http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15856195/
A year ago, an NBC News investigation revealed the existence of a secret Pentagon database that included information on antiwar protests and American peace activists. Now, newly disclosed documents reveal new details on who was targeted and which other government agencies may have helped monitor Americans.
The documents provide new details on how anti-war protesters, Universities, and even Quakers and churches came to be labeled "threats" worthy of the attention of the military. The documents also suggest for the first time that agents of the Department of Homeland Security played a role in monitoring American citizens who have not broken the law.
"I fully intend to ask what's in those databanks, because many of them go way beyond any legitimate needs for our security," says Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy. Congress wants to know not just what data was collected, but why and how it was to be used.
2006-11-23
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