[ SHOWGSD-L ] Support Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act Now!
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This one we support...write your Senators today.
Paul
Subject: Support Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act Now!
Press Release - September 10, 2006
For information contact: National Animal Interest
Alliance (NAIA)
http://www.naiaonline.org/
naia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
503-761-1139
Stop Animal "Rights" Terrorists:
Close Loopholes In Current U.S. Law
National Animal Interests Alliance
Endorses S 1926, The Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act
NAIA applauds Senator James Inhofe (R-OK), Chairman of
the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and Senator Dianne Feinstein
(D-CA), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee for introducing the Animal
Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA) S 1926.
This bill targets the growing number of homegrown
terrorists who have planted firebombs everywhere from university research labs,
to private homes and corporate offices.right here in the USA .
"This bipartisan bill is desperately needed so that
the U.S. Department of Justice can respond to changes that have occurred in
animal rights terrorist tactics since the last comprehensive legislation was
passed," said NAIA National Director Patti Strand. "Earlier legislation
criminalized direct attacks against animal enterprises. Today's terrorists
shield themselves from prosecution under that law by attacking indirect
targets, third parties doing business with these enterprises."
"Closing these loopholes is necessary to protect
law-abiding Americans from violence and threats of violence. The Animal
Enterprise Terrorism Act will do so without compromising our precious civil
liberties," said NAIA President Dr. Larry Katz. "We believe that passage of
AETA could mark a turning point in the fight against animal rights and eco-
terrorism."
NAIA urges you to contact your senators now and ask
them to support S 1926. Click here to contact them easily:
http://capwiz.com/naiatrust/issues/alert/?alertid=9000716&type=CO
Since NAIA was founded in 1991, we have worked non-stop
to expose the ties between the underground criminals that attack in the name of
animal rights and the above-ground animal charities that promote their cause.
We lobbied for passage of the first Animal Enterprise Protection Act (AEPA) in
1992 and in the interim have endorsed and participated in several efforts
to strengthen this law. (1)
In the mid-1990s, the FBI named militant animal and
environmental groups as domestic terrorists. In 2002 Congress stiffened
penalties in the AEPA. (2) Last year the FBI listed animal rights and
eco-terrorists as the country's leading domestic terrorism threat. (3) Law
enforcement agencies have launched far-ranging investigations into the
activities of the Animal Liberation Front, the Earth Liberation Front, and
other aggressive groups (4) The results have been superb: In the past few
months, grand juries issued numerous indictments leading to several guilty
verdicts.
In January, the FBI announced 65 indictments of 11
suspected eco-terrorists for arsons and other crimes against legitimate
businesses, including the $12 million firebombing of a ski resort in Vail,
Colorado.(5)
In February, convicted arsonist Rodney Coronado (6) was
indicted for teaching radicals how to make and use incendiary devices. Coronado
has presented his tutorial to several fanatic audiences; arsons and other raids
often punctuated his appearances.(7)
In March, Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty and six of its
members were convicted of terrorism against Huntingdon Life Sciences. (8) U.S.
Attorney Christopher Christie hailed the verdict as one of national
significance. "There is no place in a democratic, law-abiding society for
extremists who incite or use violence and intimidation as a means to an end,"
he said.
SHAC and its members were found guilty of direct action
against HLS, but they and other militant groups and individuals were also
implicated in crimes against employees of securities companies, the New York
Stock Exchange, pharmaceutical firms, and other businesses that maintain
business relationships with Huntingdon. The use of these third-party attacks,
which were not covered under the existing AEPA, makes it clear that extremists
will exploit any loopholes in the law to continue their assaults on companies
and individuals who use animals. These reprehensible attacks resulted in
personal traumas, financial loss, and property damage against innocent people
pursuing lawful careers and lifestyles. (9)
Skip Boruchin, a market maker for Legacy Trading
Company, told a Senate hearing committee last October that his family, his
neighbors, and his company had been the targets of constant harassment because
he traded in HLS stock: (10)
"Daily thousands of obscene and threatening phone
calls, to home and office at all hours, day or night; outright slander calling
me a 'child pornographer' in the media and all over the internet," he told the
senators. "When these threats and actions did not work, SHAC moved to far more
dangerous and insidious tactics. Describing me as the 'dreaded Legacy,' SHAC
brought their crimes of terror to my home, office and family. One day I awoke
to find that SHAC had been in my yard. They spray-painted large messages like
'Puppy Killer' 'Drop HLS' all over the entire house. They wrote 'Skip is a
murderer.' 'Nine Million Dead' on my garage door."
