PHILADELPHIA - A gun-control activist who championed the cause for more than a decade and served on the boards of two anti-violence groups is suspected of working as a paid spy for the National Rifle Association, and now those organizations are expelling her and sweeping their offices for bugs. -- Story is here.
I mean, come on, how bad can it be, and what would the group have to hide to worry about being “spied on.” As far as I can tell, there is no special rights to privacy for alleged non-profit organizations. If the NRA decided to plant a person inside, so what, you can’t tell me the gun control freaks don’t do the same thing.
What is worse, is the fact it is considered a news story.
You can see my opinion on the issue below.
Stay Safe!
With that t-shirt, you'd best stay out of West Hollywood, CA. LOL!
ReplyDeleteWil - I suppose you are right - I may get shot for wearing it :P
ReplyDeleteI would be interested in hearing on the legality of that. Might be related to the group's own bylaws and whether the meetings were private or not. Can't really tell from this. It's one thing to pose as something you're not in a public meeting, but that doesn't sound like it was the case.
ReplyDeleteI could flip your question on its head and ask what the NRA has to fear from a gun control advocacy group? I thought it did pretty well with PR, lobbying, and getting its message directly to members. I won't count the Supreme Court's recent decision on the 2nd amendment, since this seems to have happened before then.
Mark - excellent point. What would the NRA need to spy on anyone for anyways? Maybe they figured they wanted a heads up on any developments I reckon.
ReplyDeleteThey covered this story on NPR Weekend Edition this morning. The penetration involved may years of penetration into higher levels. Apparently still hard to talk about legal consequences. Sounds like it would be worth reading the complete Mother Jones article. That magazine might have a specific bias, but they also do solid investigative reporting.
ReplyDeleteAs Scott Simon on Weekend Edition asked, it would be interesting to find out of any such penetration in the reverse direction has ever occurred. The reporter agrees that it would be. Hasn't found any, aside from instances of attending meetings.