By Paul McNamara, NetworkWorld
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Using the Internet to identify targets, the New York City Police Department conducted an enormous, possibly illegal, nationwide spy campaign on political activists of all stripes prior to the 2004 Republican National Convention held in that city.
According to this morning’s New York Times, the systematic spy program dispersed detectives across the country to infiltrate political groups by befriending members, attending their meetings and maintaining e-mail contact.
