Thursday, September 16, 2010

Bipartisanly Bashed State Surveillance List Should Put Some People In Prison -- The Listers

Republican state Senate leader Joe Scarnati deserves credit for promoting an investigation of the "watch the environmentalists and gays" program conducted by Pennsylvania's Department of Homeland Security, just as Democratic governor Ed Rendell deserves credit for vigorously denouncing and terminating the program.

The more that is revealed about the program to monitor non-violent dissenters, the more it appears that not only should DHS administrator James Powers join the contractor at the departure ramp, but also someone should be prosecuted.

By the way: Were anti-abortion protesters monitored, or was this surveillance list born exclusively of right-wingnuttery?

8 comments:

MH said...

They also put anti-government spending people under watch. For example, O'Neill's column says they monitored the giant floating pig guy.

Infinonymous said...

Good point. Forgot about the two-story pig. But Republicans hate those guys roughly as much as Democrats so. So the anti-abortion issue still seems to have a spot at the table.

Bram Reichbaum said...

Rendell's spokesperson was defending that same program only a couple weeks ago: http://bit.ly/btxTXy.

MH said...

I don't think that Republican office holders like giant floating pig guy, but I bet that most of giant floating pig guy's supporters are Republicans if they are registered with a party.

MH said...

Also, somebody should make a giant shitting pig balloon. That would be epic.

n'at said...

floating pig guy!?
Australian Pink Floyd?
Is DVE still spreading the rumour that Gilmore lives near Pittsburgh, again?

MH said...

Hey, Governor. Leave those kids alone.

Anonymous said...

Least we forget. The Institute for Terroism Research and Response is central to this tawdry tale. A non profit with no apparent Board of Directors, no evidence of filing IRS 990 tax forms, no Board minutes- nothing but a P.O. Box in Philly.

Yet Michael Perelman (a former York PA police officer), one of 2 actual employees of the ITRR (the other lives in Israel) gets paid by who? Where is the ITRR Board approval for the contract with the Commonwealth?

It looks like a job for the IRS. Follow the money that flowed into this "Non-Profit" and you might find frack water stains and Petroleum Institute DNA on the dollar bills that went there.