FBI Says It Monitored ACLU, Greenpeace
The FBI has thousands of pages of records in its files relating to the monitoring of civil rights, environmental and similar advocacy groups, the Justice Department said.
The organizations, including the American Civil Liberties Union and Greenpeace, are suing for the release of the documents.
The organizations contend that the material will show that they have been subjected to scrutiny by FBI task forces set up to combat terrorism.
The FBI has identified 1,173 pages related to the ACLU and 2,383 pages on Greenpeace, but needs at least until February to process the ACLU files and until June to review the Greenpeace documents, the government said in a filing in U.S. District Court.
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