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The most troubling aspect of watchdog opportunism is their infiltration of law enforcement. Watchdog organizations feed law enforcement agencies information in order to prompt them to go after their enemies, real and imagined. By alleging “dangerousness” on the basis of mere assumed values, opinions and beliefs, they put entirely innocent citizens at risk from law enforcement error and misconduct.

The Wikipedia project has worked in close collaboration with several alleged humanitarian "watchdog" groups to manage it's political content. The "Notable Wikipedians" entrusted with this venture are immune to all Wikipeidia's published policies, Attribtution, No self promotion, Experts do not hold a place of privilege, Citing self, No personal attacks, Civility, and Wikipedia is not a battleground are the most often cited complaints that go uneforced against these smear factories.

Watchdog groups can have a profound influence on law enforcement tactics. The [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] (SPLC) for example, publishes newsletters and other material, often giving these law enforcement agencies names from their private intelligence files accompanied by suggestions of dangerousness.  While government agencies are prohibited from engaging in "racial profiling," watchdogs engage in '''political profiling''' and publish manual distributed to law enforcement who by law cannot compile the manuals themselves.

While police are prohibited from engaging in "racial profiling," watchdogs engage in '''political profiling''' and publish materials distributed widely which even falls into the hands of law enforcement who by law cannot compile manuals themselves.

The issue of serious watchdog impropriety arises in the context of any alliance with the police agencies of government, especially when dealing with political minorities, and agenda-driven private interest groups - which is what watchdog organizations are.

The issue of serious watchdog impropriety arises in the context of any alliance with the police agencies of government, especially when dealing with political minorities, and agenda-driven private interest groups - which is what watchdog organizations are.

*[[National Wetlands Coalition]]

*[[National Wetlands Coalition]]

The following list was taken from the SPLC's ''Intelligence Reoprt'' and written by Berlet.  It classifies these groups as "hate groups", and some of the defamatory smears have made there way into Wikipedia, despite numerous violations of Wikipedia's stated policies.

The following list was taken from the SPLC's ''Intelligence Reoprt'' and written by Berlet.  It classifies these groups as "hate groups", and some of the defamatory smears have made their way into Wikipedia, despite numerous violations of Wikipedia's stated policies.

'''[[Hate groups]]'''

'''[[Hate groups]]'''