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  FBI Papers Show Terror Inquiries Into PETA; Other Groups Tracked
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Last EditedThomas Walker  Dec 20, 2005 03:44pm
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News DateTuesday, December 20, 2005 09:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionFBI counterterrorism investigators are monitoring domestic U.S. advocacy groups engaged in antiwar, environmental, civil rights and other causes, the American Civil Liberties Union charged yesterday as it released new FBI records that it said detail the extent of the activity.

The documents, disclosed as part of a lawsuit that challenges FBI treatment of groups that planned demonstrations at last year's political conventions, show the bureau has opened a preliminary terrorism investigation into People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the well-known animal rights group based in Norfolk.
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