A review of the FBI's investigations of certain domestic advocacy groups
By: Oversight and Review Division, Office of the Inspector General
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of the Inspector General, Oversight and Review Division
Published: 2010
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C.]
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 191
Subjects: Protest movements; Civil rights; Right of Privacy; Governmental investigations; United States; United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Other titles: Review of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's investigations of certain domestic advocacy groups
Description: Our review focused on FBI investigative activities and documents related to the exercise of First Amendment rights, most commonly protest activities. In general, we addressed the following issues raised by the FBI documents relating to these groups: whether the FBI targeted groups or their members because of their First Amendment expressions rather than for a valid law enforcement purpose; whether investigations of the groups or individuals affiliated with them were adequately predicated under applicable Department of Justice (DOJ) or FBI policies; whether the FBI improperly collected or retained information about their First Amendment activities of the groups or their members; whether FBI documents contain improper characterizations of the groups of their members based on their First Amendment views; and, whether the FBI improperly classified investigative matters relating to these groups or individuals as terrorism matters.
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"September 2010."

Review of FBI investigative activity relating to five groups and one individual. The following groups and individual were reviewed: The Thomas Merton Center of Pittsburgh, PA; People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA); Greenpeace USA; The Catholic Worker; Glen MIlner (an individual); and The Religious Society of Friends (the "Quakers").

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Includes bibliographical references.

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