[GeoStL] Re: The saga continues RE: Re: NCR: I made the New York Times today: A Man, a Plan, a Dam. Then, an F.B.I. Call. - New York Times

  • From: "Jim Bensman" <junkmailno@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 23:35:39 -0500

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Go to http://www.msnbc.msn.com/   

Click on US News and my picture comes up as the top story.

I simply cannot believe this.  

Jim Bensman
"Nature Bats Last" 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:geocaching-
> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Susan Ring
> Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006 8:24 PM
> To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [GeoStL] Re: The saga continues RE: Re: NCR: I made the New York
> Times today: A Man, a Plan, a Dam. Then, an F.B.I. Call. - New York Times
> 
> -
> 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"
> >
> >
> >
> >
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