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Left Coast2020

(2,397 posts)
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 01:34 AM Jul 2013

WTF? Who Wanted to Kill Occupy Leaders?

Last edited Wed Jul 3, 2013, 01:40 AM - Edit history (1)

A Freedom of Information Act request filed by the Washington, D.C.-based Partnership for Civil Justice Fund yielded an FBI document containing knowledge of a plot by an unnamed group or individual to kill "leaders" of the Houston chapter of the nonviolent Occupy Wall Street movement.

Here's what the document said, according to WhoWhatWhy:

An identified [DELETED] as of October planned to engage in sniper attacks against protestors (sic) in Houston, Texas if deemed necessary. An identified [DELETED] had received intelligence that indicated the protesters in New York and Seattle planned similar protests in Houston, Dallas, San Antonio and Austin, Texas. [DELETED] planned to gather intelligence against the leaders of the protest groups and obtain photographs, then formulate a plan to kill the leadership via suppressed sniper rifles. (Note: protests continued throughout the weekend with approximately 6000 persons in NYC. 'Occupy Wall Street' protests have spread to about half of all states in the US, over a dozen European and Asian cities, including protests in Cleveland (10/6-8/11) at Willard Park which was initially attended by hundreds of protesters.)

http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/18199-fbi-documents-show-plot-to-kill-occupy-leaders

We are/have become a totalitarian nation. The corporate powers that be are trying to snuff us out for their bottom line.

