FBI was aware of plan for snipers on Occupy Houston

[ellenrr]

As the Occupy Houston movement gained steam in 2011, the FBI was aware of a plan to use snipers to take out leaders of the movement, according to FBI documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request.

The highly redacted documents do not point to any FBI involvement in the plan. Agency spokeswoman Shauna Dunlap said that it's premature to draw conclusions about the documents because the publicly released information is incomplete.

The documents do raise questions about how much the FBI knew about the plot, said Houston attorney Paul Kennedy, who represented several of the Occupy protesters in misdemeanor cases.

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/FBI-documents-include-discussion-of-sniper-use-on-4698431.php

[Jackpine Radical]

1. Now you know why the Occupy movement has eschewed leaders.

It's as if they took their cues from Brafman & Beckstrom:

(From the Amazon blurb: )

If you cut off a spider's head, it dies; if you cut off a starfish's leg it grows a new one, and that leg can grow into an entirely new starfish. Traditional top-down organizations are like spiders, but now starfish organizations are changing the face of business and the world.

What?s the hidden power behind the success of Wikipedia, craigslist, and Skype? What do eBay and General Electric have in common with the abolitionist and women?s rights movements? What fundamental choice put General Motors and Toyota on vastly different paths?

Ori Brafman and Rod Beckstrom have discovered some unexpected answers, gripping stories, and a tapestry of unlikely connections. The Starfish and the Spider explores what happens when starfish take on spiders and reveals how established companies and institutions, from IBM to Intuit to the U.S. government, are also learning how to incorporate starfish principles to achieve success.

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. WHOSE plan was it, anyone know?

How can it be reported that the FBI knew there was a plan, but we are not told WHO originated the plan?
Or did I miss something in the reading?

[Bay Boy]

3. It must have been planned by a starfish organization....

...like what was being discussed.