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May 18, 2009

FBI Spied on Iowa Protesters Before Republican Convention
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The Des Moines Register has revealed an FBI informant and an undercover
Minnesota sheriff’s deputy spied on political activists in Iowa City
last year before the Republican National Convention in St. Paul,
Minnesota. Confidential FBI documents obtained by the paper provide
in-depth descriptions of more than a dozen Iowa political activists.
This includes personal information such as names, height, weight, place
of employment, cell phone numbers and email addresses. Some of the
surveillance occurred when the activists met last year at the Iowa City
Public Library.



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