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Documents show NYPD infiltrated liberal groups

Kept intelligence on US activists

By Adam Goldman and Matt Apuzzo

 |  Associated Press  

  March 24, 2012

Undercover NYPD officers attended meetings of liberal political organizations and kept intelligence files on activists who planned protests around the country, according to interviews and documents that show how police have used counterterrorism tactics to monitor even lawful activities.

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