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Sun Mar 23 2003
SFPD Breaks Rules by Spying on Political Dissidents
Police Spies in San Francisco
A confidential police memo, part of a dossier obtained under the Sunshine Ordinance, acknowledges the SF Police Department has been monitoring this web site, using undercover officers to spy on antiwar protesters, and apparently collecting personal information about political dissidents, the Bay Guardian has learned. The internal SFPD documents and a new audit performed by the city's police watchdog agency, the Office of Citizen Complaints, indicate the department has been gathering intelligence on the militant wing of the antiwar movement since last fall. The documents suggest some SFPD commanders may have orchestrated a secret spying program without the knowledge of top police officials, which violates the department's own rules. Full Story | Confidential Police Documents | Special Operations Bureau and Spying At March 15 Protest | Spying Last Year At May Day Protest In East Bay
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