Portland Mayor: FBI was trying to spy on PDX gov't

[oregonjen]

Wow. Scarey times.

http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_052406_news_portland_mayor_fbi_.1a5808e8.html



Potter: FBI was trying to spy on Portland gov't

12:07 PM PDT on Wednesday, May 24, 2006
By WILLIAM McCALL, Associated Press Writer



Portland Mayor Tom Potter on Wednesday accused the FBI of using "big brother" tactics in his city by trying to recruit an informant inside the offices of City Hall.


The FBI said it "strongly disagrees on the significance of the incident described."


Dan Nielsen, the FBI's acting special agent in charge for Oregon, said an agent and a city employee "came across each other in day-to-day activities, Starbucks and they work out in the same gym."


He said the agent made no secret about who he was, and when the city employee was "clearly uncomfortable about the situation," he told her she was free to report the contact."

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[Viva_La_Revolution]

1. I love Potter : )

Last April, the mayor and other City Council members voted to remove Portland police from the FBI-led Joint Terrorism Task Force because the FBI refused to give him the top-secret security clearance he said he needed for full oversight of the officers assigned to the task force.

[oregonjen]

4. He's got a spine, it seems!

[MissB]

2. Here is the KATU link:

(KGW requires registration, KATU doesn't)

http://www.katu.com/stories/86152.html

On edit:

There is some history here. Here is another snip from the article.

Last April, the mayor and other City Council members voted to remove Portland police from the FBI-led Joint Terrorism Task Force because the FBI refused to give him the top-secret security clearance he said he needed for full oversight of the officers assigned to the task force.

In a letter posted Wednesday on the city's Web site, Potter said a city employee on May 11 was stopped by a special agent from the Portland FBI who asked whether she knew any of Portland's five City Council members.

[oregonjen]

3. Thanks. I forgot about the registration.

[aquart]

5. So that's what made her "uncomfortable."

Damn right he was recruiting her.

[me b zola]

6. wow.

"The FBI said it "strongly disagrees on the significance of the incident described.""

Nothing to see here, move along folks. :wtf:


I wonder how many mayors of major cities are going along with all of big-brother's business. Mayor Potter was the first to question & ultimately refuse the joint terrorism taskforce. I wonder if he is the ONLY one to stand against these abuses of power. :shrug:

[suffragette]

7. "came across each other"

I wonder how long they tracked her habits before he just started running into her at her favorite places.

And I wonder how many other cities that have likewise resisted are having FBI agents assigned to recruiting people.

Scary stuff.

Good on Portland's mayor for continuing to call them on their B.S.

[DoYouEverWonder]

9. What do you think

those mega churches are for?

Years ago they used to go to Yale and Harvard to recruit brains and talent. Now they only want rapture ready Bushbots that are being produced by the 1000's all over the country.

[suffragette]

11. Good point

They are production factories for the RW.

[eeyore]

8. Tom Potter is fantastic...

He was formerly our Police Chief, and he is against the kind of over-zealous BushCo shit that infringes upon civil liberties.

Tom Potter :yourock:

[Jeffersons Ghost]

10. Recommended and....

:kick:ed