The War on American Democracy: FBI Recruiting Moles in Minneapolis

News Type: Event — Seeded on Thu Jun 19, 2008 10:07 AM EDT

Article Source: citypages.com

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What they were looking for, Carroll says, was an informant—someone to show up at "vegan potlucks" throughout the Twin Cities and rub shoulders with RNC protestors, schmoozing his way into their inner circles, then reporting back to the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force, a partnership between multiple federal agencies and state and local law enforcement. The effort's primary mission, according to the Minneapolis division's website, is to "investigate terrorist acts carried out by groups or organizations which fall within the definition of terrorist groups as set forth in the current United States Attorney General Guidelines."

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enigma

Gestapo tactics alive and well in Minneapolis. 1984... a few years late but making up for lost time.

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#1 - Thu Jun 19, 2008 10:11 AM EDT

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Spacegoat

Carroll would be compensated for his efforts, but only if his involvement yielded an arrest. No exact dollar figure was offered.

Wow, that just wipes away any illusion that you may be doing a service to your country. I could see the value of having a mole there just to make sure there wasn't anyone planting bombs, but that's just incentive to rat your friends out for a pay-off.

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#2 - Thu Jun 19, 2008 10:27 AM EDT

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enigma

You said it. Our taxes are even financing this.

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#2.1 - Thu Jun 19, 2008 10:56 AM EDT

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Spacegoat

Well it's a damn good thing there isn't something better to spend our tax dollars on.

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#2.2 - Thu Jun 19, 2008 2:42 PM EDT

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