Thursday, September 04, 2008

This is what the "War on Terror" is about.

"In what appears to be the first use of criminal charges under the 2002
Minnesota version of the Federal Patriot Act, Ramsey County
Prosecutors have formally charged 8 alleged leaders of the RNC
Welcoming Committee with Conspiracy to Riot in Furtherance of
Terrorism. Monica Bicking, Eryn Trimmer, Luce Guillen Givins, Erik
Oseland, Nathanael Secor, Robert Czernik, Garrett Fitzgerald, and Max
Spector, face up to 7 1/2 years in prison under the terrorism
enhancement charge which allows for a 50% increase in the maximum
penalty ... They allege that members of the group sought to kidnap delegates to the RNC, assault police officers with firebombs and explosives, and sabotage airports in St. Paul. Evidence released to date does not corroborate these allegations with physical evidence or provide any other evidence for these allegations than the claims of the informants. Based on past abuses of such informants by law enforcement, the National Lawyers Guild is concerned that such police informants have incentives to lie and exaggerate threats of violence and to also act as provacateurs in raising and urging support for acts of violence."

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