The intelligence unit, called the Counterintelligence Field Activity office, was created by Rumsfeld after 9-11 as part of an effort to counter the operations of foreign intelligence services and terror groups inside the US and abroad. The office came under fierce criticism in 2005 after it was disclosed that it was managing a database about antiwar protests planned at churches, schools and Quaker meeting halls. |
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.