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In reply to the discussion: FBI Says Activists Who Investigate Factory Farms Can Be Prosecuted as Terrorists [View all]Autumn
(45,120 posts)30. No, this is the FBI
But with the way they work they will do what they can to make terrorists of us all.
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FBI Says Activists Who Investigate Factory Farms Can Be Prosecuted as Terrorists [View all]
Catherina
Dec 2011
OP
This is getting more and more like a repressive police state IMO. As many Americans snooze. n/t
RKP5637
Dec 2011
#2
That's because they write the laws that congress passes and the president signs
MotherPetrie
Dec 2011
#5
I'm Canadian and I live in a state that allows me to marry anyone 17 and older...
OswegoAtheist
Dec 2011
#41
Thanks for posting this, it's quite interesting and quite telling about the state of affairs in
RKP5637
Dec 2011
#22
All we have to do is turn off Internet & turn on FOX & all of this anguish will disappear
Catherina
Dec 2011
#38
well, now that corporations are people, I guess that they're just really BIG people
Burgman
Dec 2011
#14
The way it's going eventually just posting on DU will be considered an act of terrorism.
RKP5637
Dec 2011
#24
I've been an "Enemy Of The State" for just about my whole life, one way or another.
hobbit709
Dec 2011
#97
And that took years to find the anthrax killer -- if it found him or her or it.
JDPriestly
Dec 2011
#96
Gee. Just the other day I learned on DU that the government would never do that.
Octafish
Dec 2011
#15
The prison lobby will be contributing heavily, imagine all of the $$$ they will get
RKP5637
Dec 2011
#26
Now it's gone to full fledged war against "We the People." Submit or be imprisoned. n/t
RKP5637
Dec 2011
#29
Yes they are!! thank GAWD it is not mandatory but just at the kings pleasure as
Dragonfli
Dec 2011
#45
Not quite. The Nazi kangaroo courts executed people shortly after the trial.
stevenleser
Dec 2011
#131
Well, assassinating US citizens by drone, without charges, doesn't sound all that different
sabrina 1
Dec 2011
#145
I am against these wars in the ME and N. Africa. Aren't you? I mean it was clear
sabrina 1
Dec 2011
#154
Yes, they are all that is between the people and their government which is apparently
sabrina 1
Dec 2011
#147
The FBI declared animal rights activism their #1 anti-terror priority in 2005.
LeftyMom
Dec 2011
#48
The only thing I remember that comes close to that is the Faux story from a few years ago
Major Nikon
Dec 2011
#139
The FBI declared animal rights activism their #1 anti-terror priority in 2005
Major Nikon
Dec 2011
#142
well yes, you did need the explanation, because your assertion is wrong
DisgustipatedinCA
Dec 2011
#151
Why cant they just be charged under existing laws for trespassing? Answer: because the precident is
Pachamama
Dec 2011
#49
If you can get charged with trespassing for standing on a public sidewalk, then they can charge you
hobbit709
Dec 2011
#99
Are all the activists/whistleblowers who expose these factory farms for what they are always
Pachamama
Dec 2011
#110
How long till its considered an act of terror to protest wall street thievery or capitalism itself?
workinclasszero
Dec 2011
#53
No kidding ... I spent a few days posting about the ACLU's concerns with this law -
TBF
Dec 2011
#102
Some people act like the president controls the police-military-business community.
Shoe Horn
Dec 2011
#91
The ACLU warned on NDAA - unfortunately most have hopped on the fascist bandwagon. nt
TBF
Dec 2011
#101
As one Prosecutor said "I can get a Grand Jury to indict a ham sandwich" Conviction is another
yellowcanine
Dec 2011
#128