And the attacks continue. In July of this year, a UCLA
animal research scientist was the target of animal rights terrorists who
mistakenly left an incendiary device intended for her at her 70 year old
neighbor's house instead. The following month a colleague threw in the towel,
citing the constant attacks by terrorists as the cause.
The incidents and stories referenced above, including
Skip Boruchin's, are not unique. Others folded when victimized by SHAC, but
Borochin chose instead to tell a Senate committee of his experience as a
target. The result was introduction of S 1926 and HR 4239 to address these
heinous offenses. Among other goals, these bills:
· Prohibit the intentional damaging of property of a
person or entity having a connection to, relationship with, or transactions
with an animal enterprise;
· Prohibit veiled threats to individuals and their
families because of their relationship with an animal enterprise; and
· Prohibit conspiracies or attempts to commit such
damage or threats.
NAIA and NAIA Trust respect lawful protest and
individual expression, but when a spokesman for the Animal Liberation Front
brazenly states that murder is acceptable in the pursuit of the animal rights
agenda, and a Texas philosophy professor publicly declares that property
destruction is acceptable as a method of stopping animal use, it is time to
increase federal restrictions of behavior that the FBI has labeled "one of our
highest domestic terrorism priorities."
What you can do:
1. Go to http://capwiz.com/naiatrust/home to find out
who represents you at the federal, state and local level. Then go to
http://capwiz.com/naiatrust/issues/alert/?alertid=9000716&type=CO and write
your U.S Representative and Senators and urge them to support AETA, S 1926, and
to sign on as cosponsors of S 1926 and HR 4239 if they have not yet done so.
2. Pick up the phone and call your senators. Let them
know how important this issue is to you. Here's the Washington DC telephone
number. 202-224-3121. You can get your senators' local numbers from the
Washington office.
____________________________________________________
Notes:
1. "NAIA calls on President Bush to act against animal
rights' extremists,"
http://www.naiaonline.org/body/articles/archives/Bushrel(6-1-1)b.htm, and
"Action Alert: Anti terrorism bill,"
http://www.naiaonline.org/body/articles/archives/actionrequest.htm
2. "Terrorism law strengthened but for radicals, it's
business as usual " http://www.naiaonline.org/body/articles/archives/terror.htm
and "Animal rights and environmental extremists use intimidation and violence
to achieve their ends,"
http://www.naiaonline.org/body/articles/archives/arterror.htm
3. "USA Patriot Act also covers terrorist acts of
radical animal rights, environmental, and anti-capitalist groups,"
http://www.naiaonline.org/body/articles/archives/patriot_act.htm, and
http://thomas.loc.gov/ for USA Patriot Act.
4. ACLU FOIA requests/releases by theme,
http://www.aclu.org/safefree/spyfiles/24011res20060131.html, then scroll down
to links for FBI/PeTA investigation.
5. When greenies go nuts: tales of the eco-11
terrorists by By James Vesely, the Seattle Time, January 22, 2006 ,
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2002752199_vesely22.html
6. Coronado sentencing memorandum,
http://www.naiaonline.org/body/pdfs/coronadosentencingmemorandum.pdf
7. " California arson fits domestic terrorist pattern!"
http://www.naiaonline.org/body/ca_arson_terrorist(8-7-03).htm
8. "SHAC attack: Feds indict animal rights group, seven
radicals as domestic terrorists for attacks on researchers,"
http://www.naiaonline.org/body/articles/archives/shac.htm, and
http://www.consumerfreedom.com/news_detail.cfm/headline/2983 .
9. U.S. Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works
Terrorism Hearing Statements, October 26, 2005 ,
http://epw.senate.gov/hearing_statements.cfm?id=247470
10. Statement of Skip Borochin before the U.S. Senate
Committee on Environment & Public Works Terrorism Hearing, October 26, 2005.
http://epw.senate.gov/hearing_statements.cfm?id=247793
11. Article about researchers under attack in
California :
http://www.upi.com/HealthBusiness/view.php?StoryID=20060808-042008-5713r
12. Senate's press release announcing the bi-partisan
Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, S 1926:
http://epw.senate.gov/pressitem.cfm?party=rep&id=262681
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