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I'm reluctant to declare my outright support for the accused activists. In fact, for this reason I've written a leftist critique of the recent protests against the FBI raids.
[...] to issue a single arrest warrant for an anti-war activist. Meanwhile, that those subpoenaed are reportedly being asked to provide all material related to “any trip to Colombia, Jordan, Syria, the Palestinian [...]
[...] at (202) 456-1111 and the Justice Department at (202) 353-1555, and to attend nationwide protests on Tuesday outside FBI and other federal buildings. You can also voice your opposition to the FBI’s [...]
Also the LA secret grand jury indictments were used against the Chicano Movement in the ELA Walkouts, where the ELA 13 were arrested for conspiracy to disrupt the schools, etc. charges were dropped after protest, and found to be unconstitutional. Also in 1969 another LA grand jury indictment for the protest against then Governor Regan, the Biltmore 6 case for conspiracy to commite arson, when an police agent started a bathroom fire. All activists mostly Brown Berets were found not guilty or had charges dropped.
can you help me find a law firm to help me against the FBI
Get a notice up about who you are ASAP. I'm not going to comment or participate without knowing who I'm dealing with. You could even be an FBI-front group. I don't know what reasonable person would.
You must have SOMETHING to declare right now about who's responsible for this.
The Defending Dissent Foundation stands in solidarity with the anti-war and international solidarity activists whose homes were raided by the FBI on Friday, September 24. Homes in Chicago and Mineapolis were raided. Doors were kicked in during the early morning raids and personal belongings including children's artwork, posters of Martin Luther King, Jr, were taken, as well as cell phones, computers and boxes of paper records. About a dozen activists from Illinois, Minnesota and Michigan have been subpoenaed to testify before a federal grand jury.
The FBI emphasized that no arrests were made, but that evidence was being collected regarding the possible 'material support' of terrorism. The 'material support' statute is so broadly written that it can, and does, criminalize international peace-building activities whose only connection to terrorism is to reduce it.
Only one week ago, the Justice Department's own Inspector General released a report documenting political surveillance by the FBI. Friday's raids are the latest violations by a recidivist agency whose abuses have unfortunately recurred throughout its history.
We urge Congress to step up and protect our First Amendment Rights!
Congress must close the 'material support' loopholes that give the FBI room to target peaceful domestic advocacy.
Congress should hold hearings on the violations identified in the Inspector General’s recent report and conduct a full investigation to uncover the full extent of the FBI’s misuse of counter-terror laws and watchlist practices.
<a href= "The Defending Dissent Foundation stands in solidarity with the anti-war and international solidarity activists whose homes were raided by the FBI on Friday, September 24. Homes in Chicago and Mineapolis were raided. Doors were kicked in during the early morning raids and personal belongings including children's artwork, posters of Martin Luther King, Jr, were taken, as well as cell phones, computers and boxes of paper records. About a dozen activists from Illinois, Minnesota and Michigan have been subpoenaed to testify before a federal grand jury.
The FBI emphasized that no arrests were made, but that evidence was being collected regarding the possible 'material support' of terrorism. The 'material support' statute is so broadly written that it can, and does, criminalize international peace-building activities whose only connection to terrorism is to reduce it.
Only one week ago, the Justice Department's own Inspector General released a report documenting political surveillance by the FBI. Friday's raids are the latest violations by a recidivist agency whose abuses have unfortunately recurred throughout its history.
We urge Congress to step up and protect our First Amendment Rights!
Congress must close the 'material support' loopholes that give the FBI room to target peaceful domestic advocacy.
Congress should hold hearings on the violations identified in the Inspector General’s recent report and conduct a full investigation to uncover the full extent of the FBI’s misuse of counter-terror laws and watchlist practices.
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What an amazing response! Thank you to all those who wrote statements and circulated them. It is making a big difference.
We Won't Tolerate FBI Repression!
The Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC) condemns the FBI raids on the homes and offices of social justice activists early morning on September 24th and any continued action the FBI may be taking to investigate or interrogate others. (Read more about what happened at: http://tc.indymedia.org/ )
This is a direct and deliberate attack on civil liberties and our movements' organizing for self-determination and justice for communities at home and abroad. FBI and other investigations will not distract us from our ongoing mission to struggle for a just and equitable world. We will continue our work opposing the wars on Iraq and Afghanistan, the occupation and genocide in Palestine, and decades of military and political intervention in Latin America.
