FBI Won't Release Occupy Surveillance Documents to ACLU, Citing National Security

[Summer Hathaway]

4. Or, on the other hand

all the FBI has to do is cite valid concerns about a security risk that might actually exist.

See, works both ways. But you've already made your mind up about which way it "works" for you.

And if you think that this being about 'peeps who slept in parks' means there couldn't be security concerns, you are being naive.

You - meaning the all-inclusive you, not you personally - have expressed your intentions as peaceful protestors, who pose no threat and harbor no one of ill-intent. And I don't doubt for a moment that you are being truthful in that expression (although there is always the chance that some among you are not who you think they are.)

In any event, it is not the job of law enforcement or the FBI to take you at your word. Their job is to ensure that what you're saying you are is indeed exactly who you are.

That's how it works in the grown-up world, where questioning the validity of a group's claims and their goals is equally as important as said group's rights to assemble and speak out.