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Catching big brother in the act.(Brief Article)

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| December 22, 2005 | Huang, Vanessa | COPYRIGHT 2005 Color Lines Magazine. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

In August, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) released a series of memos obtained from the FBI and its Joint Terrorism Task Force, which makes possible the collaboration between federal and local law enforcement agencies. The memos confirmed what the ACLU had been suspecting and working to uncover--that government agencies have been spying on activists critical of the Bush administration and its war.

The memos revealed that under the ruse of finding terrorists, the FBI has monitored meetings and protests in several states, including ones in Michigan that were led by groups fighting for affirmative action, objecting to the war and defending animal rights. The FBI has also been keeping tabs on a white supremacist group in Michigan, and in Colorado the FBI has been monitoring the work of American Indian Movement in Colorado (AIM).

According to FBI and Justice Department officials, there are at least 3,500 pages of internal documents on ...

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