SOAW – FBI Documents
FOIA documents obtained by the PCJF expose that the FBI abused counter-terrorism authority to surveil School of Americas Watch, a pacifist organization focused on ending…
Transparency
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Huffington Post: With Police Body Cameras, D.C. Mayor Promises Transparency With Caveats
Reprint from the Huffington Post WASHINGTON — After months of policy debate, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has unveiled her proposed regulations for how the public…
New NPS Occupy Crackdown Documents Just Obtained by the PCJF
Revelations Show Brookfield’s Security National Coordination Two days before the NYPD’s eviction of the Occupy Wall Street encampment from Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan, Brookfield…
Corruption of Justice: Miami Reporters Paid by the U.S. Government
The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund served as the legal arm of a multi-year Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) effort that uncovered thousands of pages of previously unreleased materials revealing that the U.S. government was paying Miami-based journalists who saturated the Miami media with reports that were highly inflammatory and prejudicial to the Cuban Five at the same time as the government conducted its prosecution of the men.
Read MoreCorruption of Justice: Miami Reporters Paid by the U.S. GovernmentBreaking News: Cuban Five are Free!
PCJF heralds release, undertook multi-year investigation and lawsuit exposing corruption of justice The Cuban Five are free! After 16 years as political prisoners in the…
The Hill: Activists decry plans to restrict access around White House
Reprinted from The Hill Civil liberties advocates are sounding the alarm amid reports that federal authorities may impose new restrictions to public access around the…
Fusion Centers Approached 2011 Black Friday Consumer Boycott Like a Terrorist Threat
Counter-terrorism officials partner with corporate retail trade association The documents reveal that Fusion Centers and their personnel even conflate their anti-terrorism mission with a need…
Out from the Shadows Report
The Hidden Role of the Fusion Centers in the Nationwide Spying Operation against the Occupy Movement and Peaceful Protest in America By Mara Verheyden-Hilliard and…
NY Times: Officials Cast Wide Net in Monitoring Occupy Protests
Reprinted from The New York Times When the Occupy protests spread across the country three years ago, state and local law enforcement officials went on alert.…
Exposed: The Hidden Role of Fusion Centers in the Nationwide Spying Operation Against Occupy
“Counter-terrorism” agencies’ domestic spying on free speech activity The Department of Homeland Security (DHS)-funded Fusion Centers used their vast anti-terrorism and anti-crime authority and funding…
Pentagon WMD Office Reporting on DC Protest Events
FOIA documents obtained by the PCJF expose the Pentagon’s WMD agency monitored peaceful protests in Washington, D.C, in early December 2011. Back to main report
DC Anti-Terrorism Fusion Center Monitoring ANSWER and Postal Workers Union Protest
Per FOIA documents obtained by the PCJF, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)-funded Fusion Center in D.C. used their anti-terrorism authority to monitor A.N.S.W.E.R and…