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I have heard many reasons from some in this forum about how our government ought to be able to spy on Americans right here in America, and their main vague justification has been that, groups which could possibly support terrorist activity should be spied on. The January 30th issue of Newsweek debunks that spin with statements from Pentagon officials showing that they have been spying on dissidents of the Iraq war who are American citizens, are on American soil, have no connections whatsoever to terrorism, have no history whatsoever of any kind of violence, and whose only crime is to actively campaign against the activities of our government, which they view as immoral. The article also quotes some Pentagon leaders who state that what they are doing has gone too far.
One such group the Pentagon spied upon was an organization right here in Houston, which held a demonstration in front of Haliburton headquarters. The demonstration was not disruptive, and only consisted of giving Haliburton employees free peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in order to call attention to Haliburton's price gouging of food and other supplies in Iraq. The Pentagon made a determination that this was a threat to national security, and put the group under its TALON surveilance program.
Make no mistake. Now matter what Big Brother tells you, you can damn well be certain, that if you openly disagree with Big Brother's policies, Big Brother WILL be watching you. Unitarian presidency, my ass. It sure as hell is an imperial one, no matter which euphemism of the day they use to describe it.
Article is here.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10965509/site/newsweek
One such group the Pentagon spied upon was an organization right here in Houston, which held a demonstration in front of Haliburton headquarters. The demonstration was not disruptive, and only consisted of giving Haliburton employees free peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in order to call attention to Haliburton's price gouging of food and other supplies in Iraq. The Pentagon made a determination that this was a threat to national security, and put the group under its TALON surveilance program.
Make no mistake. Now matter what Big Brother tells you, you can damn well be certain, that if you openly disagree with Big Brother's policies, Big Brother WILL be watching you. Unitarian presidency, my ass. It sure as hell is an imperial one, no matter which euphemism of the day they use to describe it.
Article is here.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10965509/site/newsweek