The “Other” Green Scare?
Apr 12th, 2007 by Will Potter
Some bloggers have called the “War on Terror” the “Green Scare” for other reasons: green is the color of Islam. Check out this post, and here’s another, ok and one more.
I think it’s an important reminder of how far-reaching the War on Terrorism is, how many lives have been affected by the scare-mongering, and how important it is for environmental and animal rights activists to work wtih other social movements. Arab-Americans, remember, were rounded up, and many were assaulted verbally and physically, in the weeks after 9/11 (and are still targeted today).
People in your business should be made aware of the new surveillance agents program that has recently been put in place, not just in the U.S. but also in Canada and Europe, since you people are prime targets of surveillance.
“The striking thing about it is that the surveillance agents use funny gadgets. The most typical are ear phones and ipods or CD players or things of that sort. The surveillance agents walk around with these pretending to be listening to music. But they also use cell phones, lap tops, or have casts on their arms and legs pretending to have injured limbs, or they walk with canes or roll around in wheel chairs. There are bugs and cameras hidden in these, and the ipods are especially used as a communication device. (The news about Apple’s spectacular success in the market with its ipods is only a cover for the many surveillance agents wearing them on streets and in metros.) As for the surveillance agents, they range from teenagers through young adults to senior citizens, but the most notable are disgruntled males, since it is especially the economically dispossessed who would take up this job. This is especially the case in North America. The surveillance agents ride in metros and buses, sit in coffee houses, or just walk around the streets. They are everywhere. These amateur agents don’t particularly follow the targets of their surveillance, but are simply installed in every corner of the environment in which their target moves about. Although the program is supposed to be classified or things like that, it is actually widely known. This new thing is especially introduced by the Department of Homeland Security. And by now DHS has operations around the world. It has thus brought this program to Europe and Asia as well.”
Forget about the FBI; I think the agency that would give you most troubles is Homeland Security.