Former CIA director Richard Helms in 1972: “In order to spy on domestic dissidents, just call them terrorists”
a href=”https://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/privacy-and-surveillance/former-cia-director-order-spy-domestic-dissidents”> Speak Freely Former CIA director: In order to spy on domestic dissidents, just call them terrorists Former CIA director: In order to spy on domestic dissidents, just call them terrorists By Kade Crockford, Director, ACLU of Massachusetts Technology for Liberty Project February 5, 2014 | 5:01 PM Surveillance by Other Agencies Privacy and Surveillance National Security Back in 2012, the ACLU of Massachusetts published a report called ‘Policing Dissent’, exposing the Boston Police Department’s ‘red squad’ surveillance operations, directed at antiwar and economic justice organizers. Among the documents we obtained through a public records lawsuit were so-called ‘intelligence reports’ from the Boston police fusion center, the Boston Regional Read More …