The FBI's use of Grand Juries is an intentional tactic used by the government to intimidate, smear, and divide our movements and organizations. We recognize that this becomes particular threatening at a time when our movements' are already being tested by political maneuvering such as the US led Israel/PA negotiations and the shift from combat troops to diplomatic and contractor troops in Iraq. Our strength is in our unity, our vigilance, and our ability to maintain a clear focus on our organizing for liberation.
We stand against the use of Grand Juries to harass and intimidate our movements. We stand with those attacked and offer our continued solidarity. We must work together as a united movement of those struggling against war and occupation, and for human rights and civil liberties of all people.
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Can you direct me to a law firm that can assist in a suit
against the FBI for harrassment
my 1st suit is listed at Woody Voinche v. FBI, 46 F. Supp. 2nd 29(DDC 1996)
So this group is interested in social justice. Beware, that is straight out of the Saul Alinksy playbook.
Be careful what you wish.
What the Constitution says is, equal justice under the law, not social justice.
Redistribution of wealth is socialism. So why would anyone agree with you?
[...] government to criminalize anti-war organizing,” writes Ron Jacobs at Counterpunch. The Grand Jury Resistance Project has called on the government “to end the use of grand juries as a political tool to suppress [...]
"This is the scheme of things right now; but if our First Amendment rights are whittled away to nothing, who can say that at some point, in a future Orwellian version of America, gathering to support Israel will not be declared out of bounds?"
This is parody, right?
[...] government to criminalize anti-war organizing,” writes Ron Jacobs at Counterpunch. The Grand Jury Resistance Project has called on the government “to end the use of grand juries as a political tool to suppress [...]
HERE COME THE CHICKENS HOME TO ROOST.
Tainted eggs, and all.
Be not deceived, "GOD" is not mocked, for what so ever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
ZIONISM, has deceived the world for over 60
years. Greed and corruption cultivated it into
the suffering of millions, lining the pockets of
the corporate conglamerates. (monopolies).
Holy scriptures have not changed for any of the
religions of the world, yet religious and political
leaders have been indoctrinated into partisan or
biased belief during the 20th century.
JUST WHY IS THAT, AND WHO NOW PAYS THE PRICE FOR SUCH. Seemingly we all do
until we change course of such policies.
Get out of the OLD testament, and into the NEW that includes "US" gentiles.
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National Summit is AIPAC's premier foreign policy retreat. This exclusive annual gathering offers AIPAC members unique access to members of Congress, American and Israeli policy makers, and leading Middle East expert members that AIPAC has the largest influence over.
The Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa provides all the luxury amenities a resort has to offer: an infinity pool, spa treatments, tennis courts, a golf course and a serene beach on the Atlantic Ocean. Located just 10 minutes from the Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport and 30 minutes from Miami International Airport, the Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa is a perfect home for AIPAC National Summit 2010. It takes the most exclusive facility to attract congress members & leaders.
FY 2000 military grants include $1.2 billion for the Wye agreement and $1.92 billion in annual military aid. FY 2003 military aid included $1 billion from the supplemental appropriations bill. The economic grant was earmarked for $960 million for FY 2000 but was reduced to meet the 0.38% rescission. Final amounts for FY 2003 are reduced by 0.65% mandated rescission, the amounts for FY 2004 are reduced by 0.59%, and the amounts for FY 2008 are reduced by .81%. Sources: CRS Report RL33222: U.S. Foreign Aid to Israel, updated Jan. 2, 2008, plus the FY ’08 omnibus appropriations bill, H.R. 2764.
This estimate of total U.S. direct aid to Israel updates the estimate given in the July 2006 issue of the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs. It is an estimate because arriving at an exact figure is not possible, since parts of U.S. aid to Israel are a) buried in the budgets of various U.S. agencies, mostly that of the Defense Department (DOD), or b) in a form not easily quantifiable, such as the early disbursement of aid, giving Israel a direct benefit in interest income and the U.S. Treasury a corresponding loss. Given these caveats, our current estimate of cumulative total direct aid to Israel is $113.8554 billion.
