PROTO-FASCISM IN FRESNO

More fallout from the police spying on a small peace group in Fresno.

[In war there are no rules. Just the way neocons like it. If Peace Fresno quietly submits, they lose; if they try to do something about it they've been successfully distracted from their original mission. Their only hope is that the people in charge of supervising law enforcement actually do some supervision.

Our AG governor wannabe has thought about this:
"Put bluntly, it is a mistake of constitutional dimension to gather information for a criminal intelligence file where there is no reasonable suspicion'' that a crime has been or will be committed, Lockyer's guideline says.

Meanwhile, note that our public servants charged with preventing terrorism complain that they lack resources. Apparently current staff is having trouble getting to all these high-threat peace group meetings. - Dr. X]