Friday, July 28, 2006

ACLU: U.S. Spying on Anti-War, Activist Groups

An AP newswire article, via MSNBC, reports that:

The American Civil Liberties Union released a compilation of covert government surveillance of war protesters and other political activists in California, decrying it as evidence of a “greater expansion of government power and the abuse of power” since the 2001 terrorist attacks.

The ACLU’s Northern California branch said the findings show oversight of law-enforcement and intelligence agencies is too weak and called for the state to create a new watchdog over their activities.

More here.

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