From CGI member oldmaninthedesert:

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Pondering the significance of a Renewed Patriot Act and Continuing with Treason: NWO

.... Until the 20th century, law enforcement was generally a local and state responsibility as required by the Constitution. The FBI was established in July, 1908 as a branch of the Justice Department. Between 1917 and 1921 its agents compiled files on 200,000 people and organizations. Congressional critics of the government were monitored with break-ins of congressmen's offices. 1 Between 1917 and 1921 two thirds of the states enacted sedition laws that made certain speeches, writings, and associations illegal. These laws were used against many groups not advocating violence, and the corporate elite used them to block union activities. During the Palmer raids on January 2, 1920, almost 10,000 people were arrested in 30 cities, usually without warrants. Most of these people were released with all charges dropped, although some were deported. Ultimately these laws were declared a violation of the First Amendment.

... COINTELPRO was a secret program established by the FBI “to expose, disrupt, misdirect, discredit, or otherwise neutralize” American citizens who were political dissidents. The existence of COINTELPRO was confirmed in March, 1971, when FBI files were burglarized in Media, Pennsylvania. Hoover supported COINTELPRO, recommending that political activist be arrested on drug charges and that disinformation be used to cause confusion and disrupt political activity. 3 In 1968 Hoover signed a directive to “expose, disrupt, and otherwise neutralize the activities of various new Left organizations.”

People were fired, mail was opened, many were audited, phones were wiretapped without warrants, propaganda and lies were fed to the media, and files were stolen. Peaceful groups were intimidated, and lawful political activities were disrupted. The FBI created violence in the ghettos and destroyed civil rights groups, discrediting them with forged documents. There were hundreds of illegal break-ins, theft of membership lists, encouragement of gang warfare, and infiltration of groups with agent provocateurs. M. Wesley Swearingen, an FBI agent for 25 years, confessed to participating in 238 break-ins. He said FBI agents had lied in many cities about their illegal activities.

https://exploringrealhistory.blogspot.com/2019/11/part-8treasonthe-nwostate-and-federal.html