George Loder's federal whistleblower lawsuit says he suffered retaliation for calling out illegal practices by a secretive intelligence-gathering center run by the state police.
Federal judge holds first hearing in lawsuit against secretive police unit
The Maine Attorney General s Office asked the judge to dismiss most claims in a whistleblower lawsuit that says a state trooper was retaliated against for objecting to police surveillance practices.
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Lt. Scott Ireland opens a door to the Maine Information and Analysis Center at the Department of Public Safety in Augusta in 2016. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal
The state has asked a federal judge to dismiss most claims in a whistleblower lawsuit that alleges Maine State Police repeatedly broke privacy laws and conducted illegal surveillance on private citizens.
The lawsuit itself focuses on an employment dispute. The plaintiff is a state trooper, George Loder, who said his superiors demoted him when he called out the practices at the Maine Information and Analysis Center.