Salon.com > Partnership for Civil Justice Fund http://www.salon.com Fri, 04 Jan 2013 19:53:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 The irony of joint FBI/private sector OWS policing http://www.salon.com/2013/01/02/the_irony_of_joint_fbi_private_sector_ows_policing/ http://www.salon.com/2013/01/02/the_irony_of_joint_fbi_private_sector_ows_policing/#comments Wed, 02 Jan 2013 18:00:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13159639 The intractable fusion of Wall Street and government interests was a major focus of many Occupy Wall Street protests in 2011. There is some dark irony, then, that an FBI program specifically dedicated to the partnership between the FBI, DHS and the private sector monitored the protests, providing information and tips to corporate partners on interacting with and combating Occupy groups.

According to FBI documents obtained through FOIA by the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, the Domestic Security Alliance Council (DSAC) -- "a strategic partnership between the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and the private sector" -- produced a report specifically for the use of "the corporate security community" on the Occupy protests that aimed to shut down West Coast ports. DSAC also issued tips to corporate clients advising that they avoid "all large gatherings relating to civil issues." As Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, executive director of the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF) put it, such documents show "federal agencies functioning as a de facto intelligence arm of Wall Street and Corporate America."

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