After Clinton signed the Anti-terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act loccal police departments ramped up surveillence of anti war protestors.

After 9-11 and the PATRIOT Act the local and state governments have been able to take the gloves off the red squads. This has led, locally, to infiltration of meetings, snooping and spying.

Besides the obvious dangers of letting the CPD know our business we endanger ourselves to a form of psycological warfare the red squad is notorious for. In the sixties the CPD red squad slashed tires at the SDS convention, planted drugs and bombs, and even assassinated activists.

Should we now be worried when the Chicago Police Department, the Cook County Sherriff and the Illinois State Police all take photos of protestors??? What about when there are obvious plants and instigators in our marches??