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From: otto@fsu1.cc.fsu.edu (John Otto)
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Subject: Re: Red Squad BBSs?
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Date: 23 May 91 02:50:40 GMT
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In article <1991May17.071900.21980@milton.u.washington.edu>, cyberoid@milton.u.washington.edu (Robert Jacobson) writes...
>One officer was finally discharged from the L.A.P.D. for taking
>police records and uploading them to a BBS in Virginia operated by
>the Western Goals, a right-wing foundation dedicated to keeping tabs
>on everyone else in the nation, particularly those of a liberal or
>radical persuasion.  This bit of lunacy made the press.  What did not
>get wide treatment was an accompanying claim by the ACLU attorneys,
>made after the settlement with the L.A.P.D. was arranged, that they
>had reason to believe -- but no resources to investigate -- rumors
>that "red squads" at police departments around the country maintain
>well-secured BBSs precisely for the purpose of transmitting and
>storing information about people they believe to be dissidents.  This
>information, so it was alleged, was the stuff that police could not
>legitimately collect or share, but which the red squads found useful
>in their eternal battle against political incorrectness.

So, Bob, how do we subscribe to these "red squad BBSs"?

John G. Otto   jgo@rai.cc.fsu.edu   otto@fsu1.hepnet