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June 21, 2010

Pentagon Revives Spy Database
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The Pentagon’s spy unit has begun rebuilding a controversial database
that was shut down three years ago after it was found to have been used
to monitor US peace activists. The database, named TALON, included
scores of reports on nonviolent demonstrations and antiwar rallies.
Targets included Quaker and church groups, organizers of "Don’t Ask,
Don’t Tell" protests, and student activists mobilizing against the Iraq
war. The Defense Intelligence Agency has filed notice it wants to
effectively revive TALON and rename it Foreign Intelligence and
Counterintelligence Operation Records, with the purpose of tracking
terror threats. The Washington Post reports the new database will likely
inherit TALON’s records.



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