The Gates of Hell

Nothing new really, but something to keep in mind next time you think the government is FOR the people…

Via: NaturalNews

According to documents released on Thursday, July 17, 2008, undercover state troopers in Maryland infiltrated at least three groups peacefully protesting the death penalty and advocating peace. These troopers illegally sent reports of the activities of these groups to U.S. intelligence and military agencies. The Maryland chapter of the ACLU was able to obtain these documents through a Freedom of Information lawsuit claiming the state police refused to release the documents proving they illegally spied on peace activists.

This illegal, clandestine reporting occurred from March 2005 to May 2006. The officers involved used false names or “covert identities” to open special email accounts in order to receive messages from the groups. They participated fully in these groups, attending meetings and protests.

Within these 46 pages of documents is an account of an activist’s name being entered into a federal database of terrorist and drug trafficking suspects. This particular database is termed HIDTA for the (Washington-Baltimore) High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area and was formed to enable local, state and federal law-enforcement agencies to share information on such suspects.

Activist Max Obuszewski, whose only “crime” was opposition of the death penalty was listed in the database as a terrorist. His “primary” crime was “terrorism-anti-government” with a secondary crime of “terrorism-anti-war protesters”.

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