{"id":15689,"date":"2012-12-19T05:12:38","date_gmt":"2012-12-19T10:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theredphoenixapl.org\/?p=15689"},"modified":"2012-12-19T05:12:38","modified_gmt":"2012-12-19T10:12:38","slug":"court-rules-antiwar-activists-can-sue-government-spies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redphoenix.news\/es\/2012\/12\/court-rules-antiwar-activists-can-sue-government-spies\/","title":{"rendered":"Court Rules Antiwar Activists Can Sue Government Spies"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The legal action is against a US military agent used by Homeland Security to spy on peace activists.<\/span><\/h4>\n

A federal appeals court involving antiwar activists who were secretly infiltrated by US military spies\u00a0has ruled in favor of the activists<\/span><\/a><\/span>,\u00a0marking the first time a court has endorsed the people\u2019s ability to sue the military for violating their First and Fourth Amendment rights.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDeclassified documents obtained by Students for a Democratic Society and Port Militarization Resistance,\u201dreports<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0Democracy Now, \u201crevealed a man everyone knew as \u2018John Jacob\u2019 was in fact John Towery,\u201d who was assigned by the government to spy on the Washington state-based antiwar groups.<\/span><\/p>\n

Towery was dispatched from a \u201cfusion center<\/span><\/a><\/span>,\u201d or\u00a0intelligence center, as part of the Department of Homeland Security\u2019s post-9\/11 anti-terrorism surveillance powers.<\/span><\/p>\n

In October, the Senate Homeland Security subcommittee reviewed more than 600 reports that had come out of these so-called fusion centers and\u00a0found<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0the giant bureaucracy surrounding the program produced almost nothing that had to do with countering terrorist threats.<\/span><\/p>\n

Instead, the government spy networks snooped on political activists and infiltrated groups that were peacefully exercising their constitutional rights to free speech.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe centers have made headlines for circulating information about Ron Paul supporters, the ACLU, activists on both sides of the abortion debate, war protesters and advocates of gun rights,\u201d\u00a0according to the Associated Press<\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The court ruling is potentially precedent-setting, although Towery\u2019s lawyers may appeal the decision.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis has never been done before,\u201d said Larry Hildes, an attorney with National Lawyers Guild, who is handling the case. \u201cThe US government has spied on political dissidents throughout history and this particular plot lasted through two presidencies, but never before has a court said that we can challenge it the way we have.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Fuente<\/span><\/p>\n

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