It must be emphasized that this analysis is a conservative, defensible accounting of U.S. direct aid to Israel, NOT of Israel’s cost to the U.S. or the American taxpayer, nor of the benefits to Israel of U.S. aid. The distinction is important, because the indirect or consequential costs suffered by the U.S. as a result of its blind support for Israel exceed by many times the substantial amount of direct aid to Israel. (See, for example, the late Thomas R. Stauffer’s article in the June 2003 Washington Report, “The Costs to American Taxpayers of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: $3 Trillion.”)
Especially, this computation does not include the costs resulting from the invasion and occupation of Iraq—hundreds of billions of dollars, 4,000-plus U.S. and allied fatalities, untold tens of thousands of Iraqi deaths, and many thousands of other U.S., allied, and Iraqi casualties—which is almost universally believed in the Arab world to have been undertaken for the benefit of Israel. Among other “indirect or consequential” costs would be the costs of U.S. unilateral economic sanctions on Iran, Iraq, Libya and Syria, the costs to U.S. manufacturers of the Arab boycott, and the costs to U.S. companies and consumers of the 1973 Arab oil embargo and consequent and subsequent soaring oil prices partially as a result of U.S. support for Israel.
Among the real benefits to Israel that are not direct costs to the U.S. taxpayer are the early cash transfer of economic and military aid, in-country spending of a portion of military aid, and loan guarantees. The U.S. gives Israel all of its economic and military aid directly in cash during the first month of the fiscal year, with no accounting required of how the funds are used. Also, in contrast with other countries receiving military aid, who must purchase through the DOD, Israel deals directly with the U.S. companies, with no DOD review. Furthermore, Israel is allowed to spend 26.3 percent of each year’s military aid in Israel (no other recipient of U.S. military aid gets this benefit), which has resulted in an increasingly sophisticated Israeli defense industry. As a result, Israel has become a major world arms exporter; the Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports that in 2006 Israel was the world’s ninth leading supplier of arms worldwide, earning $4.4 billion from defense sales.
Another benefit to Israel are U.S. government loan guarantees. The major loan guarantees have been $600 million for housing between 1972 and 1990; $9.2 billion for Soviet Jewish resettlement between 1992 and 1997; about $5 billion for refinancing military loans commercially; and $9 billion in loan guarantees authorized in FY ’03 and extended to FY ’10. Of that $9 billion, CRS reports that Israel has drawn $4.1 billion through FY ’07. These loans have not—yet—cost the U.S. any money; they are listed on the Treasury Department’s books as “contingent liabilities,” which would be liabilities to the U.S. should Israel default. However, they have been of substantial, tangible benefit to Israel, because they enable Israel to borrow commercially at special terms and favorable interest rates.
Components of Israel Aid Israel is the largest cumulative recipient of U.S. aid since World War II (not counting the huge sums being spent in Iraq). The $3 billion or so per year that Israel receives from the U.S. amounts to about $500 per Israeli. Most of this money is earmarked in the annual Foreign Operations (foreign aid) appropriations bills, with the three major items being military grants (Foreign Military Financing, or FMF), economic grants (Economic Support Funds, or ESF), and “migration and refugee assistance.” (Refugee assistance originally was intended to help Israel absorb Jewish refugees from the Soviet Union, but this was expanded in 1985 to include all refugees resettling in Israel. In fact, Israel doesn’t differentiate between refugees and other immigrants, so this money is used for all immigrants to Israel.)
Not earmarked but also included in congresssional appropriations bills is Israel’s portion of grants for American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA) and monies buried in the appropriations for other departments or agencies. These are mostly for so-called “U.S.-Israeli cooperative programs” in defense, agriculture, science, and hi-tech industries.
Before 1998, Israel received annually $1.8 billion in military grants and $1.2 billion in economic grants. Then, beginning in FY ‘99, the two countries agreed to reduce economic grants to Israel by $120 million and increase military grants by $60 million annually over 10 years. FY ’08 is the last year of that agreement, with military grants reaching $2.4 billion (reduced by an across-the-board rescission), and zero economic grants. Then, in August 2007, U.S. and Israeli officials signed a memorandum of understanding for a new 10-year, $30 billion aid package whereby FMF will gradually increase, beginning with $2.55 billion in FY ’09, and average $3 billion per year over the 10-year period.
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How should we view Israel today? The same as God did 2000 years ago, what makes it any different? Zionist propaganda!!
FAITH, BIBLE, AND THE HYPOCRISY OF THE RIGHT WINGERS
From the right wingers we hear all of the Bible says this & that:
Any time we question the activities of organized crime, religion, policies, and political bias, the
ONLY come back is a reference to the bible.
