Talk About Going Undercover: U.K. Cops Slept With Targets Of Their Spying

[SoCalDem]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/jan/19/undercover-policeman-married-activist-spy



* Paul Lewis, Rob Evans and Rowenna Davis
* guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 19 January 2011 21.30 GMT
* Article history

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A police spy married an activist he met while undercover in the environmental protest movement and then went on to have children with her, the Guardian can reveal.

He is the fourth spy now to have been identified as an undercover police officer engaged in the covert surveillance of eco-activists. Three of those spies are accused of having had sexual relationships with the people they were targeting.

The details of the activities of the fourth spy, who is still a serving Metropolitan police officer, emerged as the senior police officer managing the crisis in undercover operations insisted that officers were strictly banned from having sexual relationships with their targets.

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[DJ13]

1. Deep undercover?

[saras]

2. So far beyond despicable there's not even a word for it

It's enough to make me think that maybe permanent torture isn't that wrong after all, but we just have the wrong people incarcerated.

It's like years-long rape.

[Capitalocracy]

3. This is the most disgusting thing I've heard all day.

Why? Because the apologists haven't shown up yet to make it worse.

[chollybocker]

4. Worst.JudeLaw.Vehicle.Ever.