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In a comment earlier to Susan's story (Cointelpro revisited?), I dropped a number of quotes that look at FBI informants & possible agent provocateurs in two recent "eco-terror" cases. We may well see this expand beyond the environmetal movement.

". . . the more educated you are, the more indoctrinated you are. After all, propaganda is largely directed towards the privileged." -Noam Chomsky
by Arcturus on Mon Jan 23rd, 2006 at 05:34:59 AM EST
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This is the key:
If it were limited to that there never would have been a need to go around the FISA court.
And, as Meteor Blades indicates, this is an old pattern for the right: spy and lie.

I remember when, in 1969, it was stated by our government that the military was not involved in spying on US citizens in the United States--no way.

Why, then, did I see men in fatigues taking pictures of protests from the tops of buildings?

In their view, we are rabble that needs to be controlled.

Their claims to American patriotism are hollow: they hate the very principle of this country, that the people know best.

They distrust and despise the people.

Hearing that it's not just the NSA but the military that is spying on Americans is just making me livid.

by Aaron Barlow on Mon Jan 23rd, 2006 at 07:51:43 AM EST
[ Parent ]
I think there's something subliminal happening too. This thought just keeps HAARPing at me.. because I do not understand why we are not storming D.C.

"Time is for careful people, not passionate ones."
by roseeriter (roseeriter@yahoo.com) on Mon Jan 23rd, 2006 at 11:40:15 AM EST
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...discovered, when FOIA was passed, that it hadn't just been the FBI spying on us, but the Army as well. We all joked with each other about how big our files were. My Army file was a piddling 11 heavily-censored pages, my FBI file nearly 20 times as big.

"We're trying to give the illusion of due diligence." --Bennett Holiday to Jimmy Pope in Syriana
by Meteor Blades (tleelange@hotmail.com) on Mon Jan 23rd, 2006 at 01:28:47 PM EST
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The Defense Department is having a free for all spying right now!  I feel kind of excited about it.  Do you think they may even have a person assigned just to me?  That big mouth military spouse bitch from hell!  Or did all of the big mouths get the same person?  Probably huh?

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by Militarytracy on Mon Jan 23rd, 2006 at 02:41:30 PM EST
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