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Dear Steve,

Be careful where you post your vacation photos. They might end up in
Wal-Mart's hands.

Last year I took a vacation from my job at Wal-Mart Watch, and when I
got home, I privately posted my photos online for family members to
see. Later, a Wal-Mart technician collected my personal vacation
photos in an effort to identify me during a trip to Bentonville, Arkansas.

Spooky, huh? There's a lot more to this story. Click here to take our
quiz and learn more about Wal-Mart's spy operation:

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A recent series of stories in the Wall Street Journal uncovered a
covert security division within Wal-Mart's corporate headquarters
called "Threat Research." This team, which works out of a secret
"dimly lit area," conducts surveillance on Wal-Mart employees,
consultants, reporters and critics. People like you and me.

This isn't the plot of a spy movie -- this is real life. And while
many large companies have internal security operations designed to
root out fraud and theft, security experts agree that Wal-Mart's
"Threat Research" goes well beyond the scope of typical security. One
expert even called it "Orwellian."

Why is Wal-Mart, which faces grave reputational problems, hiring
former CIA and FBI agents to deal with these issues? We're offering
legitimate, substantive feedback on how to make Wal-Mart a better
corporate citizen, and they respond by spying on us?

To learn all the details, click here and take our quiz:

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The fact is, former CIA and FBI agents are not going to fix
Wal-Mart's public relations problems. Neither will the millions of
dollars that Wal-Mart spends each month on fancy PR consultants.

If Wal-Mart wants to protect its image, it should spend its money on
higher wages and affordable health care for its employees -- not on
elaborate acts of espionage. That's what Wal-Mart Watch is fighting
for, and what Wal-Mart is going through such great lengths to prevent.

Find out more about Wal-Mart's misguided priorities:

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I don't know what my vacation photos have to do with Wal-Mart's
security, but the fact that they snatched them shows just how far
they'll go to silence their critics.


Sincerely,

Nu Wexler

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Center for Community and Corporate Ethics

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