Occupy Crackdown FOIA Requests
The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF) filed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests following evictions of Occupy encampments across the nation with the Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, the
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the National Park Service (NPS), and municipal agencies requesting that the agencies release
information that they possess related to the involvement of federal agencies and local law enforcement in
the planning of a coordinated crackdown on encampments.
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Monitoring Peaceful Demonstrations and Activists as a Matter of Policy
Government documents obtained by the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF) through its FOIA records requests reveal that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), an agency created after the September 11 attacks under the rubric of combating terrorism, conducts daily monitoring of peaceful, lawful protests as a matter of policy. more >> |
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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 >> |
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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 >> |
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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 >> |
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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 >> |
This index includes links to all documents that the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund has received in response to our FOIA requests with federal law enforcement agencies. It will be updated regularly to include all of the most recent document productions. more >> |
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Critical Analysis Shows DHS Is Playing Three Card Monte
Critical Analysis Shows the Department of Homeland Security Is Playing Three Card Monte more >> |
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Revelations Come in Wake of DC Officials Testimony at Rep. Issa's Hearings
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