According to the latest FBI instructions, all those pesky protesters out in the hinterlands of America are well, potential Terrorists or Terrorist Patsys...and well they just wanna know about them.

Civil liberties groups and politicians raised the prospect Sunday that FBI monitoring of antiwar protesters could jeopardize people's First Amendment rights.

''What is the chilling effect that will be felt by Americans all across the country if they think they will come under FBI scrutiny just by going to a protest?'' said Anthony Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union.
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In a weekly bulletin sent to law enforcement agencies nationwide, the FBI last month detailed some of the tactics used by antiwar protesters that police could expect at large rallies in San Francisco and Washington to protest the Iraq war.

The bulletin described how protesters plan their tactics at ''training camps,'' how they use gas masks to defend against tear gas, and how some use fake ID to get into secure places. The document also says that while most such demonstrators are peaceful, protests such as those against the World Bank have turned violent in the past.