was spied upon in the early 80's. One of my (then) house mates (a lifelong friend) was very involved in the organization, and we used to joke that the FBI or CIA must be tapping our line since we were always hearing clicking noises (something I hadn't heard before... or since) while talking on the phone. Later, there was confirmation that CISPES members (and others) WERE being spied on during that period. Since we had come of age during Watergate, this was not exactly surprising to us, but still rather sobering and depressing to have some of our worst fears about our government realized.
Also.. since we always assumed our calls could be monitored, even if some nefarious plot HAD been hatched in our kitchen (which was not the case), my friend and his "comrades" wouldn't have been stupid enough to broadcast that information via telephone. I doubt REAL terrorists (terrorists with any hope of success, anyway) would be more clueless than we were. (Which means there is a ton of information being gathered that is dramatically undermining our civil liberties without making us any more "safe."
http://articles.latimes.com/1988-02-23/news/mn-44777_1_fbi-headquarters
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