Wednesday, June 30, 2010

New ACLU Report And Web Hub Reveal Rise In Political Spying Across United States

from the American Civil Liberties Website.
Unfortunately, law enforcement in our country seems to be reverting to certain old, bad behaviors when it comes to political surveillance. Our review of these practices has found that Americans have been put under surveillance or harassed by the police just for deciding to organize, march, protest, espouse unusual viewpoints and engage in normal, innocuous behaviors such as writing notes or taking photographs in public.”
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“We are determined to prevent the emergence of a domestic secret police apparatus in this country,” said German. “Yet, as the ACLU’s report shows, these activities continue to take place with a regularity that shows there are systemic problems at work that must be monitored closely.”
The system is a capitalist pseudo-democracy that has degenerated into a quasi-fascist state.