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In reply to the discussion: Anyone else old enough to remember when COINTELPRO was murdering citizens by the dozen? [View all]justiceischeap
(14,040 posts)I worked at PETA at the time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO#Post-COINTELPRO_operations
Like or dislike PETA, that's your prerogative, but what happened there in 2005 was just wrong. I was nothing more than a web designer, mostly padding my resume for future gigs, but I believed in some of what PETA is trying to do and to be targeted because PETA didn't disavow ALF (Animal Liberation Front) and would sometimes give bail money to ALF-accused activists, is wrong IMO. When we aren't allowed to dissent without being investigated, that's something I take issue with because I've been through it personally.
I don't know, because of my past history with PETA, if I'd ever be able to get any kind of job that needs security clearance, because I don't know what, if anything, is in my FBI file.