New York Times:
Internal military documents released Thursday provided new details about the Defense Department's collection of information on nationwide demonstrations last year by students, Quakers and others opposed to the Iraq war.
The documents, obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union under a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, show, for instance, that military officials labeled as "potential terrorist activity" events like a "Stop the War Now" rally in Akron, Ohio, in March 2005.
The Defense Department acknowledged last year that its analysts had maintained records on war protests in an internal database past the 90 days its guidelines allowed, and even after it was determined there was no threat.
The database is called TALON, for 'Threat and Local Observation Notice'. Why do all these things have these kinds of names? Does the pentagon have a group of ten year old boys who think of 'cool' names for these and, if so, how long before we find out about Project SKELETOR..?
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