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WTF? Who Wanted to Kill Occupy Leaders? (Original Post) Left Coast2020 Jul 2013 OP
did you miss this the first time? arely staircase Jul 2013 #1
Who do you think the NSA surveillence is for? HooptieWagon Jul 2013 #2
I suspect you're right. TDale313 Jul 2013 #5
the majority of fisa warrants are for drugs. not terrorists. HiPointDem Jul 2013 #8
Odd, considering how the big banks continue money laundering unabated. Octafish Jul 2013 #32
The FBI uncovered a plot by someone or some organization to potentially assassinate Fire Walk With Me Jul 2013 #3
that was messed up how they let that sniper shoot all those protestors arely staircase Jul 2013 #6
Mentioning intent to kill, especially for political purposes, is a crime and is a terrorist threat Fire Walk With Me Jul 2013 #7
that I have no problem with what? arely staircase Jul 2013 #11
Do you refer to the plot the FBI discovered, the astonishing income inequality US citizens Fire Walk With Me Jul 2013 #16
Oh not to worry, they only nearly killed two Iraq Veterans, poor souls thought they had been sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #58
that isn't near as bad as all those the sniper in houston killed ntt arely staircase Jul 2013 #66
I think that when War Veterans are nearly killed by Robo Cops exercising their Constitutional rights sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #73
I'm trying to keep my comments to the OP nt arely staircase Jul 2013 #77
I'm responding to comments in a thread which is what we do here. sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #78
well why are you responding to my comments which are about the op? arely staircase Jul 2013 #79
Same reason you are responding to mine. Is there some rule that people cannot respond sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #81
wtf is your problem exactly? limpyhobbler Jul 2013 #67
nothing in that memo proves anything other than they heard about some threat arely staircase Jul 2013 #70
The House DHS Chairman said: johnnyreb Jul 2013 #64
Hence the bloody Houston sniper attack, will any of us ever forget that? nt arely staircase Jul 2013 #69
This post is a repeat from a questionable source. The FBI never wanted to kill anyone in occupy. nt okaawhatever Jul 2013 #4
Holy shizz! Who amongst us doesn't remember that terrible mass shooting of all those Occupy folk? struggle4progress Jul 2013 #9
so you don't care about income inequality? arely staircase Jul 2013 #12
I thought Kaiser Permanente was doing the anal probes now.... Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #22
Dave Lindorff thinks the CIA was behind the Boston bombing. Cali_Democrat Jul 2013 #10
Lindorff brought up the fact the brothers have a CIA connection: Octafish Jul 2013 #36
Bullshit. Cha Jul 2013 #13
I always love a well reasons, logical argument repudiating a point Nanjing to Seoul Jul 2013 #14
All of which are more coherent than the OP nt arely staircase Jul 2013 #15
Not saying this, that or the other thing. I just find the response "bullshit" to be a bit Nanjing to Seoul Jul 2013 #17
some things are bullshit arely staircase Jul 2013 #18
Again, not disagreeing. . .just want more logic than "bullshit." Nanjing to Seoul Jul 2013 #19
Some things don't deserve more logic than "bullshit" snooper2 Jul 2013 #35
"Maybe there should be an IQ test before you are allowed to use the Internet" Number23 Jul 2013 #75
LOL. You want more logic? Okay... "fucking bullshit". There you go. phleshdef Jul 2013 #72
.. Cha Jul 2013 #20
You know,....when you REALLY think about it, those don't go well together.... Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #23
The FBI discovered a plot to kill Occupiers. The FBI confirm this is real. Here are the actual docs. Fire Walk With Me Jul 2013 #21
Houston, we have a problem. Eddie Haskell Jul 2013 #24
they did it with the black liberation movement datasuspect Jul 2013 #25
How would deaths due to sniper attacks be explained? KansDem Jul 2013 #26
Are you supposed to fix the problems with the plan? JackRiddler Jul 2013 #83
I'm not surprised, but this is amazing news NoMoreWarNow Jul 2013 #27
this DailyKos post is more coherent about the story NoMoreWarNow Jul 2013 #28
At DU, the FBI investigating a plot to kill Occupy Leaders... SidDithers Jul 2013 #29
The Tea Party isn't big enough to hold geek tragedy Jul 2013 #34
I'm thinking the same thing!! Sweet Jesus! Number23 Jul 2013 #74
At DU, thank goodness, some are unafraid to ask why the FBI would entertain such an idea. Octafish Jul 2013 #30
The FBI did NOT entertain this idea. MineralMan Jul 2013 #41
Agree 100%. What bothers me is that FBI knew of a threat serious enough to HardTimes99 Jul 2013 #43
It's not clear to me from what is presented. MineralMan Jul 2013 #46
There's no doubt in my mind that the OP completely misconstrued the HardTimes99 Jul 2013 #54
Well, if the threat were credible, I certainly hope people MineralMan Jul 2013 #60
So, the document shows the FBI knew a company discussed assassinating OWS leaders... Octafish Jul 2013 #51
No, I didn't hear about any arrests, either. MineralMan Jul 2013 #53
Judi Barri was 'deemed' a 'terrorist' even though she was peaceful, law abiding citizen. Octafish Jul 2013 #61
Again, I'm not sure what any of those incidents have to do MineralMan Jul 2013 #62
They demonstrate how assassination is acceptable in certain quarters of the national security state. Octafish Jul 2013 #63
Why would they investigate a plot like this? Because it's their job. pnwmom Jul 2013 #57
I don't think your post says what you think it says. MineralMan Jul 2013 #31
I'm glad I don't live in your world. nt geek tragedy Jul 2013 #33
Jury results: geek tragedy Jul 2013 #37
Well. Not everyone believes in censorship. Octafish Jul 2013 #38
Would you advocate allowing birther threads at DU? geek tragedy Jul 2013 #39
The document is from the FBI. Octafish Jul 2013 #49
Blatantly misrepresenting and lying about its contents is not discussion. nt geek tragedy Jul 2013 #50
Agreed. Here are the FBI documents. I've no problem with letting DUers read them for themselves. Octafish Jul 2013 #52
the people intending to shoot them. geek tragedy Jul 2013 #59
The people who voted to leave this... Javaman Jul 2013 #65
Even the jurors that left it alone think that the thread is a steaming pile of stupid Number23 Jul 2013 #76
I'm just curious. Were you planning to return to this thread MineralMan Jul 2013 #40
I'm also curious. The OP cites his or her misreading of the doc as HardTimes99 Jul 2013 #44
28 recs. Reflects a certain mindset around here, nt geek tragedy Jul 2013 #45
Well, the OP doesn't post very frequently, it seems. MineralMan Jul 2013 #47
While your headline is not accurate. I do wonder what the organization was that had such plans. morningfog Jul 2013 #42
That would be interesting to know. However, the FBI doesn't MineralMan Jul 2013 #48
Yes the headline needs to be changed. And it is disconcerting that entrapment cases were used think Jul 2013 #56
WTF! Why are you blaming the FBI for INVESTIGATING other people pnwmom Jul 2013 #55
Sorry but a subject line that misleading can't be accidental, IMO. DevonRex Jul 2013 #68
I Just Finished Reading "Hit Man" AND ChiciB1 Jul 2013 #71
Junk like this should move to the truther/birther forum. tritsofme Jul 2013 #80
this is the second time it has been posted in less than a week nt arely staircase Jul 2013 #82
I just stumbled across this during a news search. Thanks for posting, indeed. eom Purveyor Jul 2013 #84

