The report indicates that "security" services in the US are increasingly intent upon intimidating people who protest war and other nefarious government policies and actions.
The searches in Minneapolis took place early in the morning at the homes of people who have helped organize demonstrations against the war in Iraq and protests held two years ago during the Republican National Convention in St. Paul.Indeed, some people are stating that the US is already a police state. Check out Paul Craig Robert's article entitled, "It Is Official: The US Is A Police State". And Burghardt's piece entitled, "FBI Raids Activists' Homes in Sinister COINTELPRO Replay".