Army Wrong to Ask for Islam Meeting Info

AUSTIN, Texas -- Army Intelligence and Security Command agents overstepped their authority when they sought information on civilian participants at a University of Texas conference on Islam, the Army said.

Two counterintelligence agents from Fort Hood, near Killeen, went to the university's law school on Feb. 9, seeking information on people who attended the conference, "Islam and the Law: The Question of Sexism."

The Army is prohibited from investigating civilians unless the FBI waives its jurisdiction or requests assistance, said Deborah Parker, a spokeswoman for the Army Intelligence and Security Command, based in Fort Belvoir, Va.

"It was a lapse in judgment," Parker said Monday. "It was not something that was done maliciously."

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http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-islam-conference-army,0,2556354.story?coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines

Wasn't done maliciously...right...yank the other leg Parker.

Edit - notice...they don't say that spying on citizens lawfully engaging in freedom of assembly was wrong, only their failure to notify the FBI was wrong. Fuckers.

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by their testicles!

With their uniforms on!

I was Army Counterintelligence. Good to see that there are some agents who still don't know the difference between their ass and a hole in the ground.