COINTELPRO thrives, Not just for the Feds anymore.

Updated: 2:19 p.m. CT March 25, 2007
NEW YORK - Undercover New York City police, apparently acting partially in response to the September 11 attacks, conducted covert observations across the United States and in Europe of people planning protests at the 2004 Republican National Convention, the New York Times said.

The newspaper said in Sunday’s edition that records indicated the “R.N.C. Intelligence Squad” attended meetings of political groups, posing as sympathizers or activists, to glean information on people or groups intending to disrupt the convention.