Octafish

(55,745 posts)
32. Odd, considering how the big banks continue money laundering unabated.
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 10:17 AM
Jul 2013

Back in the day it was Nugan-Hand and Riggs Bank. Now, though, it's the big big players.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021963678

And like he did with Bush and Cheney, Holder lets them walk.

 

Fire Walk With Me

(38,893 posts)
3. The FBI uncovered a plot by someone or some organization to potentially assassinate
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 02:09 AM
Jul 2013

Occupy leaders. The FOIA document shows the name of this person or organization in Texas to have been redacted. We don't know who. The point is, the FBI appear to have done nothing about it.

With friends like these...

Read more from the rest of the documents:

Report Details How Counter Terrorism Apparatus Was Used to Monitor Occupy Movement Nationwide

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12527647

It also details how information on Occupy gleaned by government agencies were given to the very corporations we targeted as The Problem. The government, spying on a peaceful movement, sharing the information with corporations. NICE, huh?

Pay no attention to the "Didn't happen" crowd. They're the same ones who demand
-There is no illegal government spying on citizens (proven wrong months ago in these documents)
-Government isn't in cahoots with corporations and the plutonomists (obviously they are)

Oakland's "progressive" democratic mayor Jean Quan let slip that 18 mayors conference-called regarding what to do about Occupy encampments in their cities. This was obviously enjoined and at minimum overseen by DHS and others. And DHS have government membership who are completely against Occupy (Peter King has said straight out that "this cannot be allowed to gain credibility" or similar). Then, a wave of attacks upon encampments...orchestrated. Systematic. By our mayors and government. The violence involved, the 7700 or so arrests, fall under the definitions of domestic terrorism as defined in the "patriot act" and by the FBI themselves, regarding the use or threat of force against a civilian population, especially for political purposes.

Wheeee....

 

Fire Walk With Me

(38,893 posts)
7. Mentioning intent to kill, especially for political purposes, is a crime and is a terrorist threat
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 02:21 AM
Jul 2013

by the FBI's definitions. And they did nothing, arrested no one. Glad you have no problem with that and thank you for your support of the Occupy Wall Street movement, who revealed a problem still not addressed one whit by our pathetic, corporate-owned politicians. But you know about this and reject the situation, correct?


An AMAZING visualization of wealth inequality in America (VIDEO)


 

Fire Walk With Me

(38,893 posts)
16. Do you refer to the plot the FBI discovered, the astonishing income inequality US citizens
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 04:11 AM
Jul 2013

are suffering under, or your capacity to consider the facts placed before you?



That's rhetorical. You are completely willing to overlook anything you don't like instead of considering it and perhaps altering your worldview accordingly. To Ignore you go, long long since overdue.

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
58. Oh not to worry, they only nearly killed two Iraq Veterans, poor souls thought they had been
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 02:30 PM
Jul 2013

'fighting for our freedoms' only to discover they had no rights at all when the Banks feel threatened by their peaceful protests in accordance with that now, old, quaint document known as the US Constitution.

We're still waiting to see some prosecutions for the near killing of our Military Veterans peacefully demonstrating as they thought it was their right to do.

But you can rest easy, so far the perp robo cops are being protected.

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
73. I think that when War Veterans are nearly killed by Robo Cops exercising their Constitutional rights
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 06:59 PM
Jul 2013

under the 1st Amendment of the Constitution, it is not a matter for flippancy. I hope one day those responsible will be brought to justice. Both of those men survived Bush's illegal invasions of other countries, both were on the streets of their own country, under the assumption they had certain rights. Both have learned they do not when Wall St is feeling threatened, and both have learned, along with the world that was watching, that as Ari Fleischer once said, back when he was on the wrong side of things, 'they better watch what they say'.

