Posted in Activists Arrested, Legal Issues on Apr 9th, 2010
An FBI affidavit has just been released in the investigation of the 2004 Animal Liberation Front break-in at the University of Iowa. It shows the stream-of-consciousness approach the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force took to the investigation, including surfing MySpace and Facebook and using an informant to identify activists on YouTube.
The affidavit from October, [...]
Posted in Legal Issues, Police Harassment & Abuse on Mar 15th, 2010
FBI raid of Salt Lake City house of animal rights activists. Photo by Jordan Halliday.FBI agents and law enforcement from multiple agencies have raided a well-known activist group house in Salt Lake City, Utah, today in connection with an investigation of Animal Liberation Front crimes in Iowa.
I just got off the phone with multiple housemates [...]
Posted in Activism & Activists' Response, Activists Arrested, Legal Issues on Dec 1st, 2009
The government filed an emergency motion to keep an activist in jail because he is an “anarchist” and “domestic terrorist” who associates with a “subversive,” but in a response issued Monday, an Iowa district court didn’t buy it. Scott Demuth will be released pending his trial.
Demuth has been indicted on animal enterprise terrorism charges [...]
Posted in Activists Arrested, Federal Terrorism Laws, Grand Juries, Legal Issues, Legislation on Nov 20th, 2009
Scott DeMuth, a Minneapolis activist, has been indicted for conspiracy to violate the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, apparently in relation to a 2004 Animal Liberation Front raid at the University of Iowa. He faces up to 5 years in prison. His indictment marks a continued expansion of the scope of the new terrorism law, which [...]
Posted in Activism & Activists' Response, Grand Juries, Legal Issues on Oct 19th, 2009
Carrie Feldman refuses to cooperate with a grand jury that apparently is investigating an ALF raid at the University of Iowa.
The War on Terrorism has come home. Corporations and politicians are labeling activists "eco-terrorists" and national security threats. Think red-baiting, with a green twist. Here you'll find original reporting and analysis of the Green Scare, and history repeating itself.