活動家最大Obuszewski，唯一的「罪行」是死刑的反對在數據庫被列出了成恐怖分子。 他的「主要」罪行是「恐怖主義反政府」以「恐怖主義反戰爭抗議者」一種次要罪行。

根據 ACLU 律師大衛Rocah，聯邦法律禁止從政治活動和加入維護的數據庫接受聯邦基金并且陳述的部門警察違犯了這些法律。 先生。 陳述的Rocah ： 「這不應該發生 美國. 在自由社會，在辯論中依靠公民訂婚和抗議和政治活動維護那 自由…您應該能參加一次會議關於您關心，无需必須擔心的問題政府間諜輸入您的名字數據庫使用對宣稱的軌道 恐怖分子 并且毒裊」。 他叫 監視 「弗蘭茨·卡夫卡式的瘋狂」。

先生不合法的監視。 Obuszewski和他的小組，抵抗巴爾的摩承諾，在一種2004抗議在堡壘Meade，馬里蘭被暴露了在他的試驗為非法侵入和妨害治安行為期間在國家安全代辦處的總部之外。 這些文件表明暗中進行的州警官從馬里蘭的國土安全和智力分部滲入了3個小組。 這些包括先生。 Obuszewski’s group: the Coalition to End the Death Penalty; and the Committee to Save Vernon Evans, a murderer slated for execution.

These pages highlight at least 288 hours of surveillance. Officers attended at least 20 meetings and a dozen rallies against the death penalty. Some of these rallies took place at the SuperMax jail in Baltimore. The documents reference a proposed sit-in at the offices of Baltimore County State’s Attorney Sandra A. O’Connor. They contain No reports of violence or even any threat of violence. In fact, they show how the organizers repeatedly stressed the importance of peaceful and orderly demonstrations.

A report about a demonstration at the jail contains the following: “There were about 75-80 protesters at the rally and none participated in any type of civil disobedience or illegal acts. Protesters were even careful to move out of the way for Division of Correction employees who were going into the parking lot for work.”

Even though these meetings and protests were carried out peacefully and in full compliance with all laws, the information about the protesters and their activities was sent to seven agencies, including the National Security Agency and an unnamed military intelligence official.

“Americans have the right to peaceably assemble with others of a like mind and speak out about what they believe in,” Mr. Rocah said. “For state agencies to spend hundreds of hours entering information about lawful and peaceful political activities into a criminal database is beyond unconscionable. It is a waste of taxpayer dollars, which does nothing to make us safer from actual terrorists or drug dealers.”

((http://washtimes.com/news/2008/jul/18/m…)