We all have.

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
78. I'm responding to comments in a thread which is what we do here.
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 07:26 PM
Jul 2013

As I said, I hope the perpetrators of those crimes are one day brought to justice. But for now, we'll have to wait, until the rule of law is re-established. Meantime, everyone needs to watch what they say about Wall St and their puppets, obviously.

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
81. Same reason you are responding to mine. Is there some rule that people cannot respond
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 08:11 PM
Jul 2013

to particular comments? Feel free to respond to any of mine, I have zero problem with people responding to me, even those who have nothing but insults to defend their positions. I'm for complete openness and transparency and can handle anything thrown my way as I defend this country against the defenders of the Surveillance state.

You can use ignore if you like, I don't, but it's there if you don't want to discuss issues with certain people.

My comments are related to the OP, btw.

limpyhobbler

(8,244 posts)
67. wtf is your problem exactly?
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 03:27 PM
Jul 2013

If the cops find out somebody is plotting to murder some political activists, then the cops ought to do something about it such as inform the activists that there could be some danger.

WTF is your purpose in mocking this ?

arely staircase

(12,482 posts)
70. nothing in that memo proves anything other than they heard about some threat
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 03:45 PM
Jul 2013

and investigated it. and as far as informing the activists, who were they supposed to inform exactly? every single person who planned on attending the protests?

johnnyreb

(915 posts)
64. The House DHS Chairman said:
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 03:09 PM
Jul 2013

Peter King, then Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, said about OWS:

"We have to be careful not to allow this to get any legitimacy. I’m taking this seriously in that I’m old enough to remember what happened in the 1960s when the left-wing took to the streets and somehow the media glorified them and it ended up shaping policy. We can’t allow that to happen."



Peter King on the 2004 election, "we'll take care of the counting":

struggle4progress

(118,332 posts)
9. Holy shizz! Who amongst us doesn't remember that terrible mass shooting of all those Occupy folk?
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 02:24 AM
Jul 2013

And now we learn the FBI was behind it!

Really gotta wonder now if the FBI isn't behind all those horrid alien abductions with personal probes we always hear about!

arely staircase

(12,482 posts)
12. so you don't care about income inequality?
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 02:35 AM
Jul 2013

because if you don't believe this whackaloon, tin foil hat conspiracy theory you hate the poor and are obviously a tool for the 1 percent.

 

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)
22. I thought Kaiser Permanente was doing the anal probes now....
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 04:43 AM
Jul 2013

Seems like every member I've met ends up with a colonoscopy.

 

Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts)
10. Dave Lindorff thinks the CIA was behind the Boston bombing.
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 02:29 AM
Jul 2013

This obviously is just more horseshit coming from him.

Octafish

(55,745 posts)
36. Lindorff brought up the fact the brothers have a CIA connection:
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 11:08 AM
Jul 2013

Their Uncle Ruslan married a CIA bigwig Graham Fuller's daughter. Family's in the oil business, natch.

http://nsnbc.me/2013/05/24/the-boston-bombings-and-the-cia-connection-graham-fuller-and-uncle-ruslan-tsarnaev/

Not surprised this part of the story didn't get more traction on Corporate McPravda, but to see it sink on DU is surprising.

Oh well, like Reagan sputtered at the '88 RNC, "Facts are stupid things. Stubborn things."

 

Nanjing to Seoul

(2,088 posts)
14. I always love a well reasons, logical argument repudiating a point
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 04:04 AM
Jul 2013

Bullshit is as good an argument as fuck you, blow me, eat shit and kiss off.

 

Nanjing to Seoul

(2,088 posts)
17. Not saying this, that or the other thing. I just find the response "bullshit" to be a bit
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 04:13 AM
Jul 2013

juvenile without explaining why something is bullshit.

It's like me calling someone a douchebag and saying "just because."

 

snooper2

(30,151 posts)
35. Some things don't deserve more logic than "bullshit"
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 10:39 AM
Jul 2013

It fucking stupid Alex Jones type idiocy that's been posted here for months now..

