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Showing Original Post only (View all)FBI Knew of Plot to Execute Occupy Activists but Did Nothing [View all]
FBI Document(DELETED) Plots To Kill Occupy Leaders If Deemed NecessaryBy Dave Lindorff
June 27, 2013 WhoWhatWhy.org
Would you be shocked to learn that the FBI apparently knew that some organization, perhaps even a law enforcement agency or private security outfit, had contingency plans to assassinate peaceful protestors in a major American city and did nothing to intervene?
Would you be surprised to learn that this intelligence comes not from a shadowy whistle-blower but from the FBI itself specifically, from a document obtained from Houston FBI office last December, as part of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed by the Washington, DC-based Partnership for Civil Justice Fund?
To repeat: this comes from the FBI itself. The question, then, is: What did the FBI do about it?
The Plot
Remember the Occupy Movement? The peaceful crowds that camped out in the center of a number of cities in the fall of 2011, calling for some recognition by local, state and federal authorities that our democratic system was out of whack, controlled by corporate interests, and in need of immediate repair?
That movement swept the US beginning in mid-September 2011. When, in early October, the movement came to Houston, Texas, law enforcement officials and the citys banking and oil industry executives freaked out perhaps even more so than they did in some other cities. The push-back took the form of violent assaults by police on Occupy activists, federal and local surveillance of people seen as organizers, infiltration by police provocateursand, as crazy as it sounds, some kind of plot to assassinate the leaders of this non-violent and leaderless movement.
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http://whowhatwhy.com/2013/06/27/fbi-document-deleted-plots-to-kill-occupy-leaders-if-deemed-necessary/
Secret Police. Secret Spying. Secret Laws. Secret Detentions. Secret Executions...Anyone seeing a pattern, here?
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NATO had the same level of penetration of commie terrorists group that killed Aldo Moro
yurbud
Jun 2013
#169
If they leak, maybe the authoritarians on this site would finally start questioning them!
villager
Jun 2013
#126
so the claim is that the FBI uncovered a plot involving the CIA/NYPD to shoot
geek tragedy
Jun 2013
#8
Well, Occupy is pretty much over, so probably not a lot of sniper opportunities nt
geek tragedy
Jun 2013
#6
"Well, Occupy is pretty much over, so probably not a lot of sniper opportunities".
Tarheel_Dem
Jun 2013
#56
You got that right. Authoritarians hate Occupy, protesters, investigative journalists,
rhett o rick
Jun 2013
#105
It's easy to recognize the authoritarians. They openly hate Occupy, protestors,
rhett o rick
Jun 2013
#112
The document shows that the FBI was investigating the planners as potential "Domestic Terrorists".
cheapdate
Jun 2013
#163
Hm. What I got out of it is the FBI is OK with someone planning sniper attacks.
Octafish
Jun 2013
#113
where? i don't see it. and if you meant "redacted" as in where they don't give you people's names
arely staircase
Jun 2013
#120
You make quite a point there. I'm not sure it's the one you intended, though.
Comrade Grumpy
Jun 2013
#31
Lindorff thinks the CIA was behind the Boston Marathon bombing. he's a nut.
geek tragedy
Jun 2013
#29
Well, he certainly miscalculated his influence on the reelection of Barack Obama. What a jerk!
Tarheel_Dem
Jun 2013
#60
Project Censored has been a joke for the past decade, as opposed to when it first started
geek tragedy
Jun 2013
#44
No. Joseph Adams Milteer pretty much outlined the 'official version of Dallas' before it happened.
Octafish
Jun 2013
#98
Yeah. Like the times the FBI let White Bulger get away with murder? I mean, ''murders?''
Octafish
Jun 2013
#20
It amuses me that you think the people's right to privacy applies to the State.
HiPointDem
Jun 2013
#170
occupy was not seen as "legitimate" political speech from the beginning...
nashville_brook
Jun 2013
#25
Who do you think they would have pinned this on if they had followed through with it. They sure
GoneFishin
Jun 2013
#26
Occupy demos were peaceful, so I'd think coming up with something could be a challenge.
Octafish
Jun 2013
#130
There ARE a lot of solid, loyal Democrats and DUers who choose to LIVE in Texas.
bvar22
Jun 2013
#61
This country feels it IS "capitalism" so anything seen as anti-capitalism is a target.
Spitfire of ATJ
Jun 2013
#30
The Washington Times used to be an actual newspaper once upon a time....
Spitfire of ATJ
Jun 2013
#108
not really. it was founded by the rev. moon in 1982 & has always been a moonie outlet.
HiPointDem
Jun 2013
#146
And who demanded that Obama invade Manhattan or lose decisively in 2012. nt
geek tragedy
Jun 2013
#46
And the usual suspects show up to credulously believe whatever is posted...nt
SidDithers
Jun 2013
#65
Glad to see there's no skepticism, at all, about the spew from Dave Lindorff...
SidDithers
Jun 2013
#77
So, it's wrong to believe what the government says but you believe everything
geek tragedy
Jun 2013
#80
The document says the FBI investigated the report, which means it can't say that they did nothing
geek tragedy
Jun 2013
#92
K&R This is how dangerous to the people this nation has become under corporate rule.
woo me with science
Jun 2013
#52
I always advocated for marches on Washington because that's where the loopholes are created.
randome
Jun 2013
#84
As one who participated in Occupy, I must say that I do not believe you deserve
HardTimes99
Jun 2013
#62
I've been part of OccupyLA including breaking the curfew the city set...this is the first time
Fire Walk With Me
Jun 2013
#135
The push-back came in the form of domestic terrorism by the government against the citizens.
Fire Walk With Me
Jun 2013
#76
Amazing, FBI refers to sniper attacks on law-abiding US citizens and some DUers laugh.
Octafish
Jun 2013
#164
As a citizen seeking justice for deprivation of rights under color of law that has gone to the IG
bobthedrummer
Jun 2013
#100
Wasn't the former head of the FBI an extortionist, J Edgar Hoover i believe was his name....
Rebellious Republican
Jun 2013
#106
You do, huh? You forget the unarmed man under interrogation, shot dead in FBI custody?
Octafish
Jun 2013
#116
The FBI found some fringers in Occupy Cleveland, got them drunk and offered them explosives
Fire Walk With Me
Jun 2013
#138
Everything I've posted is searchable; much of it on DU. Including an earlier posting of the OP
Fire Walk With Me
Jun 2013
#142
Another Nefarious Executive Branch Organization In The Obama Administration Up To No Good
cantbeserious
Jun 2013
#123
I'd imagine they could have kept that unredacted excepting names and places. So why didn't they. n/t
Fire Walk With Me
Jun 2013
#136
Only a pattern that's a couple hundred years old. Government protecting Government for Government's
cherokeeprogressive
Jun 2013
#131
Octafish - Thanks for posting the Dave Lindorff article. The deniers and minimizers
truth2power
Jun 2013
#156