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New York’s attorney general oversaw and facilitated secret surveillance
Daily Caller ^

Posted on 02/22/2018 1:14:25 PM PST by son of terrence

New York’s attorney general oversaw and facilitated secret surveillance on pro-life counselors outside an abortion clinic as well as the creation of a fake identity in an attempt to win an ongoing case, according to a witness’s testimony.

Testimony in People v. Griepp et al — New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman against pro-life advocates counseling women outside of Choices Women’s Medical Center in Jamaica-Queens, N.Y. — illustrated Schneiderman used a witness to spy on pro-lifers via creating a fake Facebook account to access their information.

The witness testified she had used someone else’s photo, listed her occupation as a bank teller, created a fake residency — even posting about the weather there to gain credibility — and went under the guise of “Shelly Walker.” The witness also allegedly accessed hundreds of pro-life activists’ personal information around the country — she gave the data to Schneiderman’s office, according to The Thomas More Law Center (TMLC).

“I’m appalled at the Attorney General’s lack of respect for the First Amendment and his offices’ encouragement and use of fraudulent means to obtain information so that he can persecute peaceful pro-life citizens who have become the voice of the voiceless,” TMLC president Richard Thompson said. “He [Schneiderman] has forsaken his responsibilities as an independent law-enforcement officer and is now acting as an agent of the abortion industry,” Thompson added.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; US: New York
KEYWORDS: ericschneiderman; newyork; nyag; prolife; schneiderman; surveillance
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To: Liz; ransomnote; Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; ...

ping - tyranny!


21 posted on 02/22/2018 2:53:56 PM PST by bitt (We dont need an electric chair, we need electric bleachers.)
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To: Snowybear; bitt; Liz
Snowybear:" Schneiderman has been going after Trump for years and is corrupt as hell.
Hope he goes down"

One legal concept that needs repeating :

"Fruit of a poisoned tree"
Think this is the only instance ? ../s


22 posted on 02/22/2018 3:00:15 PM PST by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: son of terrence

Schneiderman.... slimey fellow.


23 posted on 02/22/2018 3:50:21 PM PST by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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To: son of terrence
He will fall back on the Constitution when he is on trial.

I'm not a lawyer. Are you saying the Attorney General of a state does not need a warrant to order surveillance on someone?

24 posted on 02/22/2018 7:34:45 PM PST by libertylover (Kurt Schlicter: "They wonder why they got Trump. They are why they got Trump")
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To: son of terrence

Schneidermeyer needs to be locked up.


25 posted on 02/22/2018 7:36:53 PM PST by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
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To: son of terrence

POS!


26 posted on 02/22/2018 7:41:15 PM PST by The Mayor (Honesty means never having to look over your shoulder.)
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To: son of terrence
Here’s the face of the jackass.


27 posted on 02/22/2018 7:45:35 PM PST by csvset (illegitimi non carborundum)
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