ACLU Says FBI Spying on Religious, Protest Groups

[Scott1]

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=6981027&section=news

"The FBI is wasting its time and our tax dollars spying on groups that criticize the government, like the Quakers in Colorado or Catholic Peace Ministries in Iowa," said ACLU associate legal director Ann Beeson.

:bonk:

 

[Pah]

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=6981027&section=news

"The FBI is wasting its time and our tax dollars spying on groups that criticize the government, like the Quakers in Colorado or Catholic Peace Ministries in Iowa," said ACLU associate legal director Ann Beeson.

:bonk:

From the ACLU web site

FBI Spy Files

The ACLU has launched a nationwide effort to expose and limit FBI spying on people and groups simply for speaking out or practicing their faith. As a first step, the ACLU and its state affiliates have filed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests in 10 states and the District of Columbia. We have evidence that the FBI and local police – working through so-called Joint Terrorism Task Forces (JTTFs) – are spying on environmental, anti-war, political, and faith-based groups. We think the public deserves to know more about who is being investigated and why.

The FOIAs filed seek two kinds of information: 1) the actual FBI files of groups and individuals targeted for their political views or their religion; 2) information about how the structure and policies of the JTTFs are encouraging rampant and unwarranted spying

Bob

 

[Scott1]

Scary stuff my friend.... I am starting to realize why you are always looking at the news for attacks on atheists.... zealots can be from either side of the aisle.

 

[Pah]

Scary stuff my friend.... I am starting to realize why you are always looking at the news for attacks on atheists.... zealots can be from either side of the aisle.

I'm particulary interested in the actions the ACLU takes in defense of freedom - not all of their actions can be cast as anti-religious. In fact, it makes more sense to say all religious thought is defended when the abuse of imposing religion by a few is challanged.

Bob