From the CIA’s website. I have raised concerns about the “War on Terrorism” rhetoric expanding to environmentalists and animal rights activists (the SHAC 7, the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act). But no one is safe from this scare-mongering. Now, judging by this logo, it seems the CIA is using the War on Terrorism to target ninjas. With the U.S. government throwing its muscle around, will this unfairly tilt the scales in the eternal battle of pirates vs. ninjas? Discuss.

From the CIA’s website. I have raised concerns about the “War on Terrorism” rhetoric expanding to environmentalists and animal rights activists (the SHAC 7, the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act). But no one is safe from this scare-mongering. Now, judging by this logo, it seems the CIA is using the War on Terrorism to target ninjas. With the U.S. government throwing its muscle around, will this unfairly tilt the scales in the eternal battle of pirates vs. ninjas? Discuss.

Remember Osama bin Laden? You know, September 11, planes into buildings, thousands of people murdered? The one President Bush called the architect of 9/11, the symbol of international terrorism, who will be brought to justice “dead or alive”? Well, the CIA has shut down the unit tracking him.

The CIA says times have changed. The New York Times reports CIA officials say the move “reflects a belief that the agency can better deal with high-level threats by focusing on regional trends rather than on specific organizations or individuals.”

So let’s get this straight: Osama bin Laden, who orchestrated what is arguably the most significant attack ever on U.S. soil, killing thousands of people, is no longer a priority. Meanwhile, the government is spending valuable anti-terrorism resources going after individuals responsible for property crimes in the name of the environment– that have never killed anyone– and smearing anyone that is in any way ideologically associated with them.

It’s the politics of the T-word taken to a sickening extreme.

Lawmakers and the Bush administration constantly invoke imagery of 9/11 and its victims, but I wonder how those victims feel about closing the case on bin Laden while wasting law enforcement resources on non-violent “eco-terrorists.” They’re probably furious, but at the end of the day they don’t have the political clout to do anything about it.

Corporations, on the other hand, do. That’s why property crimes and civil disobedience are labeled “terrorism,” and the feds are sinking so much cash into rounding up activists. And that’s why lawmakers keep pushing this absurd “eco-terrorism” legislation.” Corporations have invested a lot in these politicians, and they want results.