So we see it, we say, Bullshit...

This thread should be locked and disposed of, it's garnered to much attention as it is. Maybe there should be an IQ test before you are allowed to use the Internet

Number23

(24,544 posts)
75. "Maybe there should be an IQ test before you are allowed to use the Internet"
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 07:16 PM
Jul 2013

OPs like this make this sound like a pretty good idea. If there were IQ tests, judging by the rec list for this foolishness, there'd be 34 fewer folks cruising the web tomorrow than there are today!

 

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)
23. You know,....when you REALLY think about it, those don't go well together....
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 04:46 AM
Jul 2013

....unlike screaming at a tailgater "Get off my ass, dickhead!"

 

Fire Walk With Me

(38,893 posts)
21. The FBI discovered a plot to kill Occupiers. The FBI confirm this is real. Here are the actual docs.
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 04:26 AM
Jul 2013

FBI Response

WhoWhatWhy contacted FBI headquarters in Washington, and asked about this document—which, despite its stunning revelation and despite PCFJ press releases, was (notwithstanding a few online mentions) generally ignored by mainstream and “alternative” press alike.

The agency confirmed that it is genuine and that it originated in the Houston FBI office. (The plot is also referenced in a second document obtained in PCJF’s FOIA response, in this case from the FBI’s Gainesville, Fla., office, which cites the Houston FBI as the source.) That second document actually suggests that the assassination plot, which never was activated, might still be operative should Occupy decisively re-emerge in the area. It states:






From:

http://whowhatwhy.com/2013/06/27/fbi-document-deleted-plots-to-kill-occupy-leaders-if-deemed-necessary/

and the PCFJ:

http://www.justiceonline.org/our-work/ows-foia.html

There's plenty of FOIA info there to browse:

Legal Documents
DHS Occupy Documents #4 Pt2 (267 pages)
(April 2, 2013)
DHS Occupy Documents #4 Pt1 (253 pages)
(April 2, 2013)
FBI Occupy Documents #1 (112 pages)
(December 22, 2012)
DHS Occupy Documents #3 Pt1 (303 pages)
(July 31, 2012)
DHS Occupy Documents #3 Pt2 (309 pages)
(July 31, 2012)

And there's more than that at the PCFJ page.

 

JackRiddler

(24,979 posts)
83. Are you supposed to fix the problems with the plan?
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 11:11 PM
Jul 2013

The FBI has admitted this is a genuine document.

At this point, it's not the job of citizens to question the logic behind the plan.

Here's what matters: Who came up with this? How were they found out? Why aren't they being prosecuted?

SidDithers

(44,228 posts)
29. At DU, the FBI investigating a plot to kill Occupy Leaders...
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 09:58 AM
Jul 2013

is the same as the FBI themselves plotting to kill Occupy leaders.



Sid

Number23

(24,544 posts)
74. I'm thinking the same thing!! Sweet Jesus!
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 07:12 PM
Jul 2013

How the hell does the OP get "FBI wanted to kill Occupiers" out of "FBI uncovers a plot from an UNNAMED GROUP that wanted to kill leaders of one of the Occupy movements?"

DAMN, the crazy is thick around here sometimes. People will not read

Octafish

(55,745 posts)
30. At DU, thank goodness, some are unafraid to ask why the FBI would entertain such an idea.
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 10:03 AM
Jul 2013

Especially considering the government's illegal domestic surveillance program, let alone the FBI's still unexplained roles in the deaths of liberal leaders, civil rights leaders, and others who threatened the status quo.

MineralMan

(146,325 posts)
41. The FBI did NOT entertain this idea.
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 12:57 PM
Jul 2013

It was something planned by a different, non-government group. The FBI was aware of it. Nothing of the sort actually happened. Perhaps the FBI took actions to prevent the plans from occurring.

Nothing in the post says anything about what the FBI did, and another paragraph, which may have done that, was redacted.

The FBI doesn't murder protesters. Wacko right wing groups are the ones you want for that.

