DHS Turns Over Occupy Wall Street Documents to Truthout
Tuesday, 20 March 2012 19:18 By Jason Leopold, Truthout
Did the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) advise local law enformcent officials on how to respond to the nationwide Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protest movement and/or play a hands-on role in the dismantling of more than a dozen Occupy encampments last year?
The answers to those lingering questions may be found in the first official release of government documents related to OWS since the launch of the movement last year. DHS turned over hundreds of pages of documents to Truthout Wednesday morning.
We are currently poring over the documents, which we sought under the Freedom of Information Act, and will publish a series of reports later today and throughout the week.
Truthout was the first news organization to file a FOIA request with DHS for OWS-related documents. Specifically, we requested from DHS:
http://truth-out.org/news/item/8012-dhs-turns-over-occupy-wall-street-documents-to-truthout