Because of all the hypocrisy of the Faith based businesses, and tax payer rip offs, raises some
real questions about what is. and what is not principles of any such organization.
We have a problem finding any of the following:
Where do we find that it is OK to lie to the masses on any occasion.
Where is it ok to bear false statements against another (Nation or Individual).
Where do we find that is it OK to pre-empt a war on another Country.
Where is it OK to present false evidence of wrong doing to justify attacking.
Where do we find where it is ok to misrepresent the meaning, by false interpretation of such.
Where is it ok for any religious leader to support war, say nothing of plotting such.
Where is it ok to attack and kill 1.3 million innocent civilian people.
Where is it ok to cover-up evidence that contradicts evidence presented as fact, to classify
the evidence as secret, to bury such evidence. (911 + many others)
Where is it ok to assassinate any one. Leader, Journalist, citizen, or witness.
Where is it ok to steal land, money, assets, resources, or moral identity.
Where is it ok for such non-profit organizations to profit from war or catrostropy.
Where do we find that it is ok to discriminate, race, sex, age, or preferences.
Where does it say that anyone should not pay taxes.
Where does it say it is ok to bribe officials, or to censor speech.
Where does it say that it is ok for the Church to become involved in political advocacy, or to
influence such by bribes & contributions especially from the congregations donations to the Church business.
Where does it say it is ok to use the Church building for political purposes. Registering voters,
political rallies or campaigning for such.
Where is it ok to conduct atrocities and genocide stating your guidance comes from your father above .
Where in the Bible do you find Nomads are anything but Nomads, exiled from the Middle East and Biblically
remain there to this date.
Is the above exactly what we have witnessed for years from the entire Republican Party and the influential
Zionist political movement ??
GET OUT THE VOTE, AND VOTE AGAINST THE ABOVE HYPOCRISY AND BLASPHEMY. ENOUGH OF THEIR ATROCITIES!!
Federal Reserve Board of Governors all Jewish Zionist:
Another example of RELIGIOUS BIAS in government business, and OUR financial business.
Do we care about anyone's faith? No not at all. Do we care about the conspiracies involved? Certainly.
Where the questions do matter.
When the largest organized crime syndicate in the World is also Jewish Zionist dominated. Certainly is a concern.
When media is also controlled by Jewish Zionist owners it makes for a real concern about truth in Journalism.
A minority religion, a minority population, totally in charge of our financial institutions. Adds to our concerns.
Does the fact that 48% of Billionaires are also Jewish Zionist, raise concern? Certainly looks suspicious.
Consider the Wall Street corruption, it looks like insider trading was conducted by a lot more than Martha Stewart.
Major changes in the law and in the structure of the financial system in the past decade. Good or Bad?
How about the largest lobbies are Jewish Zionist organizations to benefit Israel only. Not registered as foreign lobbies.
Check out the involvement and propaganda on our campuses from Jewish Zionist organizations such as AIPAC, J-Street, and
many others. Large, XXX-large list of such. Political Science, Journalism, Theology, and Law schools in particular. Active on many other campuses,
high school and higher education campuses.
Are the largest contributors to political campaigns in America Jewish Zionist? Does it make a difference in decision making?
The amount of foreign aid to Israel. The pork projects added to all bills that give more to Israel. The military related sales(gifts) to Israel raises concerns by most.
President Kennedy denied Israel US nuclear war heads. They received such shortly after his assassination. Raised questions never answered by officials.
The "FED" has never been audited since they took it over in 1968 until now. Raise concern with many. Many were silenced.
DO YOU THINK THESE QUESTIONS WILL GO AWAY? They never will go away. Will we get answers, only by demand and revolt.
Is there any legitimacy to the state of Israel and the occupation of Palestine, Our Holy land. Hell no!!
Do they have complete control over the "right-wingers", and the Fox news promotion of chaos and fear?
Estimates of 60/40. 60% control of the republican party and government officials. To 40% of the Democrats.
Is anyone comfortable with that? If not
what do you plan on doing about it?
Too many of us have known it, but too scared to talk about it. Retaliation has
been extreme for many.
