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[[Daniel Brandt]], founder of the Wikipedia-Watch website describes watchdog organizations that use political profiling as "private intelligence agencies" and remarks, as a private agency, they enjoy

[[Daniel Brandt]], founder of the Wikipedia-Watch website describes watchdog organizations that use political profiling as "private intelligence agencies" and remarks, as a private agency, they enjoy

{{Cquote|no oversight, no requirements for probable cause prior to political spying, and no [[Privacy Act]] or [[Freedom of Information Act]] responsibilities to the public. By contrast, the FBI, CIA, and some major police departments in the U.S. are held accountable by various hard-won legal restrictions.<ref>Daniel Brandt, [http://www.namebase.org/news02.html ''Cyberspace Wars: Microprocessing vs. Big Brother''], NameBase NewsLine', No. 2, July–August 1993.</ref>}}

{{Cquote|no oversight, no requirements for probable cause prior to political spying, and no [[Privacy Act]] or [[Freedom of Information Act]] responsibilities to the public. By contrast, the FBI, CIA, and some major police departments in the U.S. are held accountable by various hard-won legal restrictions.<ref>Brandt, Daniel (July–August 1993). [http://www.namebase.org/news02.html "Cyberspace wars: Microprocessing ''vs.'' Big Brother".] ''NameBase NewsLine'', no. 2.</ref>}}

Walter James O'Brien refers to them as "civilian agencies." <ref>[http://www.rjayco.com/obrien/ Walter James O'Brien], [http://www.rjayco.com/obrien/nazism.pdf ''Nazism, the Internet and Culture of Violence,] A preliminary survey toward preventing a third world war'', 1999, pgs. 3, 6-9, 12, 14, 61, 63, 68.  Written to compete for the Trench Gascoigne Prize offered by the Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies (http://www.rusi.org); retrieved from http://rjayco.com/ 06/10/07.</ref>  And Laird Wilcox uses similar language in discussing their activities,

Walter James O'Brien refers to them as "civilian agencies." <ref>[http://www.rjayco.com/obrien/ Walter James O'Brien], [http://www.rjayco.com/obrien/nazism.pdf ''Nazism, the Internet and Culture of Violence,] A preliminary survey toward preventing a third world war'', 1999, pgs. 3, 6-9, 12, 14, 61, 63, 68.  Written to compete for the Trench Gascoigne Prize offered by the Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies (http://www.rusi.org); retrieved from http://rjayco.com/ 06/10/07.</ref>  And Laird Wilcox uses similar language in discussing their activities,