Politics > Politics-USA > University Chancellor Accuses Government of Spying At College Campus Protests
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"Harry Hope" |
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30 Dec 2005 08:06:15 AM |
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University Chancellor Accuses Government of Spying At College Campus Protests |
From The Mercury News, 12/29/05:
http://www.miami.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/13506607.htm?source=rss&channel=mercurynews_politics
UCSC chief alleges spying
By Becky Bartindale Mercury News
A University of California chancellor called Wednesday on Bay Area
congressional representatives to investigate the government's reported
spying at college campus protests, including one in April at UC-Santa
Cruz.
``We are greatly concerned about the Pentagon's investigation of a
UCSC campus protest of military recruiting last spring,'' UCSC
Chancellor Denice Denton wrote in a campus e-mail.
``MSNBC reports that this protest was classified as a `credible
threat' by the Department of Defense.''
She called the government's investigation of the campus protest ``a
questionable use of military resources,'' adding,
``It is especially disquieting that political dissent would be
considered threatening.''
``As a nation, we must be vigilant and careful in balancing the
competing needs of national security and the fundamental rights and
values of individuals in a free and democratic society,'' Denton
wrote.
Calls and e-mails on Denton's behalf went out Wednesday to the offices
of U.S. Reps. Sam Farr, D-Salinas; Mike Honda, D-Campbell; Anna Eshoo,
D-Palo Alto; Zoe Lofgren, D-San Jose; and Sens. Dianne Feinstein and
Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.
``We registered our concern with them, however, almost everyone is
away'' for the holiday, said university spokeswoman Elizabeth Irwin.
``We expressed interest in supporting them to ensure oversight for
protection of constitutional rights.''
Farr already has denounced the Pentagon spying, which came to light
earlier this month after NBC News obtained a secret 400-page Defense
Department document listing more than 1,500 ``suspicious incidents''
across the country over 10 months.
An eight-page excerpt released by NBC noted monitoring of protests at
UC-Berkeley (deemed not a credible threat), planning for a march and
rally in Hollywood (not credible) and protests at a San Diego naval
facility (credible.)
A Defense Department official was quoted as telling NBC News that all
domestic intelligence is ``properly collected.''
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30 Dec 2005 08:59:42 AM |
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She called the government's investigation of the campus protest ``a
questionable use of military resources,'' adding,
"YEAH!! We want thousands of people to show up so that EVERYBODY will
see that we are protesting......we just don't want anybody to know
about it."
How do you 'spy' on a public protest with multitudes of people? Watch
them make idiots of themselves in public?
Yol Bolsum,
Grendel.
"Any connection between your reality and mine is purely coincidental."
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