ACLU plans to sue FBI over surveillance cases

by mtippett | May 18, 2005 at 05:06 pm

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The American Civil Liberties Union said it will sue the FBI today in Washington, D.C., accusing the agency of keeping "spy files" on peaceful activists and ignoring requests for the records under the Freedom of Information Act.

The lawsuit highlights a growing controversy over government surveillance of citizens based on their political or religious associations - the same law enforcement technique that the U.S. government officially abolished three decades ago after scandals erupted over the FBI's infiltration of protest groups.