[ql06] PUBLIC: FBI and anti-terror campaigns
- From: "Ken Campbell" <2kc16@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 07:15:28 -0500
[Elaine is a classic, "radical" defence attorney; check out her site, at
article end. Ken.]
FBI to Website Owner: "We Are Watching You"
By ELAINE CASSEL
Counter Punch
November 7, 2003
Cryptome is a web site (www.cryptome.org) dedicated to investigating and
publishing accounts of government improprieties, particularly as they
relate to secrecy and First Amendment violations. On November 4, FBI
agents visited the website's New York City office and met with site
owner John Young.
Both agents, who are identified on the site and who left their official
cards, said that they had information that Cryptome was a source of
information that could be used to "harm the United States." Prior
investigations by the FBI, the agent admitted, had not found any
evidence of criminal wrongdoing, but the FBI was fearful that
information on the site would end up in the "wrong" hands. Cryptome was
asked to report to the FBI any "gut feeling" they had that its
information would be a "threat" to the U.S.
One agent said that visits like these are increasingly common as the
government seeks out information on threats to the U.S. The agents said
they would "write up" a report on their visit. The agents asked that
their names not be published, but Cryptome refused to honor that
request. One reason for their request of anonymity is so that
information about them cannot be pulled from one of many databases
available online. (Funny how government agents don't want to be the
source of data mining, but they certainly want to use it against us.)
Cryptome has a host of documents on its website, most government
documents obtained from various sources. The site says it will not
remove any document without a valid court order and no order has ever
been served on them.
Young is no doubt aware that the FBI has probably already given his name
to NYPD and that they will keep their eye out on him, pursuant to new
regulations in which the feds ask local cops to help them rein in
"suspicious" persons. Lucky for us that Young is watching the FBI.
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Elaine Cassel practices law in Virginia and the District of Columbia,
teaches law and psychology, and follows the Bush regime's dismantling of
the Constitution at Civil Liberties Watch
(http://babelogue.citypages.com:8080/ecassel/). She can be reached at:
ecassel1@xxxxxxx
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