Max Obuszewski is a seasoned, nonviolent peace activist in Maryland. But to the Maryland State Police, he is suspected of committing the 'primary crime' of 'terrorism -- anti-war protestors' and the 'secondary crime' of 'terrorism -- anti-govern.'

That is how the Maryland State Police designated him in internal documents that the ACLU of Maryland obtained through a lawsuit and released on July 17. The documents also show that the Maryland State Police entered his name into a database dealing with 'high intensity drug activity.' These documents reveal an elaborate undercover operation against peace groups and anti-capital-punishment groups.

'Agents collectively spent at least 288 hours on their surveillance over the 14-month period' in 2005 and 2006, the ACLU of Maryland says. Agents 'monitored private organizing meetings, public forums, and events held in several churches, as well as anti-death penalty rallies outside the state's SuperMax facility and in Lawyer's Mall in Annapolis.' ...