Free speech experts are upset that the FBI terror task force is trying to contact protestors at Standing Rock; home of the controversial Dakota pipeline. Come on guys, there is such a thing as an Eco terrorist and since there has been issues in the past with equipment being tampered, vandalism and on going investigation into an explosion, anyone and everyone should be investigated – PB/TK
Revealed: FBI terrorism task force investigating Standing Rock activists – Sam Levin Friday 10 February 2017 06.00 EST
The FBI is investigating political activists campaigning against the Dakota Access pipeline, diverting agents charged with preventing terrorist attacks to instead focus their attention on indigenous activists and environmentalists.
The Guardian has established that multiple officers within the FBI’s joint terrorism task force have attempted to contact at least three people tied to the Standing Rock “water protector” movement in North Dakota.
The purpose of the officers’ inquiries into Standing Rock, and scope of the task force’s work, remains unknown. Agency officials declined to comment. But the fact that the officers have even tried to communicate with activists is alarming to free-speech experts who argue that anti-terrorism agents have no business scrutinizing protesters.
“The idea that the government would attempt to construe this indigenous-led nonviolent movement into some kind of domestic terrorism investigation is unfathomable to me,” said Lauren Regan, a civil rights attorney who has provided legal support to demonstrators who were contacted by representatives of the FBI. “It’s outrageous, it’s unwarranted … and it’s unconstitutional.”
Continue to theguardian.com article: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/10/standing-rock-fbi-investigation-dakota-access
