Feinstein's Letter to Rummy Re: Spying & Anti-War Protest

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Feinstein's Letter to Rummy Re: Spying & Anti-War Protest

Feinstein Questions Pentagon About Domestic Surveillance Including Reported Investigation of Student Protest at UCSC
January 12th, 2006
Prompted by recent reports of a “Pentagon investigation” of an anti-war student protest held on the University of California, Santa Cruz campus, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) has written to Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld to express her concern about alleged improper domestic surveillance of U.S. citizens on U.S. territory.

In a letter to Secretary Rumsfeld, Senator Feinstein asked him to explain the practices and authority of the Counter Intelligence Field Activity (CIFA) in collecting information and conducting surveillance in the course of its domestic investigations, and to clarify what types of activities are recorded.

“What Department of Defense components are authorized to collect or maintain information on U.S. Persons on U.S. territory without court approval?” Senator Feinstein asked. “Under what circumstances are Department of Defense components authorized to collect, report, maintain, database, analyze, fuse, or otherwise handle information concerning U.S. Persons engaged in activities protected by the First Amendment?”

The following is the text of Senator Feinstein’s letter:

The following is the text of Senator Feinstein’s letter:


January 10, 2006

The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary
Department of Defense
The Pentagon
Washington, D.C. 20301

Dear Secretary Rumsfeld:

I am very concerned by several recent media articles that allege improper surveillance or collection of information on U.S. Persons on U.S. territory, many of which involve the Counter Intelligence Field Activity (CIFA). One recent example describes a “Pentagon investigation” of an anti-war protest on the University of California, Santa Cruz campus (see attached). In discussions with my staff, CIFA personnel have confirmed that a “TALON” report was written on this student protest and was, until recently, maintained in CIFA’s database.
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1. Well, this is certainly a moot point since she was the hold-out

against fillibustering Scalito. They'll be able to do rectal exams at will with impunity now.