Nov 18, 2008 6:42 pm US/Eastern
Police Spying Case Gets Capitol Hill Attention
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) ―
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The case of Maryland State Police spying gets attention on Capitol Hill. Maryland Senators Barbara Mikulski and Ben Cardin are demanding answers from the Feds about what information they may have on local peace groups.
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The case of Maryland State Police spying is getting attention on Capitol Hill.
Maryland Senators Barbara Mikulski and Ben Cardin are demanding answers from the Feds about what information they may have on local peace groups.
Political reporter Pat Warren has more on what the senators are looking for.
For 14 months--from March 2005 to May 2006--Maryland State Police infiltrated meetings of anti-death penalty and peace activists. When the ACLU blew the whistle, Governor O'Malley ordered a commission to investigate. The results: state police were out of bounds and 53 people were notified that their names were wrongly included in a terrorist database.
State police will purge the files on these activists and give copies to those who want one, but that doesn't allay their concerns that copies are already in federal databases.
Maryland Senators Ben Cardin and Barbara Mikulski want to make sure federal databases are also purged.
"We're not convinced," Cardin said, adding they've sent a letter demanding answers.
The ACLU is holding a news conference Wednesday.
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