Kucinich Statement on FBI Monitoring of Protesters

[goodhue]

http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/oh10_kucinich/040816fbirnc.html

For Immediate Release
Monday, August 16, 2004

Statement of Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich On Reports That The FBI Is Monitoring Protesters Of The Upcoming Republican Convention

Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) issued the following statement, today, on media reports that the Administration is using the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) to monitor groups planning to protest the upcoming Republican National Convention in New York City:

"Reports that the Administration is using the Federal Bureau of Investigations to infiltrate and intimidate citizens exercising their first amendment rights, and protesting the upcoming Republican Convention, is both troubling and wrong. At this critical time, when the public needs the FBI to protect our hometown security, it is wrong for the Administration to use the FBI for its own political security. Peaceful dissent is the hallmark of a democratic society, this Administration's use of the FBI to shield it from such dissent is regrettable and shameful."

[stellanoir]

1. yay Dennis. . .

but is he the only person in this god forsaken government to have the cojones to state the obvious and how fundamentally unAmerican this thuggery is. . .?

Has anybody heard anyone else responding to this BS ?

[LWolf]

4. He often is the only one.

At least the only one I hear about. I don't know about this one.

Thanks again, Dennis.

[Radical Activist]

2. Always on the mark

I hope Kerry has or will make a similar statement.

[Zorra]

3. Is the Bu$h administration turning the FBI into an American Gestapo,

which does not serve the American people, but the interests of the nazi, er, I mean, republican party?

I'm glad DK is speaking out about this, and Congress should immediately begin investigating this affront to our civil liberties.