Thursday, October 7, 2010

Has Pennsylvania Been Monitoring You?

Just over a month ago, ProPublica broke the story that Pennsylvania's Office of Homeland Security contracted with the ITRR, a private, Israeli-based company, to assess terrorist threats impacting law enforcement priorities in Pennsylvania.
For almost a year, ITRR provided bi-weekly intelligence briefings to Pennsylvania Homeland Security, which focused in equal part on "jihadist" communications and trainings throughout the world and also social justice organizing and protests across the country.
Pennsylvania Homeland Security, in turn, distributed this information to 800 federal, local and state law enforcement agencies, along with "relevant stakeholders" like local businesses. Information provided included the political views and movement building strategies of hundreds of law-abiding groups and individuals.
The targets of ITRR are not just Pennsylvania groups, but also a veritable who's who of left and liberal groups, including...Click HERE for more

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