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It’s something civil rights activists have been concerned about and it’s turned out to be true. Federal agents have been monitoring the Occupy movement and protestors. And, the FBI has released some records of its surveillance, but far from all of them.
Monday marks the one-year anniversary of the first Occupy encampment on Wall Street in New York City. Shortly thereafter, Occupy Oakland grew into one of the most active encampments in the country.The ACLU now says it has received documents that basically confirm what a lot of people have suspected, that the federal government has been keeping a watchful eye on Occupy.
Newly-laid sod outside Oakland City Hall is being carefully tended to as part of the efforts to repair Frank Ogawa Plaza since Occupy Oakland demonstrators were evicted. On the sidewalk, a group of artists has filled in a chalk illustration commemorating the one-year anniversary of the Occupy movement.
Since the demonstrations began, the ACLU of Northern California has been concerned with how the FBI monitored Occupy. “So, the FBI produced an initial set of documents that gave us a whopping 13 pages which were relatively unexceptional,” ACLU...

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