For a government that stresses human rights, this is an issue that cannot be ignored. The IRA leveled its accusations at a press conference called to announce the group's formation on September 9. In addition to expressing support for reform of the justice system's intelligence gathering organs, the IRA accused the new administration of carrying out surveillance of members of opposition parties and persons viewed as rivals to the president.
調改會除了表達推動司法情治改革的決心之外，並指稱新政府在上任後，仍沿襲舊政府習性，對反對黨或異己人士進行政治情報蒐集，連戰、宋楚瑜、謝長廷，及馬英九等各黨領袖或菁英人士，更被情蒐人員指為重要偵查對象。