Animalist equals terrorist. This is the stereotypical bugbear that the FBI's Joint Terrorism Force Task wants to pass, as evidenced by a document from 2003 in which it details the work of many animal rights activists who use investigation in disguise to document repeated violations of animals. In which it is recommended that these animal rights activists who bring to light the abuses in factory farms be investigated as terrorists. The dossier has now been brought to light by the Freedom of Information Act, a law on freedom of information, enacted in the United States on July 4, 1966, which imposes a set of rules on public administrations to allow anyone to know how the federal government operates. , guaranteeing total or partial access to classified documents.
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Animalist equals terrorist. This is the stereotypical bugbear that the FBI's Joint Terrorism Force Task wants to pass, as evidenced by a document from 2003 in which it details the work of many animal rights activists who use investigation in disguise to document repeated violations of animals. In which it is recommended that these animal rights activists who bring to light the abuses in factory farms be investigated as terrorists. The dossier has now been brought to light by the Freedom of Information Act, a law on freedom of information, enacted in the United States on July 4, 1966, which imposes a set of rules on public administrations to allow anyone to know how the federal government operates. , guaranteeing total or partial access to classified documents.
"They illegally enter farm properties and film the conditions of the animals," the FBI writes in the document. When they rescue animals from abusive conditions "it is not done anonymously in the style of clandestine groups - explains the task force - such as L‘Animal Liberation Front, but as a act of non-violent civil disobedienceto. Activists distribute press releases and give interviews to the media taking responsibility for their actions ”. For this reason, the activists are alleged terrorists.
And among these criminal attackers there would also be Ryan Shapiro, the "subject 1" of the document, a face known in the American news for his commitment against animal exploitation. He would be guilty of terrorist crimes, together with 4 other activists, for making some cruelty to animals videos in 2003. Because, by doing so, he violated theAnimal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA), a United States federal law that prohibits any person from engaging in acts that are intended to harm or interfere with the activities of a company that uses animals. And that extends the definition of "animal enterprise" to include academic or commercial activities that use or sell animals or animal products.
Ma accuse activists of terrorism, explain the animal rights activists, it is a clear attempt orchestrated by the corporations to silence all those movements that fight in defense of animal rights, for this reason those who carry out investigations in disguise have ended up in the crosshairs. “The defense of the profits of these companies passes precisely through this accusation of terrorism”, claims Shapiro himself.
"This law is the result of a coordinated campaign to target animal rights activists who, as FBI agents note, cause business losses," adds Will Potter, author of the blog "Green is the new red. "And the book of the same name. In short, the industrial lobbies would be willing to resort to any means to protect their investments in intensive farming and vivisection research. In order to hinder the diffusion of scabrous images coming from the places of exploitation.
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Roberta Ragni
