Thu, Dec. 29, 2005
UCSC chief alleges spying
By Becky Bartindale
Mercury News
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/13506607.htm?source=rss&channel=mercurynews_localA University of California chancellor called Wednesday on Bay Area congressional representatives to investigate the government's reported spying at college campus protests, including one in April at UC-Santa Cruz.
``We are greatly concerned about the Pentagon's investigation of a UCSC campus protest of military recruiting last spring,'' UCSC Chancellor Denice Denton wrote in a campus e-mail. ``MSNBC reports that this protest was classified as a `credible threat' by the Department of Defense.''
She called the government's investigation of the campus protest ``a questionable use of military resources,'' adding, ``It is especially disquieting that political dissent would be considered threatening.''
>>>>An eight-page excerpt released by NBC noted monitoring of protests at UC-Berkeley (deemed not a credible threat), planning for a march and rally in Hollywood (not credible) and protests at a San Diego naval facility (credible.)
A Defense Department official was quoted as telling NBC News that all domestic intelligence is ``properly collected.''
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