California: Big Brother was watching

Prison Planet

07/20/05

A probe into a domestic surveillance unit within the California National Guard ballooned Tuesday into a full-blown investigation into widespread allegations of spying on U.S. citizens, misuse of state money and retaliation against Guard troops who brought the allegations to light. Sen. Joseph Dunn, D-Santa Ana, said after a Capitol hearing that he will order top National Guard officers to testify under oath after they refused to do so voluntarily. He might seek contempt of Legislature charges against those officers because, he said, the state military department has stonewalled his efforts to get documents about a secret unit called the 'Information Synchronization, Knowledge, Management and Intelligence Fusion' unit. That unit collected information on a Mother's Day anti-war protest in front of the state Capitol. Dunn described the unit as the 'tip of the iceberg' of domestic spying units within the California National Guard...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp