is sometimes abused : The Maryland
State Police surveillance of advocacy groups was far more extensive than previously acknowledged, with records showing that troopers ...
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Matthew Yglesias —
Via Steve Benen, I’m shocked to learn that police surveillance power is sometimes abused:
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.
Intelligence officers created a voluminous file on Norfolk-based People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, calling the group a ...
If You Haven’t Done Anything Wrong
Balloon Juice —
... of newly obtained police documents, the groups were swept into a broad surveillance operation that started in 2005 with routine preparations for the scheduled executions of two men on death row.
The operation has been called a “waste of resources” by the current police superintendent and “undemocratic” by the governor.
People need to be fired, people need to go to jail, and those spied on illegally deserve redress.
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