The Pentagon's domestic spy program on gays will be a secret no more, if the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network's Freedom of Information Act request is met. SLDN filed the request Thursday, January 5 on behalf of itself and 13 other gay and straight organizations.
The action sprang from press accounts in December revealing that the Pentagon had been spying on what it called "suspicious" meetings by civilian groups, including those opposed to the antigay military known as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
The surveillance was reportedly conducted by the little known office of Counterintelligence Field Activity that was established in the post-9/11 environment to follow threats of terrorism.
Among the activities the military saw as threatening was a gay kiss-in at the University of California, Santa Cruz to protest military recruitment on campus ...
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