DHS Threat Assessment on Pro- and Anti-Choice Groups. (dailyherald.com)

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February 9, 2010 12:00 am

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A Department of Homeland Security intelligence official assigned to the Wisconsin Statewide Information Center produced a “threat assessment” about a February 2009 rally involving local pro- and anti-choice groups even though the groups posed no threat to homeland security. A lawyer representing the groups has filed a request for the report through Wisconsin open records laws, but local officials have refused to release it, citing “sensitive law enforcement information.”

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