Peace activists stage spy-in'

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Peace activists stage spy-in'
Homeland Security cars bracket outdoor protest at federal building Merlin ID: 4675104
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Brian Albrecht
Plain Dealer Reporter
The watched became the watchers Monday.

Trench coats and shades. The surreptitious passing of a mysterious black briefcase. Cameras and binoculars focusing on -- none of your business.

Someone singing the refrain to "Secret Agent Man."

It was guerrilla theater staged outside the Celebrezze Federal Building about 7:30 a.m. by the Northeast Ohio Anti-War Coalition (NOAC).

Some two dozen members of NOAC and other groups affiliated with the coalition dressed in exaggerated spy gear to protest government surveillance of a NOAC meeting in Cleveland last November, and similar monitoring of other peace groups, including the Quakers.

Hence, "Operation Turn the Tables," as one sign read near the man wearing a CIA -- "Citizens Intelligence Agency" -- jacket.

"Google This!" another sign dared.

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