A Mississippi congressman who chairs a House committee that oversees the Department of Homeland Security is leading a charge to scrutinize the Maryland State Police investigation into peace andanti-death penalty groups.
Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson has sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security requesting information about any federal dollars that were provided to the Maryland State Police. The request comes a week after documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union showed state police spent 288 hours over 14 months in 2005 and 2006 spying on two anti-death penalty groups and one peace organization.
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