State Releases Anti-Terrorism Intelligence ReportsMinuteman Project is mentioned

Los Angeles Times ^ | 07/07/06 | By Peter Nicholas, Times Staff Writer

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SACRAMENTO — State intelligence reports released Thursday by the Schwarzenegger administration include material suggesting that the governor's anti-terrorism operation was interested in the actions of the Minuteman volunteer border patrol group.

The reports also include a cryptic reference to "suspicious conversations at a mosque" in San Diego.

TState officials released more than 80 intelligence reports prepared for the state Office of Homeland Security, in response to The Times' disclosure that two reports carried information about domestic political protests ranging from antiwar gatherings to protect-the-seals rallies.

Large sections of the reports shown to reporters had been removed. The homeland security office said the blocked material was "law-enforcement sensitive."

Time for reviewing the documents was limited, but the material visible to reporters contained no other information on political protests.

One report, dated Feb. 23, carried two references to a Los Angeles Times article about the Minuteman Project on a cover sheet, with a reprint of the article inside. It detailed the Minuteman attempt to take part in a Patriots Day parade in Laguna Beach.

After the mention of the Minuteman Project, members of a state anti-terrorism partnership apparently wrote in comments. Those remarks were removed from the report that was made public.

[5Madman2]

Please forgive the typos-

Coffee hasn't kicked in yet

[stephenjohnbanker]

Well stated : )

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And the Feds don't like it.

[garbageseeker]

Personally, I do think the state of California is tracking people and groups and anyone who disagree with them politically(especially on the illegal immigration issue)and then labeling them as "terrorists". J. Edgar Hoover used this method for decades, most of the people on hus list deserved it but others did not. He even labeled the group "The Kingsmen" subversive be he thought the song "Louie,Louie" was and promoted drugs and corrupted the youth.

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I think the Minutemen should the state to see a copy of that report.

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I think the Minutemen should the state to see a copy of that report

I think the Minutemen should sue the state to see a copy of that report.

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