 

HardTimes99

(2,049 posts)
43. Agree 100%. What bothers me is that FBI knew of a threat serious enough to
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 01:10 PM
Jul 2013

Merit an investigation but did not warn Houstonians or Occupy Houston. That to me warrants some scrutiny.

MineralMan

(146,325 posts)
46. It's not clear to me from what is presented.
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 01:23 PM
Jul 2013

I can't see any reference to what the FBI did or did not do with regard to this threat. So, I have no idea what they did or did not do.

No such attack occurred, though. That much I do know. Why that was is also not explained in this post or in any of the other material I have seen regarding the threat.

Of course it's of concern and should be scrutinized. However, the conclusion drawn by this poster is patently incorrect, which is my objection to this thread. I don't know of any assassinations of any Occupy participants. I do know about police actions that resulted in injuries to participants, though.

The FBI has been observing, investigating, and attempting to defuse and disrupt protest movements since the early 1960s. No question about that. As a participant in anti-war and civil rights activism in the mid to late 1960s, everyone involved was aware that the FBI was actively investigating those who were involved in planning and carrying out protest activism.

The FBI has also been involved in investigating the Ku Klux Clan and other racist organizations, along with neo-nazi groups and right-wing organizations that plan violence or insurrection-style actions. It's sort of the FBI's job to investigate groups that have the potential to cause violence or illegal actions. How they do that is sometimes over the top, certainly, but I don't believe they're involved in assassination schemes against any such protest movements.

 

HardTimes99

(2,049 posts)
54. There's no doubt in my mind that the OP completely misconstrued the
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 02:26 PM
Jul 2013

nature of the document and reportage of same. It brings discredit upon legitimate criticism of law enforcement to have such whack-a-doodle shit propagated.

However, I wanted to share with you why I raise the concern. At Occupy Los Angeles, it was customary for young children to be at the encampment along with their parents\guardians. Indeed, some of the children there may have actually been camping with their parents. Now I do not know about the situation at Occupy Houston -- perhaps one of our Houstonian colleagues can chime in with his or her memories -- but I do know that no loving parent would willingly and knowingly place his his children in the potential line of fire of a sniper. Furthermore, many of the adult participants at Occupy Houston might have scaled back their participation were they aware that a threat to their wellbeing existed out there.

For the FBI to clam up and simply respond with 'no comment' to all inquiries about this runs counter to my idea of what an accountable democracy looks like. But there's so much shit to be upset and outraged about that I think I shall have to leave it to Occupy Houston and Houstonians to keep rattling the FBI's chains on this matter. If I lived in Houston, though, I would be fucking pissed off (assuming I were not the erstwhile sniper or affiliated with same).

MineralMan

(146,325 posts)
60. Well, if the threat were credible, I certainly hope people
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 02:37 PM
Jul 2013

would be notified. If not, maybe not.

Personally, I'm not fond of people bringing young children to protests. There's always the potential for protests or the response to protests to turn ugly. Provocateurs, as were noted at some of the Occupy actions, along with stupid law enforcement actions, are always a danger, and children aren't equipped to deal with such things well.

I use to argue against the presence of children during the late 60s at anti-war protests in the DC area. Despite the idea that having children present might cause authorities to scale back their response, I never found that a good argument. I was never in a position to keep children away, though, but always raised that issue when it came up.

Street activism always presents some risk to participants. It always has, and probably always will. Sometimes that risk can be truly life-threatening, as in the civil rights protests, where people did die for participating. Usually, the risks are limited to a face full of mace or tear gas. Adults can accept those risks, but I don't think children should be subjected to them.

There have been many "threats" of violence against the Occupy movement. Most were Internet bravado only. I don't know of any assassinations that took place, though.

Octafish

(55,745 posts)
51. So, the document shows the FBI knew a company discussed assassinating OWS leaders...
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 02:20 PM
Jul 2013

...privatized assassination, according to you. That still doesn't explain why I don't recall reading or hearing anywhere that the FBI arrested anyone who discussed assassinating OWS leaders.

That must explain why you wrote the "FBI doesn't murder protestors." Perhaps they outsource. Remember what FBI did to Judi Barri and Earth First! ?

http://www.judibari.org/

MineralMan

(146,325 posts)
53. No, I didn't hear about any arrests, either.
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 02:25 PM
Jul 2013

And the FBI document says nothing about any "company." What I take from that is that there were no arrests, and that the FBI decided that whatever threat may have been made was either not credible or the report of such a threat was incorrect.

