Who they wiretapping? Need links!!!!

[devilgrrl]

Hi all, anyone got links to stories about the Bush Crime Family monitoring peace groups and other descenters with illegal wiretaps? Please post them.

Thanks in advance. :-)

[Terran1212]

1. My sister is in homeland security..

She works in Atlanta and one of her papers was about environmental activists and the concern they have with them and the Georgia Aquarium. They have a lot of undercover guys on the ground and keep a lot of files on that sort of thing.

[DemonFighterLives]

2. Don't have a link but I happened to watch a good show on PBS

NOW program that had Hinojosa (SP) Spanish lady reporting on "the Program" what the NSA and dubco called it. Risen was on and another guy, ex NSA who was talking about how the NSA tapped into the phone system and could search for code words. Bob Barr who I used to hate was on too, saying that basically dubby broke the law.


Everyone is under surveillance and Clinton came out yesterday to dispel Freeper rumors that both sides did it.

[Nutmegger]

5. Yes, I seen this tonight as well

I always catch "NOW" - they do a fabulous job.

If you missed the show, please download the podcast!! Seriously, this is important information people!!!

http://www.pbs.org/now/

[DemonFighterLives]

10. That was good - I still didn't find her name

but she is not afraid to tell it like it is.
Let's vote this thread up for some good linking.
K and R
:dem:

[DemonFighterLives]

6. Now

http://www.pbs.org/now/index.html

http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/wiretap.html

[hang a left]

3. here is one

Thu, Dec. 29, 2005
UCSC chief alleges spying
By Becky Bartindale
Mercury News

http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/mercurynews/news/loc...

A University of California chancellor called Wednesday on Bay Area congressional representatives to investigate the government's reported spying at college campus protests, including one in April at UC-Santa Cruz.

``We are greatly concerned about the Pentagon's investigation of a UCSC campus protest of military recruiting last spring,'' UCSC Chancellor Denice Denton wrote in a campus e-mail. ``MSNBC reports that this protest was classified as a `credible threat' by the Department of Defense.''

She called the government's investigation of the campus protest ``a questionable use of military resources,'' adding, ``It is especially disquieting that political dissent would be considered threatening.''

>>>>An eight-page excerpt released by NBC noted monitoring of protests at UC-Berkeley (deemed not a credible threat), planning for a march and rally in Hollywood (not credible) and protests at a San Diego naval facility (credible.)

A Defense Department official was quoted as telling NBC News that all domestic intelligence is ``properly collected.''

more: http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/mercurynews/news/loc...

[hang a left]

4. Another

Leahy wants to know about Pentagon spying on protests

COLCHESTER, Vt. -- Sen. Patrick Leahy wants the Defense Department to give him the details about two Vermont anti-war protests that were monitored by government officials.

Leahy, a Democrat, said Vermont had a long tradition of peaceful political protest.

"I want to know the extent of it. I want to know under what conceivable, conceivable legal justification they are doing it," Leahy told Vermont Public Radio.

"And even if they could legally justify it, what dunderhead policy reason (is there) for doing it," he said. "And again, I'd like to know how much it cost. The Department of Defense says we don't have enough money to get the kind of armor and protection our troops need in Iraq, but we've got money to go around and spy on Quaker meetings?"

Pentagon policy allows it to take the legal steps necessary to protect military installations and personnel from violence.

Earlier this month, NBC News reported that the Pentagon has monitored anti-war protests as part of a stepped up intelligence collection effort. The efforts included monitoring two Vermont protests.

Joseph Gainza of the American Friends Service Committee, who helped organize those protests, said he was not surprised that the Pentagon keeps tabs on the peace movement.

"What disturbed me was that it's part of a larger pattern that this government seems to be doing what it pleases and hiding from the American people so much of its violations of law," Gainza said.

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http://www.wcax.com/global/story.asp?s=4299035&ClientType=Printable

[DemonFighterLives]

9. Dunderhead Policy - Give Leahy a medal!

:patriot:

[newyawker99]

12. hang a left

Per DU copyright rules
please post only four
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Thank you.


NYer99
DU Moderator

[hang a left]

13. oops...

sorry to late to edit. Can you do it???

[hang a left]

7. one more

National Security Agency mounted massive spy op on Baltimore peace group, documents show

Kevin Zeese
Published: January 10, 2006

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The National Security Agency has been spying on a Baltimore anti-war group, according to documents released during litigation, going so far as to document the inflating of protesters' balloons, and intended to deploy units trained to detect weapons of mass destruction, RAW STORY has learned.

According to the documents, the Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore, a Quaker-linked peace group, has been monitored by the NSA working with the Baltimore Intelligence Unit of the Baltimore City Police Department.
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The documents came as a result of litigation in the August 2004 trial of Marilyn Carlisle and Cindy Farquhar. An NSA security official provided the defendants with a redacted Action Plan and a redacted copy of a Joint Terrorism Task Force email about the activities of the Pledge of Resistance activities.

The NSA, established in 1952 by President Truman, is the largest and most secret of U.S. intelligence agencies. Headquartered between Baltimore and Washington, DC, the agency has two principal functions: to protect U.S. government communications and intercept foreign transmissions. However, the NSA's United States Signals Intelligence Directive 18 strictly prohibits the interception or collection of information about "U.S. persons, entities, corporations or organizations" without explicit written permission from the Attorney General.

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http://rawstory.com/news/2005/National_Security_Agency_spied_on_Baltimore_0110.html

[helderheid]

8. here

The Pengaton's partial file on the spying is available at
http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/sections/news/DODAntiWarProtestDatabaseTracker.pdf.

[DemonFighterLives]

11. kick for the Wiretapper in chief

:dem:

[Marie26]

14. Everybody!

Anybody who makes an international call, at least.