Wed 14 Jun 2006
Sure, the Pentagon is tracking anti-war groups:
The American Civil Liberties Union sued the U.S. Defense Department on Wednesday to demand information it says the government has collected on groups opposed to the war in Iraq.
The group says the Pentagon has been monitoring anti-war groups and individuals and has compiled lists on people it sees as potential threats but who the ACLU says are exercising their free-speech rights.
Look who that group includes though…
The latest suit is filed on behalf of some 30 groups, including the Americans Friends Service Committee, also known as the Quakers (emphasis mine).
So despite the current government of the US being dominated by people who ostensibly consider religious expression not only to be protected, but to be elevated to unquestionable heights, religious-belief based opposition — in this case, to a war — is grounds for being tracked. Why? Because the State says “god” is on their side.