Revealed: Gov't Used Fusion Centers to Spy on Occupy

[unhappycamper]

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/05/23-7



New report exposes US government's treatment of social movements as 'criminal or terrorist enterprises'

Revealed: Gov't Used Fusion Centers to Spy on Occupy
- Sarah Lazare, staff writer
Published on Friday, May 23, 2014 by Common Dreams

U.S. government Fusion Centers, which operate as ill-defined "counter-terrorism" intelligence gathering and sharing centers, conducted spy operations against Occupy protesters involving police, the Pentagon, the FBI, military employees, and business people.

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Police chiefs of major metropolitan areas used the Southern Nevada Counter Terrorism Center to produce regular reports on the occupy movement.

Furthermore, "The Boston regional intelligence center monitored and cataloged Occupy-associated activities from student organizing to political lectures," according to the report. That center also produced twice-daily updates on Occupy activities.

The New York Times notes:

The Boston Regional Intelligence Center, one of the most active centers, issued scores of bulletins listing hundreds of events including a protest of “irresponsible lending practices,” a food drive and multiple “yoga, faith & spirituality” classes.

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The Boston cops raided, booked and jailed VFP members in Boston. People were pretty pissed up heah; the Boston Police now have a training video on what not to do:









And the video:

I'm told a dayroom in Afghanistan was pissed when they saw this video.

And that American flag you saw in the viedo? It ended up in a dumpster.

[jakeXT]

1. NYT story

http://www.democraticunderground.com/101693834

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. those fusion centers gave the willies when I first heard about them.

essentially they serve to divide the US into spy zones, and to run all layers of enforcement out of them.
I think of them as gestapo headquarters.

how anyone can doubt that we are in a Police State is beyond me.