More ACLU Docs show FBI spied on faith-based peace group...

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Uncovered: FBI spies on faith-based, protest organization
Docs show FBI spied on faith-based peace group...
RAW STORY
Published: Thursday May 4, 2006

The American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia has released documents today which show years of FBI surveillance of the School of Americas Watch and it's affiliate network of faith-base organizations around the country.

School of the Americas Watch, which follows the activites of the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (formerly called the U.S. Army School of the Americas), has called for the closing of the school which trans soldiers from Latin America. The training program is funded entirely by the United States Government.

Founded by Father Roy Bourgeois, School of the Americas Watch has been in operation since 1990.

The ACLU has filed Freedom of Information Act requests for over 150 organizaztions it believes have been monitored by the FBI. The recently released documetns are a result of those requests.

The entire ACLU press relase follows:

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Uncovered_FBI_spies_on_faithbased_protest_0504.html