Undercover police cleared 'to have sex with activists' (UK)

[garybeck]

Undercover police cleared 'to have sex with activists'
Promiscuity 'regularly used as tactic', says former officer, contradicting claims from Acpo



Undercover police officers routinely adopted a tactic of "promiscuity" with the blessing of senior commanders, according to a former agent who worked in a secretive unit of the Metropolitan police for four years.

The former undercover policeman claims that sexual relationships with activists were sanctioned for both men and women officers infiltrating anarchist, leftwing and environmental groups.

Sex was a tool to help officers blend in, the officer claimed, and was widely used as a technique to glean intelligence. His comments contradict claims last week from the Association of Chief Police Officers that operatives were absolutely forbidden to sleep with activists.

more:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/jan/22/undercover-police-cleared-sex-activists

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I would just like to know, why is the focus on leftwing and environmental groups? what about AlQueda and real terrorists?


credit to Mark Crispin Miller for forwarding this story via email

[msongs]

1. sad that any behavior claims against US police are now completely believable nt

[arbusto_baboso]

2. I'm sure the spouses and SO's of these cops are GREAT with this.

[seabeyond]

7. another reason not to marry a cop. really honey, just part of the job. rollin eyes. nt

[Robb]

3. Well THAT's not the fucking creepiest thing ever or anything.

Yeesh.

[Hugabear]

4. There's your "family values" at work

I guess having random sex with strangers is ok as long as you're doing so in order to target progressive activist groups.

[oberliner]

11. Be advised that this is in the UK

Not the US (necessarily).

[Dreamer Tatum]

12. Where are you getting "family values" from here? nt

[Hugabear]

14. Right-wing politicians who push for police action against "liberal" activist groups

Whatever it takes, I guess.

[waddirum]

21. much like fighting heresy was an excuse

for Spanish Inquisition Priests to indulge in their love of torture.

[MineralMan]

5. Everyone should note that they're talking about

officers in the UK, not in the US. It's worth keeping in mind. I haven't heard any such reports about such activity in the US.

[Blue_Tires]

30. Not with cops, but I've read plenty of accounts of the FBI/CIA doing it...

At one time (and maybe still today) the CIA had a huge stable of 'honey traps' (male and female) to cater to the various sexual tastes of their target...

[MineralMan]

31. Not equivalent and not relevant.

I only posted that because some people seemed to think this was about US cops. It's not.

[NNN0LHI]

6. What does undercover policeman's wife have to say about this when they catch crabs?

Sorry, but this one is a little too unbelievable for me.

Don

[KansDem]

10. "...when they catch crabs?"

Do they have handcuffs that small?

[waddirum]

22. I think it is just a cage with some bait

"Deadliest Catch" is like TV crack for me.

[JackRiddler]

16. I beg to differ about who is likelier to have the crabs in teh first place...

but the police do have unmarried officers, you know.

This must be fairly common with informants, if not officers, all over the world.

[EFerrari]

28. Oh man, not me.

You should've seen the DEA agents we used to translate, Don. They looked like Miami Vice without a shower for a month. They'd have slept with anyone without blinking an eye.

[Capitalocracy]

8. OK, I'll come out and say it

Is this rape?

[limpyhobbler]

15. It's being violated though isn't it.

[a simple pattern]

20. Obtaining sex by fraud would indeed be rape

unless you're a cop of course

[petronius]

23. I think it should be, yes (nt)

[waddirum]

25. it's definitely on that spectrum

and it should be cause for suing the police / government for monetary damages.

[Capitalocracy]

26. Yes, one might say people lie to get laid all the time...

but while some might not be phased by it, I think most people who met someone at an activist group, had sex with them, maybe had feelings for them, and discovered they were an undercover police officer spying on them (why? btw), they would be more than a little upset, and would not have consented with that information. It's pretty damn close to rape if you ask me.

[Betty Karlson]

9. In defense of the police: (Sarcasm)

Left wing activists often look well-groomed, intelligent, smart, sophisticated and so on: the kind of people you would LIKE to have intercourse with.

Can't imagine any police officer volunteering to "infiltrate" a Teabagger rally. Not that there would be any intelligence to be gleaned from a Teabag rally, but still.

(/sarcasm)

[Mabus]

32. That was one of my first thoughts

Sex with a progressive, liberal person or sex with an uptight, right-wing person? Not a question for me.

[limpyhobbler]

13. disgusting

Is this how cops got to be called pigs?

This is extremely wrong and people should be fired

"As regards being with women in very, very, very promiscuous groups such as the eco-wing, environmental movement, leftwing, or the Animal Liberation Front – it's an extremely promiscuous lifestyle and you cannot not be promiscuous in there.

That's very offensive.

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Basically it's just regarded as part of the job. It'd be highly unlikely that you were not

That's a lie. They did it because they are huge disgusting perverted pigs.

[JackRiddler]

18. Right. It's amazing the amount of projection going on.

This is typical straight-world sex fantasy about the dirty anarchist hippie flower children. They need this!

[Capitalocracy]

27. "That's very offensive."

That's very, very, very offensive.

[T S Justly]

17. The cops are lying jerk-offs. This is pure fascist bilge geared toward making their ...

Impotent asses look like what they're not, which is men that others want intimacy with.
Lol, the fucking louts!

[Capitalocracy]

29. Perhaps they'll learn something from it

You get laid more if you're not a fascist pig.

[think]

19. And approved for police women too? Are you sure this isn't promoting the protest?

[Marrah_G]

24. Oh yuck...just yuck