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11 January 2011

Why did the police send Kennedy undercover?

The efforts of the police to undermine democratic protest expose the ugly political realities of Bri

By Alison Banville

Ed Ballard misses the point in his blog on the undercover cop Mark Kennedy’s infiltration of a group of climate-change activists. The question is not “Was it worth it?” but “Why was it done?”

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