The FBI and Secret Service, for example, investigate many, many threats against the President and other elected officials. In the vast majority of cases, they determine that the threat is not credible and do nothing more than warn the person involved that they are aware of the threat and will be watching that person.

I do remember the Judi Barri case, yes. I'm not sure how it applies to this thread, though. The title of the OP said that the FBI was planning to assassinate Occupy "leaders." That's clearly nonsense, even with a cursory reading of the document. That is what I am talking about here.

Octafish

(55,745 posts)
61. Judi Barri was 'deemed' a 'terrorist' even though she was peaceful, law abiding citizen.
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 02:38 PM
Jul 2013

Yet, the FBI was OK with her getting framed as a terrorist and bombed.

Remember what happened to Ronni Moffitt? She just happened to be killed along with Orlando Letelier, the target of Operation CONDOR.

Poppy Bush's CIA was OK with it.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2214484

Octafish

(55,745 posts)
63. They demonstrate how assassination is acceptable in certain quarters of the national security state.
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 02:51 PM
Jul 2013

As one who believes in democracy and that no one is above the law, I find government sanctioned assassination to be most disturbing and un-American.

Remember Operation PHOENIX? That killed thousands in cold blood. Yet, some think it's misunderstood.

pnwmom

(108,990 posts)
57. Why would they investigate a plot like this? Because it's their job.
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 02:28 PM
Jul 2013

Investigating a plot is NOT the same as carrying one out. The OP was completely misleading.

MineralMan

(146,325 posts)
31. I don't think your post says what you think it says.
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 10:17 AM
Jul 2013

What it says is that the FBI knew of this plan, and that's all it says. It doesn't say what the FBI did with that information at all. Nobody killed Occupy "leaders," by using snipers, that I know of. So, perhaps the FBI acted to prevent whatever group this was from carrying out their plan.

Your post title is very misleading, and does not reflect the information in he material you quoted. We can read, you know.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
37. Jury results:
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 11:12 AM
Jul 2013
JURY RESULTS

A randomly-selected Jury of DU members completed their review of this alert at Tue Jul 2, 2013, 10:37 AM, and voted 3-3 to LEAVE IT ALONE.

Juror #1 voted to HIDE IT and said: FBI didn't want to kill anybody. Completely misleading.

Juror #2 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: I agree with the alerter that this post doesn't reflect the reality of the FOIA FBI documents. Having said that, I think that the further discussion/revelations are pertinent to discussions about domestic spying and efforts to keep citizenry safe from terrorist acts, both foreign and domestic. What this tells me is that the poster put this up either in ignorance or to push an agenda, and the rest of the discussion shows the error of his assertion.

Juror #3 voted to HIDE IT and said: Hit and run flame bait and conspiracy nonsense. Be afraid, be very afraid!

Juror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: Ignorance and idiocy are not grounds in and of themselves to hide a post.

Juror #5 voted to HIDE IT and said: No explanation given

Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: It's been sufficiently debunked by posters to this thread. I say let it stand as an example of fear-mongering and lack of critical thinking skills.Thank you.


"Leave it alone" posts in bold.

Octafish

(55,745 posts)
38. Well. Not everyone believes in censorship.
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 12:22 PM
Jul 2013

I wonder if people who believe in censorship also approve of NSA spying on Americans?

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
39. Would you advocate allowing birther threads at DU?
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 12:28 PM
Jul 2013

I don't think it's unacceptable for a discussion board to have rules against crazy talk and blatant lies and falsehoods.

Octafish

(55,745 posts)
52. Agreed. Here are the FBI documents. I've no problem with letting DUers read them for themselves.
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 02:24 PM
Jul 2013

OWS Florida:



OWS Texas:



"...if deemed necessary."

Deemed by whom?

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
59. the people intending to shoot them.
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 02:37 PM
Jul 2013

In general, government plans to assassinate political dissidents wouldn't be labeled "unclassified" and "routine" and then produced via FOIA.

