In February 2004, Kate "Katja" Wilson created a Valentine's card for her partner Mark, unaware he was Mark Kennedy, an undercover officer spying on her. Over their 16-month relationship, Kennedy documented their private life extensively, logging even mundane activities to his handlers. From gifts to family events, each moment was reported, revealing the intrusion into Wilson's life. She later discovered the truth as she read police logs, exposing the deceptive nature of their relationship and marking Kennedy as a significant case among police spies infiltrating activist groups.
The gesture of making a card for Valentine's Day, which to my anarchist self was soppy and commercial, was a big deal.
For the entire course of Wilson's 16-month relationship with Mark Stone... their conversations, weekends away, gifts, lunches, dinners and family events were reported by him.
Kennedy spent seven years as an undercover police officer, infiltrating a group of environmental activists and at the same time, according to Wilson, sleeping with at least 11 women.
Wilson realized she was in a relationship with an undercover officer when she read the police log of her life events.
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