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During 80's and 90's, the FBI kept close surveillance on a number of environmental organizations and activists because they suspected the Unabomber was one of those activists. Law requires the government to inform you that you have been monitored after the surveillance period stops. After learning of the government's activities, some of these activists used the Freedom of Information Act to get government records on the surveillance. One of the more shocking revelations was that the FBI had infiltrated peace groups in northern California.
Thus, I am never amazed to learn more about the quixotic methods employed by the United States government to rid us of "terror." (including so-called eco-terrorists) These agencies apparently will never realize that there is a huge difference between dissent and crime.
