Shocking abuse of power by the Federal Government in IA [View All]

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http://desmoinesregister.com/news/stories/c2229999/23493867.html

or at least it's shocking to me...

A few anti-war protesters protested the Iraq War at Camp Dodge, the local Army Reserve base. There was apparently a meeting at Drake University here in Des Moines about it before hand. The people arrested have been issued subpoenas and have been falsely told this was an investigation of the Anti-Terror Task Force. The Gov't issued some other crazy subpoenas asking for membership information of the group that organized the protest, and wants to know if anyone was in charge.

some excerpts:

Authorities are looking at possible criminal violations on Nov. 16 or "prior agreements to violate federal law."

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Federal authorities last week ordered the university to turn over campus security records reflecting any observations of the conference, including "any records of persons in charge or control of the meeting and any records of attendees of the meeting."

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That subpoena also requires the university to hand over membership information for the conference's host, the Drake chapter of the National Lawyers Guild.

What is this, the red scare all over again?


ON EDIT: There will be a protest this weekend here in DSM, so any IA DUers let me know if you need details.