Spying Gone Awry

A covert surveillance operation in Maryland tramples on civil liberties.

The Washington Post carries a story today about police infiltration of activist organizations.  The infiltration and spying led to the state identifying 53 nonviolent activists as terrorists.  

Former Maryland Attorney General Stephen H. Sachs compiled a report on the police activity and he recommended implementing binding regulations for how state police spy on activist groups and purging state databases of information gathered through the illicit surveillance. He also called on state police to contact all the individuals it mistakenly spied on and share the information gathered.