US judge orders FBI, CIA to disclose Occupy surveillance

Civil rights lawyer Paul Hetznecker hopes to learn if the agencies surveilled demonstrators who encamped outside Philadelphia City Hall for seven weeks in 2011 to protest income inequality.

Press investigations have shown that federal intelligence agencies have infiltrated Muslim groups, civil rights groups and other lawful organizations since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Hetznecker argued.

The documents released showed the FBI sharing information about Occupy's plans with banks, businesses and local police, even as it acknowledged the protesters' nonviolent mission.