Monday, November 24, 2003

Military Actively Involved in Domestic Spying

"Preoccupied with the war in Iraq and still traumatized by Sept. 11, 2001," William Arkin writes in the LA Times, "the American public has paid little attention to some of what is being done inside the United States in the name of anti-terrorism. Under the banner of 'homeland security,' the military and intelligence communities are implementing far-reaching changes that blur the lines between terrorism and other kinds of crises and will break down long-established barriers to military action and surveillance within the U.S."