Javaman

(62,533 posts)
65. The people who voted to leave this...
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 03:11 PM
Jul 2013

are under some erroneous impression that everyone on DU actually reads, pays attention and debates in a proper and orderly fashion each controvercial topic on DU.

Sadly, there are no disclaimers with bad posts.

Number23

(24,544 posts)
76. Even the jurors that left it alone think that the thread is a steaming pile of stupid
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 07:19 PM
Jul 2013

Says quite a bit about the 34 special souls that rec'd it.

MineralMan

(146,325 posts)
40. I'm just curious. Were you planning to return to this thread
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 12:54 PM
Jul 2013

and address the issues in the many replies? I'm concerned, because your post title is inaccurate and distorts the story, as many have pointed out. What is your response to that concern?

 

HardTimes99

(2,049 posts)
44. I'm also curious. The OP cites his or her misreading of the doc as
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 01:18 PM
Jul 2013

evidence of 'totalitarianism,' but lacks the decency or integrity to defend or delete the OP. Weird shit!

MineralMan

(146,325 posts)
47. Well, the OP doesn't post very frequently, it seems.
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 01:26 PM
Jul 2013

Perhaps he or she is behaving typically by posting something and then not following up on it. There are a number of DUers who do that as a matter of habit. Since our jury system has seen fit to leave this inaccurate and potentially disruptive post to stand, that's about it. It stands. So it's up to others to point out the errors and inaccuracies in the OP, and several have done so.

 

morningfog

(18,115 posts)
42. While your headline is not accurate. I do wonder what the organization was that had such plans.
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 01:01 PM
Jul 2013

I wish we could see the identities of the person(s) who wanted to shoot occupiers. It seems to have been a local Texas organization. I would really like to know if it was a purely private crazy group or if there was some overlap with public officials in Texas.

MineralMan

(146,325 posts)
48. That would be interesting to know. However, the FBI doesn't
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 01:30 PM
Jul 2013

reveal such things in these FOI responses, unless they are being prosecuted and the names are public information. That's their standard practice in these situations, so I doubt we'll be able to find out.

The reason for them not revealing identities is because many false reports are also investigated by the FBI. In actual fact, there may never have been a real plan to assassinate anyone. It could have been some idle comments by some person or organization that were found to be just that when the FBI investigated. I don't know, and the FBI isn't saying. In any case, no such assassinations occurred, nor was anyone arrested or charged with regard to any such plans.

If I had a dollar for every right wing creep who has proposed that people be killed who disagrees with the far right point of view, I would not be worried about making my mortgage and car payment so often.

 

think

(11,641 posts)
56. Yes the headline needs to be changed. And it is disconcerting that entrapment cases were used
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 02:27 PM
Jul 2013

in other cases but not in this one.

Not that I support entrapment but one can see where such tactics have been used to a disparaging level against certain groups and that is not cool.

One would think that laws in cases like this should be uniform in there application.

JMO

pnwmom

(108,990 posts)
55. WTF! Why are you blaming the FBI for INVESTIGATING other people
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 02:26 PM
Jul 2013

who appeared to be plotting to kill Occupy leaders?

Isn't that supposed to be the FBI's job?

This one document won't tell you how or when or if the investigation has been resolved; only that it took place. And none of the Occupy leaders have been killed, have they?

DevonRex

(22,541 posts)
68. Sorry but a subject line that misleading can't be accidental, IMO.
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 03:31 PM
Jul 2013

Good grief, this place has gone way downhill.

Best move is to call DU a satire site from now on. Say we're satirizing ourselves.

ChiciB1

(15,435 posts)
71. I Just Finished Reading "Hit Man" AND
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 03:45 PM
Jul 2013

the FBI used Whitey Bulger, Steve Slemmi & others as informants all the while knowing that they were initiating hits themselves.

That was as far back as the 70's for sure, but have things really changed much? Some would say they've probably gotten worse, I might include myself. I know the numbers, force & gear being worn these days certainly look much more ominous than ever before. There is the "thin blue line" mentality that exists in law enforcement and also the medical profession a lot. And perhaps other professions too.

I'm not saying yea or nay because I don't know who's monitoring my statements here. Just proposing scenarios.

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