JEREMY W. STEELE, MICHIGAN STATE NEWS: University police used an undercover officer to investigate a student activist group that was not charged with any crime, a top department official admitted in response to inquiries by The State News. Members of Students for Economic Justice, an officially registered campus group, said MSU police Officer Jamie Gonzales posed as elementary education junior Samantha Volare to take part in group meetings and activities for months. Group members uncovered the officer after she was seen on campus in uniform . . . MSU police Assistant Chief Jim Dunlap said in a written statement that an investigation was ordered because officials were concerned a scheduled visit by World Bank President James Wolfensohn to speak at commencement could spur violence from protesters . . . Police have a sordid history of targeting political activist groups with undercover officers and other surveillance, said Henry Silverman, president of the Lansing chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union and a retired MSU history professor.
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