[privacy] ACLU Sues Pentagon for Monitoring

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Via Wired News (Reuters).

[snip]

The American Civil Liberties Union sued the U.S. Defense Department
Wednesday to demand information it says the government has collected on
groups opposed to the war in Iraq.

The group says the Pentagon has been monitoring antiwar groups and
individuals and has compiled lists on people it sees as potential
threats but who the ACLU says are exercising their free-speech rights.

The suit was the ACLU's first attempt to force the Pentagon to disclose
domestic surveillance and followed similar suits by the organization
against the FBI and the Justice Department.

[snip]

More:
http://www.wired.com/news/wireservice/0,71160-0.html

- ferg


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