'Minnesota 15' Case Reveals Largest US Government Spying on Left Since COINTELPRO | Common Dreams
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“These are exactly the kind of intelligence activities J. Edgar Hoover adopted to suppress the Civil Rights and anti-war movements in the 1960s," said one retired FBI agent.
  • AmbitiousProcess (they/them)@piefed.socialEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    To be clear for anyone who might not want to read the whole article but also doesn’t want to rely solely on the headline:

    This isn’t some new surveillance system that was revealed, or even really unprecedented tactics. This was just a larger number of HSI agents assigned to tracking activists, infiltrating meetings and chats, etc than the number previously assigned to investigate suspected foreign influence on the “New Left” and anti-Vietnam War movement. (which had 42 officers at its peak, vs the Minnesota 15 case having 119)

  • Tollana1234567@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    5 hours ago

    also on minority areas, and places like parks and other places where “left gathers” you will never see these in right wing or rich areas.

  • pelespirit@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    431·
    14 hours ago

    The Trump administration is conducting what some experts believe is the largest government surveillance campaign targeting American leftists in over half a century, deploying undercover agents, drones, financial investigators, and digital monitoring against opponents of President Donald Trump’s deadly immigration crackdown, according to reporting published Wednesday.

    Wired reporter Ali Winston examined court records regarding the prosecution of the so-called “Minnesota 15,” a group of activists facing federal conspiracy charges after organizing and taking part in protests and other resistance to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) deadly Operation Metro Surge crackdown in the Twin Cities.