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Lockyer tries to cover himself after exposure of CATIC's protest = terrorism policy
"The revelations in the Oakland Tribune story confirm our worst fears: CATIC is not only being used to gather and disseminate information about nonviolent protesters but equates peaceful protest with terrorism itself," said Mark Schlosberg, director of police practices policy for ACLU Northern California.
American Civil Liberties Union officials in San Francisco and Los Angeles repeatedly have warned Lockyer and his staff that CATIC's intelligence gathering could pose dangers to basic freedoms, including First Amendment rights to free speech and free assembly, and a state constitutional right to privacy. The ACLU carried this message starting in September 2001, in three letters and two meetings with Justice Department staff, the most recent in mid-January.
"Each time we raised concerns, we were assured by you and by your staff that important civil liberties, including California's constitutional right to privacy, would not be sacrificed," ACLU officials in Northern and Southern California wrote Lockyer on Tuesday.
American Civil Liberties Union officials in San Francisco and Los Angeles repeatedly have warned Lockyer and his staff that CATIC's intelligence gathering could pose dangers to basic freedoms, including First Amendment rights to free speech and free assembly, and a state constitutional right to privacy. The ACLU carried this message starting in September 2001, in three letters and two meetings with Justice Department staff, the most recent in mid-January.
"Each time we raised concerns, we were assured by you and by your staff that important civil liberties, including California's constitutional right to privacy, would not be sacrificed," ACLU officials in Northern and Southern California wrote Lockyer on Tuesday.
Lockyer: Don't link activists, terrorists
State attorney general admits warning shouldn't have been issued before April 7 anti-war protest
By Ian Hoffman
Assailed Tuesday by civil libertarians, state Attorney General Bill Lockyer said his California anti-terror intelligence center never should have issued a warning of "potential violence" by anti-war protesters at the Port of Oakland, where police five days later fired wooden slugs at activists.
While Lockyer said he doubted the warning by the California Anti-Terrorism Information Center (CATIC) triggered the April 7 firing of "less-than-lethal" ammo at protesters, the attorney general promised a review of CATIC policies, as the American Civil Liberties Union repeatedly has requested since September 2001.
"This comment shouldn't have come from CATIC, but that may not address the full responsibility we have," Lockyer said by phone Tuesday.
State attorney general admits warning shouldn't have been issued before April 7 anti-war protest
By Ian Hoffman
Assailed Tuesday by civil libertarians, state Attorney General Bill Lockyer said his California anti-terror intelligence center never should have issued a warning of "potential violence" by anti-war protesters at the Port of Oakland, where police five days later fired wooden slugs at activists.
While Lockyer said he doubted the warning by the California Anti-Terrorism Information Center (CATIC) triggered the April 7 firing of "less-than-lethal" ammo at protesters, the attorney general promised a review of CATIC policies, as the American Civil Liberties Union repeatedly has requested since September 2001.
"This comment shouldn't have come from CATIC, but that may not address the full responsibility we have," Lockyer said by phone Tuesday.
For more information:
http://www.oaklandtribune.com/Stories/0,14...
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