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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (50771)	7/11/2004 9:44:32 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) of 89467

'Fahrenheit 9/11' Prompts State Investigation Activists Gather To Watch Controversial Film SAN FRANCISCO -- A California sheriff's department featured in the movie "Fahrenheit 9/11" is now the focus of a state investigation. In San Francisco Wednesday, hundreds of activists watched a special screening of the controversial film "Fahrenheit 9/11," NBC11's Angie Crouch reported. Some of the people in the audience are in the film. They're part of an anti-war group called Peace Fresno. The group is featured in the movie because a Fresno sheriff's deputy infiltrated the group for 6 months in 2003 and is seen at a protest in the film. The group discovered he was an undercover anti-terrorism officer after he died in a motorcycle crash. "I think police wanted to know if we had links to terrorism, which is ridiculous," said Genie Baranoff, president of Peace Fresno. California Attorney General Bill Lockyear has opened an investigation into the surveillance of the group. Peace Fresno and the American Civil Liberties Union believe the surveillance was illegal. "California's constitutional right to privacy says that law enforcement cannot infiltrate or spy on an organization engaging in constitutionally protected activity if they don't have reasonable suspicion to believe there's some kind of crime," said Mark Schlosberg, attorney for the ACLU. The Fresno Sheriff's Department wouldn't comment, but has in the past, denied that Peace Fresno is under investigation. However, they insist the department has a right to attend any public meeting, crouch reported. nbc11.com

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