Occupy Movement Infiltrated by Spies

" WASHINGTON — The Federal Bureau of Investigation used counterterrorism agents to investigate the Occupy Wall Street movement, including its communications and planning, according to newly disclosed agency records.

The F.B.I. records show that as early as September 2011, an agent from a counterterrorism task force in New York notified officials of two landmarks in Lower Manhattan — Federal Hall and the Museum of American Finance — "that their building was identified as a point of interest for the Occupy Wall Street."*

Are the people of the Occupy movement terrorists? They were investigated by the FBI as if they were. Why go to these measures? Whose interests are being protected, and whose are being stomped on? Cenk Uygur breaks it down.

*Read more from Michael S. Schmidt and Colin Moynihan/ New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/25/nyr...

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[workingklass0]

One rarely discussed side-effect of such spying is that it makes it more difficult to build trust with other activists. A problem which, for obvious reasons, needs to be overcome.

[FuckYeahBra]

16 Trillion in debt... I'd say sucking cocks is the most common job in the US.

[killerbeau95]

Well they are terroists, they killed sum police and caused several ritos across the globe, I would call them "terror"ists

[SliC3oFicE]

half the people at occupy wall street were idiots following the leader, i would not be surprised if one of the idiots decided bombing or setting fire to a building was a good idea. although the cops werent doing anything wrong, its a public event on public property and they have just as much rights to be there as anyone else

[nikushim666]

The whole terrorism claim was just a excuse to allow them to operate (it has to involve federal law for them to step in). Though it recently one of the people who headed the operation that involved "checking up" on occupy recently resigned to work in the private sector (he now works at bank of america)

[YalkOne]

remembering occupy oakland

[Bob McLaughlin]

truth

[Adrianitez]

I often hear Cenk claiming our Government is >no longer< our representative, but the fact of the matter is that the State was never established to represent the citizenry, its policies and priorities have been determined throughout history by the dominant interests of that period.

It was through establishing countervailing power that Capital was forced to make concessions, from abolition and universal suffrage to the New Deal, welfare state and civil rights. Without popular pressure, we lose.

[K Nine]

You consider yourself smart? "Made up conspiracies?" No doubt you believe that the most crazy conspiracy about a bunch of boys armed with box cutters to "conspire" to do 911, led by a fictitious leader in a cave on the other side of the world. These psychopaths are getting us to kill each other and you support this insanity You support infiltrating and assassinating leaders of peace movements by a corrupt and evil empire. "REAL government bullshit"? YOU ARE THE "REAL" GOVERNMENT BULLSHIT!!!

[Hulkamania4eva]

government, wannabe shill? How much money have you donated to Wikileaks? I care about REAL government bullshit. I care about Lobbyists, about the surveillance state being created on a global level with American being HQ. I care about Bradley Manning having his rights taken away, I care about average citizens losing the right to due process and torture and the corruption of the financial system and the war on drugs. REAL THINGS! Not made up conspiracies