Backstabber Report

The Return Of The Nixon Years? Anti-War Protesters Get FBI Search Of Their Homes

Just as President Nixon did with Anti-Vietnam War protesters back in the 1960′s, it seems our “New World Order” government has taken the same approach in a new century. If you protest the government’s war policies, expect to be targeted as a possible suspect having terrorist affiliations.

No doubt the Patriot Act makes it easy for the FBI to obtain search warrants on the flimsiest of “evidence” to have your home invaded, under the guise of national security.

As reported by the AP, search warrants had indicated investigators were looking for connections between the activists and radical groups in Colombia and the Middle East. Activists interviewed by The Associated Press scoffed at the suggestion that they might have provided material support to terrorism, and denied contributing money to terrorists.

Hundreds of protesters gathered outside FBI offices in Minneapolis and Chicago on Monday, bearing signs and shouting chants condemning the agency’s recent searches of homes and offices of anti-war activists in both cities.

About 150 people protested in Minneapolis, with signs reading: “Stop FBI harassment. Opposing war is not a crime.” Roughly 120 people marched in Chicago, chanting, “Hey, hey! Ho, ho! FBI raids have got to go!”

The FBI had searched five homes of anti-war activists in Minneapolis on Friday, plus the offices of the Minnesota Anti-War Committee. They also searched two homes of activists in Chicago. Agents confiscated computers, cell phones, large amounts of papers and financial records, the subjects and their attorneys said.

One of the homes searched was that of Jess Sundin of the Minnesota Anti-War Committee. She told protesters that she knows of 13 people who have been subpoenaed to appear before a federal grand jury in Chicago next month.

While three activists acknowledged in interviews Monday that their activities overlapped with activist groups that have traveled in the Middle East and-or Colombia, they all denied contributing any money to terrorist groups.

“We have provided no material support,” Kelly said. “I can’t stress that long enough or loud enough, and honestly I don’t believe that’s why we’re facing this scrutiny.”

Agents were seeking “evidence relating to activities concerning the material support of terrorism,” the FBI said. Chicago FBI spokesman Ross Rice declined on Monday to discuss what agents were looking for, citing an “ongoing criminal investigation.” There have been no arrests.

All of these searched in Minnesota were involved in organizing a mass anti-war march at the start of the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul.

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Scary shit, don’t you think?