Tuesday, December 20, 2005

Big Brother

Are you an environmentalist? An animal rights activist? Vegan? Catholic?

You might want to read today's NY Times article F.B.I. Watched Activist Groups, New Files Show.


"It's clear that this administration has engaged every possible agency, from the Pentagon to N.S.A. to the F.B.I., to engage in spying on Americans," said Ann Beeson, associate legal director for the A.C.L.U.

"You look at these documents," Ms. Beeson said, "and you think, wow, we have really returned to the days of J. Edgar Hoover, when you see in F.B.I. files that they're talking about a group like the Catholic Workers league as having a communist ideology."

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