Grand Juries

Activist Resisting Grand Jury Witch Hunt Released From Jail

Jeff Hogg was released from jail this week, six months after refusing to cooperate with a federal Green Scare grand jury investigating “eco-terrorism.” Hogg, 33, is a longtime environmental activist and nursing student from Eugene, Ore. He was jailed on Thursday, May 18, when U.S. District Judge Michael Hogan found him in contempt for refusing […]

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Animal Activist Faces Contempt Charges for Resisting Grand Jury Witch Hunt

During the Red Scare it didn’t matter if you actually were a commie: merely associating with one or having similar political views was used as grounds for harassment (not that the scare-mongering was justified against card-carrying communists, either, in any way). The guilt by association tactic of the Red Scare is alive and kicking in […]

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Grand Juries Used to Target Journalists, Green Scare Style

Grand juries have been used around the country in political witch hunts and fishing expeditions to go after law-abiding activists. The activists are called before the grand juries, which are ostensibly investigating actions by underground groups, and pressed to testify about their political activities. Activists, in turn, frequently refuse to answer questions about their political […]

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Coping With Repression: The Chilling Effect of “Eco-terrorism” Rhetoric

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] “Coping With Repression” Delivered by Will Potter at the national animal rights conference August 11, 2006 11 a.m. Good morning. My name is Will Potter. I’m a reporter and I focus on how the War on Terrorism has affected civil liberties, and specifically I focus on the Green […]

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