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Further Developments in the Maryland State Police political surveillance scandal
Oct 1, 2008
Yesterday (9/30) the great folks at the Maryland ACLU filed a new round of Maryland Public Information Act requests. The new requests, made in the name of 32 groups and more than 250 individuals, are intended to reveal the full extent of the recently revealed political surveillance in Maryland (read our last post about the spying scandal here) - which agencies were involved, which laws were broken, which activists and groups were targeted. It's pretty clear that what we already know about police spying on anti-death penalty and anti-war groups may potentially be the tip of the iceberg here, and we're grateful to the ACLU for following through with this new round of requests. Red Emma's is proud to be one of the 32 groups on whose behalf these new requests were being filed, and we hope that you'll join us in demanding full disclosure from the State of Maryland and other agencies regarding these troubling programs of infilitration, intimidation, and surveillance.
For more information, check out:
Maryland ACLU Press Release on the new round of filings
Spying may have started earlier than police said (Baltimore Sun)
ACLU Seeks Data on Spying for 32 Groups (Washington Post)
More coverage:
MD ACLU seeks other targets of state police spying (AP/Baltimore Examiner)
