Government Spies Infiltrate Antiwar Movement
by Justin Raimondo, July 31, 2009
Well, we can relax, because the bad old days of the Bush administration, when government agencies routinely spied on the antiwar movement and other dissidents, are over — right?
Wrong – very wrong.
The indispensable Amy Goodman has the scoop: The Seattle Port Militarization Resistance (SPMR) group in Washington state thought their listserv coordinator, who went by the name "John Jacob," was one of them: a dedicated antiwar activist and self-described anarchist. They trusted him, they put him in a key position, they befriended him – and then they found out that he was a government informant. ...<snip>...
LOL too bad this is a left leaning publication...or yall could dismiss it as rightwing extremsit :roll:
http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2009/07/30/obamas-secret-police/
by Justin Raimondo, July 31, 2009
Well, we can relax, because the bad old days of the Bush administration, when government agencies routinely spied on the antiwar movement and other dissidents, are over — right?
Wrong – very wrong.
The indispensable Amy Goodman has the scoop: The Seattle Port Militarization Resistance (SPMR) group in Washington state thought their listserv coordinator, who went by the name "John Jacob," was one of them: a dedicated antiwar activist and self-described anarchist. They trusted him, they put him in a key position, they befriended him – and then they found out that he was a government informant. ...<snip>...
LOL too bad this is a left leaning publication...or yall could dismiss it as rightwing extremsit :roll:
http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2009/07/30/obamas-secret-police/