The ADL: More about the “monitors” — Jan 2005

" The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) of B'nai Brith, USA other traditional enemies of Free Speech: Anti-Nazi League Australian Government Australian B'nai Brith Anti-Defamation Commission Board of Deputies of British Jews Center for Democratic Renewal, Atlanta Canadian Jewish Congress Canadian League of Human Rights of the B'nai Brith Coalition for Human Dignity, Oregon Community Security Trust of Board of Deputies German Government Jewish Telegraph Agency Searchlight and Gerald Gable Simon Wiesenthal Center Surfwatch Internet censorship Posted Wednesday, March 22, 2000 Merchants of Hatred http://www.washington-report.org/backissues/1099/9910059.html Other People's Mail, p. 59 - 62 August 16, 1999 (as published). Monitoring Extremist Groups Abraham H.

Foxman , the national director of the Anti-Defamation League , says the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Justice Department have been "hamstrung" and "can't act aggressively" in monitoring extremist groups but fails to note the ADL's role in the imposition of these guidelines (Op-ed, Aug. 12). In 1993 the ADL was accused of illegally obtaining California police and government records on a wide array of political groups. The league escaped criminal prosecution in return for paying $75,000 to groups that fight hate crimes in San Francisco. Mr. Foxman says "if law enforcement agencies should overstep the line, we should very swiftly take the authority away." Law enforcement, with the ADL's help, indeed crossed the line, resulting in the restrictions that Mr. Foxman now laments. Mitja C.

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