U.S. government hams it up while terrorists plot

So now the Kumbaya crowd is suspect. Here are some of the counterterrorism activities being watched by the U.S. government:

- An animal rights activist who protested in front of a Georgia store selling glazed hams.

- A Pittsburgh group operating a thrift store for low-income people as part of their social justice outreach.

-And a Washington-based group that has drawn thousands of praying nuns, priests, high school and college students to a U.S. Army base to criticize the military's influence in Latin countries.

Last year, this group - the School of the Americas Watch - held a Mass as part of their annual peaceful protest at Fort Benning, Ga.

Yeah, real subversive stuff here.

The records of the surveillance were released through Freedom of Information requests filed by the American Civil Liberties Union. The ACLU has requested records of 150 groups and individuals in 20 states.

Before anyone groans too loud, consider this about the much-derided organization. The ACLU is like the police department. People like to bad-mouth them, but guess who you'd want to have your back in a pinch?

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All those terrorists like the thrift store people and the nuns may just disrupt life as we know it. But Bin Laden poses little or no threat. Yeah right.

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