The White House Has a Manual for Silencing Protesters and Demonstrations
By Matthew Rothschild
After a myriad of stories about people being excluded from events where the President is speaking, now we know that the White House had a policy manual on just how to do so.
Called the "Presidential Advance Manual," this 103-page document from the Office of Presidential Advance lays out the parameters for how to handle protesters at events.
"Always be prepared for demonstrators," says the document, which is dated October 2002 and which the ACLU released as part of a new lawsuit.
Read full story: AlterNet: Rights and Liberties: The White House Has a Manual for Silencing Protesters and Demonstrations.
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