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bobbieinok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-17-04 01:45 PM
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FBI targeting protestors (from bartcop)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/gop_convention_security

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The overall surveillance effort has been overshadowed by far-reaching counterterrorism measures planned for the Aug. 30-Sept. 2 event. Officials won't discuss it in detail, other than to say investigators always act within the law.


"Violent acts are not protected by the U.S. Constitution, and the FBI has a duty to prevent such acts and to identify and bring to justice those who commit them," FBI Assistant Director Cassandra M. Chandler said Monday in a statement.


Ann Roman, a Secret Service spokeswoman, said its agents expect to respond to an increase in possible domestic threats against President Bush (news - web sites) and other dignitaries as the convention at Madison Square Garden nears.


"How we do that specifically, I'm not going to go into," Roman said.


According to three law-enforcement sources, federal agents in New York have begun interviewing people they believe might know about plots to sow mayhem at the convention, and have used surveillance against possible suspects.

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HysteryDiagnosis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-17-04 01:47 PM
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1. >>"How we do that specifically,
I'm not going to go into," Roman said.<<

Minority report.... perhaps?
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