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NY Times: Officials Cast Wide Net in Monitoring Occupy Protests

Posted in Press Coverage · May 21, 2014 8:00 PM
The documents show that people connected to the centers shared information about individual activists or supporters, and kept track of those who speculated in social media postings that the centers had been involved when police departments used force to clear Occupy camps.

Northwest Watchdog: Oregon Fusion Center, House of spies or terror-threat prevention?

Posted in Press Coverage · May 22, 2013 8:00 PM
The Oregon Terrorism Information Threat Assessment Network is one of several Federal Fusion Centers spread across 77 U.S. cities that collaborate with local law-enforcement agencies on suspected terrorist threats.

The Eviction of Occupy Portland, Ore.: A Supremely Political Affair

Posted in News · May 20, 2013 8:00 PM
The latest trove of documents obtained by the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF) from the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Protective Service adds new detail to the spying work of federal law enforcement agencies coordinating with local law enforcement and city governments to act against Occupy encampments.

Unaware of Tsarnaev warnings, Boston counterterror unit tracked protesters

Posted in Press Coverage · May 08, 2013 8:00 PM
In the fall of 2011, a key Boston police counterterror intelligence unit -- funded with millions of dollars in U.S. homeland security grants -- was closely monitoring anti-Wall Street demonstrations, including tracking the Facebook pages and websites of the protesters and writing reports on the potential impact on "commercial and financial sector assets" in downtown areas, according to internal police documents.

Audio: Mara Verheyden-Hilliard discusses DHS spying documents

Posted in Multimedia · April 03, 2013 8:00 PM
Mara Verheyden-Hilliard discusses documents newly obtained by the PCJF on the extent of DHS spying on Occupy Wall Street and other protest activities.

Homeland Security Tracked Occupy Wall Street 'Peaceful Activist Demonstrations'

Posted in Press Coverage · April 02, 2013 8:00 PM
A Department of Homeland Security division produced daily briefings on "peaceful activist demonstrations" during the height of the Occupy Wall Street protests, documents released Tuesday revealed.

As It Spied on Occupy Wall Street, Department of Homeland Security Fixated on Media Coverage

Posted in Press Coverage · April 02, 2013 8:00 PM
The documents show that DHS, the sprawling Federal agency ostensibly created to combat terrorism after the September 11 attacks, routinely spies on peaceful First Amendment activities and required daily briefing on the extent of media attention being given to Occupy Wall Street activities.

DHS had policy of daily spying on activists

Posted in News · April 02, 2013 8:00 PM
Department of Homeland Security documents obtained recently by the Partnership For Civil Justice Fund (PCJF) reveal that the agency, founded for combatting terrorism, has a policy of spying daily on peaceful activists and protesters in the United States.

New Documents Reveal: DHS spying on Peaceful Demonstrations and Activists

Posted in News · April 01, 2013 8:00 PM
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.

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

Posted in News · February 28, 2013 7:00 PM
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.

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