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News and Commentary

CIA Refuses to Say Whether It Possesses Chavez Assassination Documents

The CIA will neither confirm nor deny whether it had knowledge of, or involvement in, a plot to poison or otherwise assassinate the late President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez. more >>

Investigating Hugo Chavez's death

PCJF Files FOIA Demanding Information Related to Possible Assassination Plans

Within hours of the announced death of President Hugo Chavez, civil rights groups in the United States filed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) demands with federal agencies seeking information and documents that "relate to or reference or discuss any information regarding or plans to poison or otherwise assassinate the President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez." more >>

In the news: Gov't spying on Occupy Wall Street grabs headlines worldwide

FBI on the spot to defend its "domestic terrorism" surveillance of demonstrators

A sample of the extensive news coverage of the documents, released to PCJF in late December 2012, showing that the FBI and DHS extensively monitored and communicated about the Occupy movement. more >>

Mara Verheyden-Hilliard discusses Occupy monitoring on 'Law and Disorder' Radio

In this comprehensive interview Mara Verheyden-Hilliard provides a broad perspective explaining how the FBI and other police agencies collaboration with Wall Street against the Occupy Movement is part of an historic tug-of-war between grassroots movements’ for change and the institutions of power and privilege. She also explains how government documents obtained by the PCJF show in detail that when the people of the United States rose up against the economic suffering caused by the biggest banks and corporations the FBI and other law enforcement agencies functioned as partners with the same banks and corporate entities in opposition to the Occupy movement and the labor movement and others fighting for justice. more >>

FBI Documents Reveal Secret Nationwide Occupy Monitoring

See the released documents here

FBI documents just obtained by the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF) reveal that from its inception, the FBI treated the Occupy movement as a potential criminal and terrorist threat even while acknowledging that organizers called for peaceful protest and did “not condone the use of violence.” more >>

Danny Glover, Martin Garbus, Mara Verheyden-Hilliard speak at Cuban 5 Forum at Howard Law School

Panel discusses the political case of the Cuban Five and the injustice of their continued incarceration more >>

PCJF Obtains More Heavily Redacted Documents on OWS from Homeland Security

Homeland Security releases third round of documents to PCJF

The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund has obtained a third round of documents from the Department of Homeland Security in response to our Freedom of Information Act request made in November 2011. more >>