“The First Cost of World Empire Will Be Our Own Freedoms”
Billionaires give 91 percent of funds for Rove-tied group
New FEC filings show that American Crossroads, the Rove-backed group that is pouring money into attack ads targeting Dems, continues to be funded virtually entirely by billionaires. American Crossroads has a partner group, American Crossroads GPS, that is organized under a section of the tax code that does not require disclosure of donors(though it also imposes some spending restrictions).[We'll probably never know from whom.]
"Isn't it great to live in a society where the penalty for lying to a congressman can be up to 30 years in jail, but the penalty for a congressman lying to you is another two years in office."
Right-Wingers Can't Cover Up Iraq's Death Toll Catastrophe
The warmongers who got us into Iraq are blaming everyone but themselves for the humanitarian disaster they created.
Jewish lobby group admits Soros support
J Street, the liberal Middle East policy advocacy organization, on Sunday issued a statement acknowledging what the group had earlier denied: J Street received financial support from billionaire George Soros.
Jewish group falls from favor at White HouseThe White House appears to be distancing itself from the liberal advocacy group J Street that it once embraced as its envoy to the U.S. Jewish community after disclosures that nearly half the group's funding for 2008 came from a single Hong Kong donor.
TAKE A REAL LOOK AT THEIR PROFITS!!
The truth is not on the surface, but rather buried deep within.
The preponderance of evidence clearly and convincingly points
in one direction.(EAST) Sufficiently and
beyond reasonable doubt to
support claims of malfeasance
by our public officials. Acts unjustified, harmful and contrary
to law, our constitution, and moral
obligation to America.
Treason by unjustified support of a
single religious belief, foreign lobby
influence, campaign contributions
from such source or sources. Casting votes and pledging financial
and military support for illegal occupation, violations of international law, wrongdoing that is unjustified,
harmful and contrary to their official
responcibility and obligations to we
the AMERICAN people.
Subsequently managing to avoid
prosecution, and continue the
dereliction of official duties which
has led to compromising our national
security, and financial prosperity.
The truth is not on the surface, but rather buried deep within.
No one has been held accountable
since 01/01, Evidence of collaboration both sides of the isle.
Criminals refuse to prosecute criminals.
What is important is to be aware of the fact that all governments regulate, restrict, and inhibit information. The truth is not on the surface, but rather buried deep within.
The expression conspiracy of silence, or culture of silence, relates to a condition or matter which is known to exist, but by tacit communal unspoken consensus is not talked about or acknowledged. Commonly such matters are considered culturally shameful. Taboo subjects may be indirectly discussed via the use of politically correct code words, or euphemisms.
Ash heap of history
Conspiracy theory
Crowd psychology
Fear mongering
Memory hole
Risk society
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil
Social control
Spiral of silence
One form of government censorship is media regulation. This is the most transparent method as the censorship is written into law. The reasons behind the act are justified to the public; there are no secrets or subtleties. In fact, it must be clear what the laws of censorship are so that the media follows them accordingly. There may be some form of punishment for a failure to comply, such as government fines, forced closures, and possibly even imprisonment.
In the United States the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is the independent federal body that is responsible for regulating information that is broadcasted by radio, satellite, television, wire, and cable. "Most" of what the FCC censors is what is considered to be indecent, obscene, and profane. or un-American, anti-semantic, or conspiracy theory. ONLY they are the judge of it!!
OF COURSE: The influence of lobbies, media owners, religious hypocrisy comes into play. Advertisers from corporations also play a role.
As an ever-expanding source of news, data, opinions, and beliefs, the internet has become a challenge for governments trying to censor information. There are internet censorship laws all over the world, requests by states for search engines to limit information, and serious repercussions for dissidents who choose to use this medium to spread information.
Blocked, Censored, interfered with in most markets, BUT available in foreign markets not controlled by Zionist.
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In the article entitled "Is the pen still mightier than the sword? The plight and protection of journalists" Mahoney tells how "Most journalists are targeted. They aren't caught in a crossfire. They're killed intentionally. It's a form of censorship which is exercised by powerful people, whether officials or criminal gangs, to silence journalists."
127 assassinated journalists since 911.
VOTE AGAINST THE ZIONIST RIGHT!!
The truth shall set you free but it is gonna hurt like heck
Never attribute to malice that which can adequately be explained by stupidity.
So there is no other side of the story according to this web site. You only want freedom of speech when it is a cause you believe in, otherwise , the rest you would have silenced.
When you have a military coo going on in another country, why would you cast aspirsions on yourself, by interfering? Do you think our military is incapable of handling it? Or our Secretary of State?
