- I just clicked on a a "Yahoo most viewed news story" that said "Activist's remarks starts FBI probe" not having any idea what it was about and lo and behold up pops your picture. Yep, you've hit the big time! Susan On Aug 26, 2006, at 5:55 PM, Jim Bensman wrote: > - > (no political comments this time), for those who are interested: > Since the > New York Times article, the story has exploded (pun intended) around > the > country. Yesterday after running a second story when the ACOE > admitted they > called the FBI on me, the New York Times ran an editorial about me! > The > story also appeared in other papers around the country. Yesterday, the > Associated Press took my picture in front of the dam for a national > wire > story. I think it got released about 6 hours ago. I just googled > Bensman > on google news and there are already 60 stories around the world > showing up > (even the London Guardian). I am just utterly amazed that this all > started > from me posting my story on some lists Sunday. Here is the editorial > the > New York Times wrote yesterday (I am still in disbelief): > > The New York Times > > Published: August 25, 2006 > > > We've been fascinated by the story of how Jim Bensman of Alton, > Illinois, > went to a hearing about fish and wound up as a potential terrorism > suspect. > > As Cornelia Dean reported in The New York Times, the Army Corps of > Engineers > held a meeting in Bensman's neighborhood to talk about helping those > fish > swim around the locks and dams it has constructed on the Mississippi > River > over the years. One option - clearly not the Corps' favorite - was to > eliminate a dam in East Alton. To illustrate that idea, the > presentation > included a picture of a dam being dynamited. > > Bensman rose later to support removing the dam. Big mistake. A local > paper > reported that Bensman told the Corps he "would like to see the dam > blown > up." A Corps security officer read the report. He decided that Bensman > was > threatening a public facility. > > An FBI agent then contacted Bensman, who was surprised to learn that > U.S. > investigators believed a terrorist might announce his plans at a public > hearing. When the agent said he wanted to visit his home, it occurred > to > Bensman that he needed a lawyer. At that point, Bensman said, the agent > threatened to "put you down as not cooperating." > > All this started because Bensman believes the Army Corps builds way > too many > locks and dams on the Mississippi. We have always thought so, too. But > not > in any way, shape or form that involves any kind of sabotage > whatsoever. > > > > Jim Bensman > "Nature Bats Last" > > > > > **************************************** > For List Info or To make _ANY_ changes, including unsubscribing from > this > list, click -----> http://www.freelists.org/list/geocaching > Missouri Caches Scheduled to be Archived http://tinyurl.com/87cqw > **************************************** For List Info or To make _ANY_ changes, including unsubscribing from this list, click -----> http://www.freelists.org/list/geocaching Missouri Caches Scheduled to be Archived http://tinyurl.com/87cqw