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The FBI’s Weapons of Mass Destruction Program Has a New Target: Animal Rights Activists
(theintercept.com)
this post was submitted on 20 Oct 2024
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How... what.... why? Why is the whole article not telling us why the FBI is doing this? That is a key question to understand if that is a serious threat or government suppression. Also, why on earth would you post these pictures on your own account.
Wait you want to hear the FBI's version of why people who film factory farms should be charged with attempted use of WMDs?
Probably the FBI is not willing to explain why they want to pretend that exposing illegal animal cruelty is the same thing as planning a mustard gas attack.
Nobody is charged with anything. They are documenting things. I would like to know why to make my judgement on whether that is reasonable or bullshit.
The FBI straight up said they were looking to bring those charges. Not having done so yet is not a defense.
Their rationale, from the article:
I find this hard to believe it would fly in court. Unless it's true of course, which seems unlikely. Animal rights activists releasing a disease to kill livestock (and maybe start a pandemic) seems illogical, but not everything animal rights extremists (if that's what these people are) do is always logical.
It could just be the FBI gathering intelligence in an area they expect violent extremists to arise. Same way you might track militia activity. Doesn't make a ton of sense to me but the FBI has had a big fear of animal rights activists doing extremists shit for a long time.
They're doing it because someone called their representative and asked them to bring it up with the DOJ.
This just sounds like another propaganda piece from the intercept