[Seattle-editorial] Re: FEATURE PROPOSAL: LEIU

[Jeremy Kahn]

thumbs up from me too.

Jason Reep wrote:

> thumbs up
>
> Jonathan Lawson wrote:
>
>> apologies fur duplicates--my list email hasn't come through after 
>> several hours.
>>
>> subtitle: Big Brother is Coming to town
>> title: LEIU to Meet Opposition and Scrutiny in Seattle
>>
>> During the first week of June, Seattle's Red Lion Hotel plays host to 
>> the
>> 48th annual training seminar of the <a
>> href="http://nobigbrother.net/article.php?id=12">Law Enforcement
>> Intelligence Unit</a>, a <a
>> href="http://eatthestate.org/07-18/LEIUThreatMenace.htm">somewhat
>> mysterious</a>, private organization which links the intelligence squads
>> of over 250 law enforcement agencies on four continents, sharing
>> information among public and private agencies through channels
>> unaccountable to any public scutiny or accountability. Seminar topics
>> include "Criminal Protest Groups," "Informant Management" and "Domestic
>> Terrorism Left and Right;" Homeland Secuity chief  Tom Ridge is LEIU's
>> invited keynote speaker. Other speakers include FBI Assistant Director
>> John Pistole and former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik.
>> Corporate sponsors of the conference include <a
>> href="http://jps.directtaps.net/">Microsoft</a>, Starbucks, Seven Eleven
>> and Boeing.
>>
>> <p><a href="http://nobigbrother.net/">Activist groups</a> plan to 
>> converge
>> in Seattle during the conference , to protest attacks on the civil
>> liberties of immigrants and communities of color, the lack of local 
>> police
>> accountability in Seattle, growing infringements of civil rights 
>> under the
>> PATRIOT Act and its proposed sequel, the militarization of police, 
>> and the
>> effective criminalization of dissent. Major planned events include a
>> <b>June 1 Teach-in (7:30pm at Town Hall)</b> on "LEIU and the New
>> Surveillance Society," and a <b>June 2 Rally and March for Liberty (6pm,
>> Westlake)</b>. Weekly planning meetings are being held Sundays at 3pm at
>> the IMC (1415 Third Ave). [<a
>> href="http://nobigbrother.net/article.php?id=11">more events listed 
>> here</a>]
>>
>> <p><a href="http://www.leiu2003seattle.org/">LEIU Seattle 2003</a> |
>> <a href="http://nobigbrother.net/">Stop the Police State</a> | <a
>> href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=23464">LEIU: a
>> brief history </a>
>> | <a 
>> href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=27006">Radio
>> X interview on LEIU</a>
>>
>>
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