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Story Archive of Denver's "Spy Files"
a
project of the Colorado Campaign for Middle East
Peace
Also see:
ACLU's Spy Files
Homepage for chronology, links to actual spy files, ongoing investigations
and settlement of recent court case.
National ACLU's special FBI Spy Files Page of Links
12/3/04:
Terror cops should focus on real deal -- Jim Spencer, Denver Post
12/3/04:
Colorado ACLU accuses FBI of spying -- Karen Abbott, Rocky Mountain News
12/3/04:
FBI spying allegations supported by records -- Alicia Caldwell, Denver Post
12/2/04:
Presenting documentary evidence of FBI political spying, Colorado ACLU
files FOIA request on behalf of 16 organizations (including CCMEP) and 10
individuals -- Colorado ACLU
12/2/04:
ACLU: Coloradans
monitored by FBI at lawful protests -- Alicia Caldwell, Denver Post
12/2/04:
Police in FBI unit violate 'spy files' pact, ACLU says -- Sue Lindsay, Rocky
Mountain News
12/2/04:
ACLU Seeking FBI Files on Activist Probes -- Curt Anderson, AP
11/16/04:
Report on Denver police spying clouded: Auditors complain of restricted access
to Joint Terrorism Task Force Files -- Lou Kilzer, Rocky Mountain News
2/11/04: Today's COINTELPRO:
Part I, Outlawing dissent: Focus on Infiltration of
Colorado Coalition Against the War -- Michelle Goldberg, Salon
12/27/03: Police Infiltrate Denver Peace Protest:
Protesters Cry Foul, Claim Their Actions Were Nonviolent -- Berny Morson,
Rocky Mountain News
11/23/03: Further Creating a Culture of Fear?
F.B.I. Spying on Anti-War Organizations -- New York Times
8/22/03:
Safety panel urges 'spy files' inquiry, Recommendations will go to mayor --
George Merritt, Denver Post
5/28/03:
Police Doubted
Spy Files Legality as Early as 2000--Jim Kirksey, Denver Post
5/22/03:
Denver Controls Spy Files--Brian
Crecente, Rocky Mountain News
5/22/03: 'Spy
Files' Shared With FBI, Others--Mike McPhee, Denver Post
5/7/03: New 'Spy-File' Revelations:
Springs cops monitored activists for two decades; appear to have shared info
with FBI -- Terje Langeland, Colorado Springs Independent
4/29/03: Rivals drub absent Zavaras:
Mayoral candidates gang up on ex-chief at 'spy files' forum --
Robert Sanchez, Rocky Mountain News
4/29/03:
Papers hint Denver 'spy' info shared with FBI, lawyer says -- Owen S.
Good, Rocky Mountain News
TAKE ACTION:
All Nations Alliance Calls
for Accountability for Spy Files
4/25/03:
Ugly history of Denver spy files must live on -- Jim Spencer, Denver
Post
4/25/03:
Board leans on 4 cops, Panel wants 'spy file' input from reluctant officers
-- Kevin Vaughan, Rocky Mountain News
4/22/03: Editorial:
Spy file
settlement too long in coming -- Rocky Mountain News
4/19/03:
Editorial:
Shameful 'spy' episode over -- Denver Post
4/18/03:
First Spy Files Law Suit Settled -- By Mike McPhee, Denver Post
4/18/03:
Denver Police Chief vows compliance to new spy files policy -- Jim
Kirksey, Denver Post
4/18/03:
'Spy files' settlement places restrictions on how police intelligence gathering
can be done -- Kevin Vaughan, Rocky Mountain News
4/18/03:
Panel urged to continue spy probe, Settlement means people may not get full
story, lawyer says -- Owen S. Good, Rocky Mountain News
4/17/03:
ACLU and Denver Officials Agree to Resolve Lawsuit over Denver Police Spy Files
-- ACLU Press Release
Settlement Agreement, announced April 17, 2003[PDF]
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Adobe Acrobat Reader]
Settlement Agreement, Exhibit 1, new DPD Intelligence Policy
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4/17/03:
Denver Police to Stop Keeping Spy Files -- Robert Weller, Asssociated
Press
4/17/03:
Denver 'Spy files' case settled -- Associated Press
4/17/03:
Denver to Halt 'Spy Files' on Peaceful Organizers -- Reuters
3/24/03:
It's
Denver's job to restore trust broken by spy files -- Letter to the
Editor, by Gail Bundy, Denver Post
3/13/03: AUDIO, VIDEO &
NARRATIVE
Monitoring Protesters: Targets of surveillance -- MacNeil/Lehrer
NewsHour
3/13/03:
'Spy files' negotiations continue -- John Ingold, Denver Post
3/13/03:
'Spy files' panel subpoenas police -- Kevin Vaughan, Rocky Mountain News
3/12/03:
Sleuthing out a settlement: ACLU, city lawyers will meet today in 'spy files'
dispute -- Kevin Vaughan, Rocky Mountain News
3/11/03: Spy-files' talks end with no agreement:
10-hour marathon fails
to settle suit against city -- Kieran Nicholson, Denver Post
3/11/03:
Denver, ACLU attempt to settle -- Kevin Vaughan & Hector Gutierrez,
Rocky Mountain News
3/6/03:
City, ACLU ordered to settle 'spy' suit -- Amy Herdy, Denver Post
3/6/03:
