Terrorism Court Cases

“Aiding and Abetting” Terrorists with Tofu

UC Santa Cruz has been cracking down on tree sitters and their supporters, who are trying to protect Redwoods from UC development plans. There have been arrests and police pepper-spraying students, but what caught my attention in this article is the wording that the university is using in court. From the Santa Cruz Sentinel: The […]

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Two Big Court Dates Coming Up for Green Scare Cases

Two big court dates for so-called “eco-terrorism” cases are coming up in February, both on February 11th. The trial of Briana Waters is set to begin in Washington state. Waters was arrested as part of the government’s “Operation Backfire” roundup of environmental activists. Others were already hit with “terrorism enhancement” penalties for property crimes, and […]

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SHAC 7 and “Eco-terrorism” Law Featured in… Hustler?

Wow. Well, at first I was shocked to here that Hustler (yes, that Hustler, the porn magazine) ran a feature on the SHAC 7 and the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (and a very sympathetic one at that). But, then again, some of the leading First Amendment attorneys involved in these “Green Scare” cases made their […]

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Saying Goodbye to 2007, and Civil Liberties

This is a solid wrapup of some of the major legislative attacks on civil liberties in 2007, by Stephen Lendman at The Centre for Research on Globalization. Glad to see the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act made the list, along with the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Act, but I think the “terrorism enhancement” penalties applied […]

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Love the Property Destruction Hypocrisy

Whenever a bulldozer is vandalized, an SUV is spraypainted or a children’s movie encourages compassion for endangered animals, business interests are quick to shout “TERRORIST! TERRORIST!” But property destruction out of self-interest, or purely reckless behavior, is apparently not much of a concern. Check out this recent spat in Nashville, Tenn. Rep. Rob Briley was […]

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UK Letter Bomber Uses Animal Rights Messages as “Smokescreen”

A man who sent letter bombs in the UK apparently used hype and fear around “eco-terrorism” as a “smokescreen.” When news of the letter bombs first broke back in January, there was a lot of talk about the fact that one of the envelopes had the words “Dr Barry Horne, RIP” (the name of a […]

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Two Minneapolis Grand Jury Subpoenas Dropped

UPDATE: Tony Wong and Brandon Elder won’t have to appear before the grand jury in Minneapolis at this time. (Background on the grand jury is here). The district attorney dropped the order to appear after Wong and Elder sent in a declaration of their intent to plead the fifth and not cooperate.

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Coronado’s Free Speech Trial Starts Today

Rod Coronado heads back to federal court today, in what could become (like many of these “Green Scare” prosecutions) a landmark First Amendment case. Coronado, a longtime environmental and animal advocate– and convicted arsonist– faces 20 years in prison for answering a question at one of his lectures about an incendiary device he created. (Here’s […]

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Ringling Bros. Sues ASPCA Using Mafia Law

You might already know that the SHAC 7 were convicted of “animal enterprise terrorism” for running a controversial website that listed personal information about corporations tied to the notorious animal testing lab Huntingdon Life Sciences. You might not know, though, that before that the corporations SHAC targeted hit back with various other legal tactics. Restraining […]

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Judge Strikes Down Part of Patriot Act

Happy Thursday. From Dan Eggen at The Washington Post: A federal judge today struck down portions of the USA Patriot Act as unconstitutional, ordering the FBI to stop issuing “national security letters” that secretly demand customer information from Internet service providers and other businesses. U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero in New York ruled that the […]

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