Non-Violent Keystone XL Activists = 'Eco-Terrorists,' According to TransCanada Documents
Non-Violent Keystone XL Activists = 'Eco-Terrorists,' According to TransCanada Documents
Published on Friday, June 14, 2013 by DeSmogBlog.com
Vague language also ensnares journalists, researchers and academics
by Steve Horn
Documents recently obtained by Bold Nebraska show that TransCanada - owner of the hotly-contested Keystone XL (KXL) tar sands pipeline - has colluded with an FBI/DHS Fusion Center in Nebraska, labeling non-violent activists as possible candidates for "terrorism" charges and other serious criminal charges.
Further, the language in some of the documents is so vague that it could also ensnare journalists, researchers and academics, as well.
TransCanada also built a roster of names and photos of specific individuals involved in organizing against the pipeline, including 350.org's Rae Breaux, Rainforest Action Network's Scott Parkin and Tar Sands Blockade's Ron Seifert. Further, every activist ever arrested protesting the pipeline's southern half is listed by name with their respective photo shown, along with the date of arrest.
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Journalism Could be Terrorism/Criminal According to FBI/DHS Fusion Center Presentation
An April 2013 presentation given by John McDermott - a Crime Analyst at the Nebraska Information Analysis Center (NIAC), the name of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funded Nebraska-based Fusion Center - details all of the various "suspicious activities" that could allegedly prove a "domestic terrorism" plot in-the-make.
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https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/06/14