Pennsylvania Homeland Security office engaged in domestic surveillance, compared political groups to Al Qaeda

DONALD GILLILAND
The Patriot-News
November 9, 2010

• A d v e r t i s e m e n t

Pennsylvania made national news in September for all the wrong reasons.

The Patriot-News reported that Pennsylvania’s Office of Homeland Security had been tracking groups engaged in lawful, peaceful protests, including groups opposed to natural gas drilling, peace activists and gay rights groups. An embarrassed Gov. Ed Rendell, who said that he had been unaware of the program until he read the newspaper, issued an immediate order to halt it.

It turns out the homeland security office or its private consultant were doing more than just monitoring law-abiding citizens.

They were comparing environmental activists to Al-Qaeda.

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They were tracking down protesters and grilling their parents.

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This article was posted: Tuesday, November 9, 2010 at 10:17 am

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