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Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) Guidance and Civil Rights Concerns Post-2011 ACLU Lawsuit

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→ PARALLEL-PATTERN COINTELPRO Target Organizations: Criminal Activity vs. Legal Political Organizing [file] — The concern about law enforcement collecting information on 'innocent people engaged in commonplace activities' in SAR programs parallels historical criticisms of COINTELPRO targeting legal political organizing.
→ PARALLEL-PATTERN FBI Informants in Targeted Organizations: Intelligence Collection vs. Incitement to Illegal Activity [file] — The civil rights concerns about broad discretion in SAR programs to collect information on innocent people shares a thematic link with debates about the appropriate scope of FBI intelligence collection via informants.
→ PARALLEL-PATTERN COINTELPRO Authorization Chain and Bureaucratic Approval Mechanisms [file] — The ACLU's concern about broad discretion given to law enforcement in SAR programs echoes the historical questions around authorization and oversight within programs like COINTELPRO.
→ PARALLEL-PATTERN Government Purchase of Commercial Location Data: Warrantless Surveillance Via Data Broker Loophole [file] — Concerns about government collection and use of SAR data on individuals without direct evidence of wrongdoing parallel the debate around government purchase of commercial location data for warrantless surveillance.