Reply #13: Follow-Up: Protesters rally against government surveillance

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http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-cppeace22dec22,0,5872079.story?coll=sfla-news-broward

Protesters rally against government surveillance

By Mike Clary
Staff Writer
Posted December 22 2005

Representatives of a dozen or more South Florida anti-war and environmental groups gathered in front of the federal courthouse in West Palm Beach on Wednesday to demand an end to secret surveillance by the U.S. government that one speaker said represented an attempt "to deliberately undermine the legitimate political activities" of advocacy organizations by linking them to terrorism.

"The Truth Project Inc. believes that we have been defamed by agents of the federal executive branch by being designated a `credible threat' to military recruiters and recruiting facilities," Marie Zwicker, a board member of the Lake Worth group, said while reading from a prepared statement.

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Rob Ross, an attorney representing the Truth Project, said he is working with the Center for Constitutional Rights in New York to explore filing a lawsuit on the group's behalf.

Also on hand at the hourlong rally was Jonathan Katz, legislative director for U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler, D-Boca Raton, a member of the House Judiciary Committee. Wexler has joined several Democrats and some Republicans in pressing for hearings into the Bush administration's surveillance activities.