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Kessler: “I thought they were going to invade my house.”
North Texas environmental activists frequently feel as though local officials ignore their protests against gas drilling, but it turns out it’s easy enough to get the federal government’s attention — if the FBI thinks you might be planning eco-terrorism. Continue reading
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Tagged denton, drilling, fbi, fracking, security culture, texas
UNT professor, student questioned by FBI Regarding Fracking
From the NT Daily Justin Bright / Staff Writer
An FBI agent and a Dallas police officer spoke last month with philosophy and religion professor Adam Briggle about specific materials in a syllabus for one of his courses on civil disobedience.
Law enforcement officials brought up an article in his curriculum that supports “monkeywrenching,” an act of sabotaging equipment performed by activists to stop projects they deem damaging to the environment.
Briggle believed the FBI agent and officer were only seeking information.
Photo by Stephanie Mulcihy – Philosophy professor Adam Briggle was recently questioned by the FBI regarding course material in his syllabus. The controversial reading material in question was Dave Foreman’s “Strategic Monkeywrenching” article, shown in the syllabus above. Continue reading
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Tagged cointelpro, fbi, fracking, security culture, surveillance
Green Is The New Red Submedia TV Earth First! Newswire It’s Getting Hot In Here EcoWatch Climate Connections
