FBI says it has files on ACLU, Greenpeace, other rights groups

Associated Press ^ | July 17, 2005, 11:51PM | UNKNOWN

[highball]

Fine - they've investigated, if they already have these files. Where's the evidence of criminal activity?

I'm not willing to allow this because I'm not willing to allow the Clintons to do the exact same thing. Any power we give to this President or his administration will be retained by one we won't trust to use it wisely.

[rj45mis]

The Clintons were scrutinizing FBI files on individuals that could thwart their hidden agenda. Investigating activities of organizations that, because of their political agenda, are obviously willing to throw the baby out with the bath water is a different matter altogether. However I can understand the logic in your thinking.

[ravingnutter]

"This administration has a history of using its powers against its peaceful critics.

Oh please...the Clintons hold the Guinness World record on that.

If, in fact, the FBI has been deployed to help in that effort, that would be quite shocking,"

The FBI is just doing their job...tracking whackjobs. If the ACLU didn't back radical organizations that commit domestic acts of terrorism like the ELF (accounting for between $40 million and $100 million in damage to date), they wouldn't have to worry.

[highball]

We'll see.

I'd rather that they actually keep an eye on real terrorists than political opponents.

And the overwrought hyperbole notwithstanding, Greenpeace doesn't count.