Spotter cards: What they look like and how they work

[BR_Parkway]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/oct/25/spotter-cards



This kind of highly confidential document – pictured above – is rarely seen by the public.

These so-called "spotter cards" are issued by police to identify individuals they consider to be potential troublemakers because they have appeared at a number of demonstrations.

The photographs are drawn from police intelligence files. This card was apparently dropped at a demonstration against Britain's largest arms fair in 2005.

H is Mark Thomas, the comedian and political activist. Asked why it was justifiable to put Thomas, who has no criminal record, on this card, the Metropolitan police replied: "We do not discuss intelligence we may hold in relation to individuals."

[PuraVidaDreamin]

1. I wonder if that it what they are called here in "the homeland"

You KNOW "they" have them!

[BR_Parkway]

3. For certain, I wonder if the Quakers that used to get spied on are

still on some of these for their "potentially violent' activities

[thunder rising]

2. "We do not discuss intelligence": good, since that intelligence swore to WMDs in Iraq ... same shit

different day. UK gov thugs, just like the US.

[Festivito]

4. Civil rights violations might make then discuss it with a judge.

Right up to their sentencing.

Due process of law baby!

[BR_Parkway]

5. If someone could get their hands on one.