Some evidence indicates that law enforcement's shocking and disproportionate use of violent force against the so-called 'Occupy' protesters may in fact be a key element in a plan orchestrated by the Department of Homeland Security, based on specific instructions from members of Congress. For more information, please read this article by Naomi Wolf in The Guardian newspaper, from 11/25/2011: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/nov/25/shocking-truth-about-crackdown-occupy?fb=optOut We urge President Barack Obama to condemn illegal federal involvement in municipal policing, and to appoint an independent committee to investigate whether lawmakers authorized violent and militarized reactions against peaceful protesters.