Pursuing a 'spy files' settlement -- Kevin Vaughan, Rocky Mountain News
3/1/03:
"Spy
files" suit asks too much -- Editorial, Rocky Mountain News
2/28/03:
"Spy
files" settlement stuck? -- Kevin Vaughn, Rocky Mountain News
2/28/03:
Webb
tackles spy-files lawsuit -- Cindy Brovsky, Denver Post
2/21/03:
New
spy-file policy challenged-- Amy Herdy, Denver Post
2/19/03:
Cop 'spying' allegations piling up -- Kevin Vaughan, Rocky Mountain News
2/19/03:
Spy Files: Keep
DPD honest (including Denver Post editorial) -- Ernesto Vigil, Denver
Post
2/9/03:
American Indian Movement Activist blames Denver spy files on bias --
John Ingold and Amy Herdy, Denver Post
2/8/03:
1500 pages of Denver Spy files Released -- Owen S. Good, Rocky Mountain
News
2/7/03:
City
reportedly vetoed spy-files settlement--Amy Herdy, Denver Post
2/7/03:
Deal on 'spy
files' is elusive--Kevin
Vaughan, Rocky Mountain News
2/4/03:
Denver Police Argument: We Were Right to Spy on Peaceful Protestors --
Amy Herdy, Denver Post
2/4/03:
Denver Cops accused of spying on journalists -- Kevin Vaughan, Rocky
Mountain News
1/20/03:
Mares wants a 'spy
file' panel:
Candidate says cops should only collect data on lawbreakers -- Kevin Vaughan,
Rocky Mountain News
1/17/03:
Citizens
urge panel to probe police spy files -- Amy Herdy, Denver Pos
1/17/03:
Public hearings urged on 'spy files' -- John C. Ensslin, Rocky Mountain
News
1/12/03:
They
Know When You Are Sleeping -- Kathy Pollitt, The Nation
1/6/03:
Spy-file scrutiny
unsettles targets, Cop says citizens' worries unfounded -- Amy Herdy,
Denver Post
1/5/03: The Denver Police Get Their Say:
Police intelligence activity common -- John Ingold,
Denver Post
1/4/03:
Police could take home 'spy files' -- Kevin Vaughan, Rocky Mountain News
 1/3/03:
Spy-files Policy In
Dispute: City Official Says No Such Directive Existed While Zavaras Was
Police Chief--Amy Herdy, Denver Post
12/30/02:
Activist Community Strikes Back at The Denver Post -- Letters to the
Editor
12/27/02:
Denver Post
seeks full disclosure of police spy files -- Amy Herdy, Denver Post
12/25/02:
Denver
Auditor requests records on spy files -- Amy Herdy, Denver Post
12/24/02:
Police chief seeks internal
spy-files probe: Denver spokeswoman confirms report -- Amy Herdy, Denver
Post
12/23/02:
Former Denver Manager of
Safety Tries to Wash his Hands Clean of Spy Files -- By Amy Herdy,
Denver Post
12/23/02: Zavaras:
Spy file abuse a surprise; He believed policy was being followed in info
gathering -- Owen S. Good, Rocky Mountain News
12/22/02:
All Nation's Alliance Prods
Mayoral Candidates Spy Files -- Amy Herdy, Denver Post
12/21/02:
Going Electronic, Denver Reveals Long-Term Surveillance -- Ford
Fessenden with Michael Moss, New York Times
12/20/02:
Group asks cost of police
spy files: Auditor Mares considering probe -- Amy Herdy, Denver Post
12/20/02:
Civil Extremists: If Dissent is a Crime, Just Lock Us Up -- Editorial,
Boulder Daily Camera
12/19/02: 'Spy file' target
seeks scrutiny of cops: Police didn't tell
activist of rival's plot to kill him -- Amy Herdy and Carol Kreck,
Denver Post
12/18/02:
Spy files lacked
consistent rules: Depositions indicate Denver cops didn't have clear policies
-- Peggy Lowe, Kevin Vaughan and John C. Ensslin, Rocky Mountain News
12/18/02: The filing nun: Suit takes off;
Police spy papers lead woman of
the cloth to seek cloak of justice -- Peggy Lowe, Rocky Mountain News
12/18/02: Denver Spy Files:
What's in the depositions --
Rocky Mountain News
12/18/02: Denver Spy Files:
Excerpts from the depositions
-- Rocky Mountain News
9/04/02:
Hundreds file requests to see cops' 'spy files' -- Carol Kreck, Denver
Post
9/04/02: Citizens
pour out to see "spy files"-- Eric Galatas, Indymedia
7/04/02:
Activists Slam Report on Spy Files--Peggy
Lowe, Rocky Mt. News
3/28/02:
ACLU of
Colorado files class action lawsuit challenging Denver police spyfiles on
peaceful protest activities
3/22/02: Denver
Police Spied on Activists by Julie Cart
3/20/02:
Webb has police scrambling: Mayor enforces new civil rights resolution
- Sean Kelly, Denver Post
3/19/02:
Denver Council resolution opposes
police spying - Peggy Lowe, Rocky Mountain News
3/17/02:
Activists: Police files will hurt free
speech - Allison Sherry, Denver Post
3/14/02:
All Nations Alliance Condemns
Mayor's Inadequate Response to Spy File-Gate
3/13/02:
Statement from Denver Mayor Wellington Webb re: Police Intelligence Records
3/12/02:
Police 'spy files' assailed - ACLU criticism spurs city review of log on
protesters - Sean Kelly, Denver Post
3/12/02:
Cops have 'spy files,' groups say - Sarah Huntley, Rocky Mountain
News
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