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Wednesday, August 18, 2004
MORE ON THE FBI'S INTIMIDATION
TACTICS. The New York Times is getting a lot of bounce for
its front-page story Monday on the FBI's attempts to intimidate
political activists into not traveling to New York for the Republican
National Convention. According to the Times, the bureau
earlier engaged in similar tactics to keep protesters away from the
Democratic convention in Boston.
Well, here's a story that should
have gotten more attention at the time: a report
by Jules Crittenden of the Boston Herald that was published on
July 28. Crittenden's lead:
Peace activists say the
FBI has been harassing and intimidating them with visits across
the country, including an incident in Boston Saturday where
federal agents, police and firefighters searched a "mobile
kitchen" and seized five propane tanks.
Read the whole thing.
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Dan Kennedy is senior writer and media critic for the Boston Phoenix.
