Denver activists targetted in JTTF's multi-state campaign to intimidate protesters
In the summer of 2004, the Denver JTTF, as part of an organized program in at least six states, visited at least a dozen Denver activists and posed the same series of three questions. Are you planning to commit any crimes at the upcoming Democratic and Republican conventions? Do you know anyone who is planning any crimes? Are you aware that you commit a crime if you have some information but fail to tell the FBI? After the New York Times wrote a front-page article, the ranking Democrat of the House Judiciary Committee asked the Justice Department to investigate whether the JTTF was engaged in “systematic political harassment and intimidation of legitimate antiwar protesters.”
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