Scott DeMuth

Accused “Animal Enterprise Terrorist” Scott DeMuth Pleads Guilty to Lesser Charge

Scott DeMuth pleaded guilty today to a misdemeanor conspiracy charge for releasing ferrets from a Minnesota farm. As part of the deal, he will no longer be charged with conspiracy to commit “animal enterprise terrorism” in relation to a University of Iowa Animal Liberation Front raid.

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FBI Harasses Sociology Professor Who Has Spoken Against Labeling His Student a “Terrorist”

David Pellow, a Professor of Sociology at the University of Minnesota, has been outspoken against the government’s attempts to label his student, Scott DeMuth, a terrorist. Recently the FBI came knocking at his door.

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FBI Bases Iowa ALF Case on Facebook, Speaking Event, YouTube

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, […]

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Prior to Raid, Fur Farmers Labeled Peter Young’s Report a “Terrorist Handbook”

Peter Young’s home was raided the FBI this week, and the search warrant repeatedly mentions his name in relation to “animal enterprise terrorism.” In the last article we looked at how this Utah raid is, ostensibly, related to the investigation of an Animal Liberation Front raid at the University of Iowa. As with all of […]

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BREAKING: FBI Raids Activist House in Utah, Connected to Iowa ALF Investigation

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 who were there witnessing the raid, and who were able to read […]

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Grad Student Indicted on Terrorism Charges

As a follow up to David Pellow’s guest post, “My Student is a Sociologist, Not a Terrorist,” here is an update from his grad student facing terrorism charges, Scott DeMuth. DeMuth has been indicted for conspiracy to commit “animal enterprise terrorism” in relation to the unsolved Animal Liberation Front raid at the University of Iowa. […]

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My Student is a Sociologist, Not a Terrorist

The following is a guest essay written by David Naguib Pellow, a Professor of Sociology at the University of Minnesota and faculty advisor of Scott DeMuth: On November 17, 2009, Scott DeMuth was jailed for contempt of court, since he refused to answer questions posed to him by a federal grand jury in Davenport, Iowa. […]

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Scott Demuth Free Despite Emergency Government Motion Labeling Him an “Anarchist”

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 […]

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Minneapolis Activist Indicted for Conspiracy to Violate Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act

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 […]

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