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Police Spied on Activists In Md.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/17/AR2008071701287.htmlPolice Spied on Activists In Md.Officers Infiltrated Groups During Ehrlich YearsBy Lisa ReinWashington Post Staff WriterFriday, July 18, 2008; A01Undercover Maryland State Police officers conducted surveillance on war protesters and death penalty opponents,including some in Takoma Park, for more than a year while Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. was governor, documents releasedyesterday show.Detailed intelligence reports logged by at least two agents in the police department's Homeland Security andIntelligence Division reveal close monitoring of the movements as the Iraq war and capital punishment were heatedlydebated in 2005 and 2006.Organizational meetings, public forums, prison vigils, rallies outside the State House in Annapolis and e-mail grouplists were infiltrated by police posing as peace activists and death penalty opponents, the records show...continue to full post

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