11-12-11 Undercover police spied on protesters at Occupy LA

Undercover police spied on protesters at Occupy LA

By Jason Kandel

LOS ANGELES | Sun Dec 11, 2011 1:49pm EST

(Reuters) - Undercover police officers infiltrated Occupy LA's tent city last month to spy on people they suspected of stockpiling human waste and crude weapons for resisting an eventual eviction, police and city government sources said.

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12-01-11 A Decade in the Purgatory Called Guantanamo //

A Decade in the Purgatory Called Guantanamo
By Charles Davis

Outside the White House, protesters withstood rain and cold to decry what they labeled a bipartisan assault on human rights.  Credit:Charles Davis

WASHINGTON, Jan 11, 2012 (IPS) - Hundreds of protesters, dozens outfitted in orange jumpsuits and black hoods, took to the streets outside the White House on Wednesday to demonstrate against torture and indefinite detention on the 10th anniversary of the opening of the U.S. prison facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.


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