Evidently according the federal government, anyone who disagrees with the Bush administration is a terrorist
The FBI has thousands of pages of records in its files relating to the monitoring of civil rights, environmental and similar advocacy groups, the Justice Department acknowledges.
The organizations, including the American Civil Liberties Union and Greenpeace, are suing for the release of the documents. The organizations contend that the material will show that they have been subjected to scrutiny by FBI task forces set up to combat terrorism.
I notice a complete lack of Frank_D in this post’s comments.
{ Actually, I began this post hours ago, but I was distracted my “real life” that you seem to be curious about }
Maybe the ACLU should make a deal with the FBI, and trade their records for the FBI’s with, say, the National Review as an intermediary.
Or the ACLU could turn their records over to these guys.
Heh
Haha. Slow news week?
Notice the wording “in files”. Well yes the FBI has gadzillions of files. Go to the Freedom of Information Act reading room. You can find files on Marilyn Monroe, Mickey Mantle etc. Now why would Bush think the dead Sooner Slugger is a terrorist or the blonde bimbo. Or do you suppose, just maybe, most of this info was collected well before Jorge La Bush’s time? Maybe some was collected during Bubba’s time, Ronnie Raygun’s time, even the pious peanut farmer’s time and earlier.
Dugger, Bubble Burster Extraordinaire
It might make me puke, but I’m in agreement with Dugger. Following those opposed to the administration’s policies and to the FBI itself has been implicit bureau policy since J. Edgar Hoover.
However, having a precedent doesn’t make it right. Having 1100 pages on the ACLU is just overkill. The ACLU is a peaceful organization that stands up for the ultimate rights of citizens. While some of the positions it holds may be far from my view, I at least applaud its courage in standing up for people whom the government won’t.
Greenpeace, on the other hand, should be followed. They are, in my view as an enviromentally-concerned Democrat, a terrorist organization that uses force, violence, and vandalism to achieve its goals. A few years ago, members of a Greenpeace chapter in Southern California set a bunch of Hummers at a dealership on fire. Earlier this year, they tried to board a commercial freighter because it was carrying genetically modified food. They failed, and a number of their “activists” were arrested in France because they were going to climb onto the ship when the ship docked. If trying to commandeer a private shipping vessel because you disagree with the legal cargo onboard isn’t terrorism, I don’t know what is.