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  Pentagon revives Rumsfeld-era domestic spying unit
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Last Editedkal  Jun 20, 2010 05:37pm
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News DateSunday, June 20, 2010 11:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionThe Pentagon's spy unit has quietly begun to rebuild a database for tracking potential terrorist threats that was shut down after it emerged that it had been collecting information on American anti-war activists.

The Defense Intelligence Agency filed notice this week that it plans to create a new section called Foreign Intelligence and Counterintelligence Operation Records, whose purpose will be to "document intelligence, counterintelligence, counterterrorism and counternarcotic operations relating to the protection of national security."
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