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In the past year, at least four Fushion Center reports are troubling:
-- the Virginia Fushion Center's Homegrown Terrorism Document;
-- the Texas Fushion Center's Prevention Awareness Bulletin;
-- the Missouri Fushion Center's Document on the Modern Militia Movement; and
-- in Massachusetts, the Commonwealth Fushion Center's Standard Operating Procedures.
Below is a list of known states where the ACLU found incidents of political spying unrelated to lawlessness.
In Alaska, Military Intelligence Spied on Planned Parenthood and other groups ahead of the 2002 Salt Lake City winter Olympics, and on Alaskans for Peace and Justice in 2005. In 2007, various groups' cellphone calls were monitored. These are examples of more widespread, continuing practices in the state.
In Arizona, University of Arizona police arrested a student for "using sidewalk chalk to advertise a protest."
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