Multi-Agency Group Intelligence Conference (MAGIC)
Documents obtained by the ACLU from the Denver Police Spy Files litigation
reveal that intelligence officers from at least two dozen Colorado law
enforcement agencies meet to swap political intelligence information
at bimonthly meetings of a little-known organization known as the Multi-Agency
Group Intelligence Conference (MAGIC).
Announcement of MAGIC meeting
Anouncement of MAGIC
meeting, January 19, 1993. According to this announcement, MAGIC
meetings are "limited to sharing of information on extremist groups
(left-wing, right-wing, foreign)." Although the term "extremist groups"
is not defined, MAGIC-related documents indicate that it includes peaceful
protesters who have no connection to criminal activity, such as the
American Indian Movement, the American Friends Service Committee, End
The Politics of Cruelty, and Amnesty International (see below).
Agendas for MAGIC meetings
Agenda for MAGIC meeting,
listing discussion topics including American Indian Movement, environmentalists,
the "green movement," "animal rights," "right wing," "white supremacist,"
and "leftist."
List of discussion topics,
including: Demonstrations, American Friends Service Committee, Amnesty
International, and AIM. This document, found in the same file folder
as other MAGIC documents, is apparently part of an agenda for another
MAGIC meeting.
Protest against police brutality listed as "MAGIC info"
Memorandum by Detective
Abe Alonzo, dated March 3, 1998, regarding End the Politics of Cruelty
and its upcoming "protest against police brutality," with post-it
indicating it will be discussed at an upcoming MAGIC meeting.
Memorandum by Detective
Abe Alonzo, dated March 3, 1998, without the post-it.
MAGIC attended by 44 officers, two dozen agencies
Sign-up sheet for MAGIC
meeting, with names of 44 law enforcement officers from more than
two dozen law enforcement agencies
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Spy Files that indicate that the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force is
gathering information on peaceful protesters
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