Wal-Mart runs private intel agency to monitor critics
I am not going to spend any money at this store as they will probably have all kinds of agents stalking everyone..
No, this isn't fascism as defined by Benito Mussolini* …
Wal-Mart Stores has been recruiting former military and government intelligence officers for a branch of its global security office aimed at identifying threats to the world's largest retailer, including from "suspect individuals and groups."
Wal-Mart's interest in intelligence operatives comes at a time when the retailer is defending itself against allegations by a fired security employee that it ran surveillance operations against targets including critics, dissident shareholders, employees and suppliers. Wal-Mart denied any wrongdoing.
source:
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/51142/