It tells me all I need to know. You are not interested in the truth. You only want anyone who will agree with you. Good luck with that.
HAGO
The event in Harrisonburg is tomorrow, on the 1st of October, not the 1st of November. Apologies for the confusion.
We will be demonstrating in Harrisonburg against the FBI's aggression, tomorrow, November 1st, at 2pm. Come rain or shine!
Solidarity Statement by the Grand Jury Resistance Project
The Grand Jury Resistance Project (GJRP) stands in strong solidarity with the anti-war and international solidarity activists targeted by the federal government. The GJRP also calls on the U.S. government to end its campaign of harassment and intimidation, and to end the use of grand juries as a political tool to suppress political dissent.
Repression against activists is not new. From the McCarthy “investigations” in the 1950s, to the counterintelligence programs (COINTELPRO) of the 1960s and ‘70s, to the grand jury investigations of Puerto Rican, Black liberation and white anti-imperialist movements in the 1980s, secret grand juries, FBI, and police investigations have long been used against social justice activists and revolutionary movements.
Today, FBI, police harassment and secret grand juries are being used to attack Muslims and other immigrants, Black, Puerto Rican, Mexican, Native, anti-war, anarchist, environmental and animal rights activists and movements. These incidents are not isolated, and they are not happening because the government wants to “solve crimes.” They are an attack on all our movements: an attempt to divide us, isolate outspoken individuals, create fear and distrust among us, and rewrite our history of resistance as “criminal.”
We should not give in to these attacks. As individuals and organizations, we must refuse to talk to the FBI or any other repressive police investigation. As a means of resistance to efforts of political intimidation and repression, we must not give testimony or evidence to grand juries. It doesn’t matter whether or not we “know” anything. It isn’t about hiding crucial evidence or avoiding incrimination it’s about resisting and protesting a repressive tool of the government.
As such, we strongly support these activists and their efforts to resist and refuse to cooperate with this politically motivated grand jury.
Charles M. Minster
PO Box 210753
San Francisco, CA 94121
Phone: (415) 387-9545
Cell: (415) 244-3972
e-mail: friscoworker@att.net
29 September 2010
Eric Holder
United States Attorney General
U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20530-0001
Attorney General Holder,
Outrage! This is the true and only emotion I can feel after learning of your raids and attacks on trade unionists and anti-war activists in Chicago and Minneapolis on 24 September. You and your handler in the White House will do all you can to continue to bolster your efforts at submission of the peoples of Iraq and Afghanistan to the will of U.S. imperialism.
Your attacks on trade unionists, Arab-American’s, socialists and student organizations is a frontal attack on the Bill of Rights and the U.S. Constitution. It is understood that you even rifled the rooms and play toys of the children’s rooms. You paranoia of dissent shows the weak minds of you and this government as it wallows in debt while sewing death and destruction around the world.
I hereby demand that all those arrested and detained be released NOW! I further demand that all subpoenas be withdrawn IMMEDIATELY! And finally that you return all property taken from the homes of those men and women you UNLAWFULLY invaded.
Enclosed is a resolution passed unanimously by the San Francisco Labor Council at their 27 September meeting. As a life long trade unionist I stand in solidarity with all of those subpoenaed by your criminal acts.
Sincerely,
Member of California Alliance for Retired Americans
Member of National Active and Retired Federal Employees
Honorably Discharged Regular Army Veteran
Vietnam Service as U.S. Merchant Mariner
Incl
You put yourselves on their radar by meeting in Columbia to try to solve their problems. Don't we have ambassadors to do that?
The FBI is doing what they are paid to do.
I am so tired of you radicals that cause trouble in this country, whining, that it is someone else's fault.
You may need the FBI someday to protect you from the terrorist that have already killed 3000 Americans.
It could be seen as convorting with the enemy. They are sworn to protect this country from all terrorist, foreign and domestic.
Let the FBI do their job. All of our actions have consequences, but, the whiniers want to call it someone else's fault. Take responsibility for your own actions, they obviously had enough evidence to have a judge sign a search warrant.
HAGO
We must defend those whom have had their civil liberties violated by the Federal Bureau of Injustice. Protesting the wars abroad, the lack of jobs at home, domestic & foreign racism, and giving support to movements abroad that are trying to acheive their own civil rights is not a crime. Its a moral imperative.