COINTELPRO - 2006 style

[MrScorpio]

In light of the recent events involving the FBI arrest of a terrorist cell that's made up of a bunch of wannabes, I would like to direct your attention to a book that I believe is instructive on this situation:

The COINTELPRO Papers : Documents from the FBI's Secret Wars Against Dissent in the United States
(South End Press Classics Series)
by Ward Churchill, Jim Vander Wall

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0896086488.01._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-dp-500-arrow,TopRight,45,-64_AA240_SH20_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0896086488/104-5473585-6217563?v=glance&n=283155

Check it out

[Scurrilous]

1. This case reminds me of the Gainesville Eight...

...another COINTELPRO operation:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gainesville_Eight

"The Gainesville Eight were a group of anti-war activists indicted on charges of conspiracy to disrupt the 1972 Republican National Convention in Miami Beach, Florida.

Vietnam Veterans Against the War had planned to demonstrate against the ongoing Vietnam War during the convention. After learning, from FBI informants and agents within the VVAW, about possible plans for disruption and violence, the Justice Department initiated a Grand Jury investigation. Eight of the people investigated were indicted by the government on charges of conspiracy to disrupt the convention. They were John Briggs, Scott Camil, Alton Foss, John Kniffin, Peter Mahoney, Stanley Michelson, William Patterson, and Don Perdue. All but Briggs (also known as Peavey John) were Vietnam veterans."

<snip>

"The Southern Regional assistant coordinator of Vietnam Veterans Against the War, William 'Bill' Lemmer, revealed himself as an undercover FBI operative in May of 1972. During the 1973 trial it was revealed that the VVAW had been infiltrated by government agents and informants, such as Emmerson Poe and Lemmer. Showing that these agents provocateur led the illegal activities severely damaged the prosecution's case. The prosecution also tried to use the defendant's Vietnam records as indication that these were violent people.

The jury acquitted all eight after less than four hours of deliberation."

[ConsAreLiars]

2. There is a shorter summary of Ward's research online at

http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/6/19/78515/Churchill%20Ward%20The%20Fbi%E2%80%99S%20Secret%20War%20Against%20The%20Black%20Panther%20Party.pdf

From Page 1: "Such trends do not imply the danger that, if they continue, the United States “may become” a police state. The United States has been a police state for some time now.14 Questions of how to prevent this from happening are at best irrelevant. The only real question is what to do about it now that it’s occurred. The answer, of course, is entirely dependent upon our ability to apprehend the precise nature of the problem confronting us. Only thus can we hope to achieve the clarity of vision necessary to devise an adequate response and, from there, chart a truly alternative course into the future.


It is a 350kB file in Adobe PDF format. 45 pages in the main article, plus 35 pages of notes and documentation.

[Swamp Rat]

4. From your link (page 16):

(snip)

"First smeared in the media like Fonda, Shirley Sutherland, a Canadian citizen and former wife of actor Don-
ald Sutherland, was charged in 1971 with providing illegal weapons to the Panthers. Although the case
was dismissed for cause—among other things, it was demonstrated that Sutherland had been set up by a
Los Angeles police provocateur named James Jarrett, and that Sam Bluth, another police operative, had
infiltrated her defense team—it ultimately precipitated her deportation as an “undesirable alien.”250 Senate
investigators later discovered several comparable cases of the Bureau’s having manipulated the media,
the judicial process, or both to dissuade “famous entertainers” from contributing money or making favor-
able comments about the BPP.251 "

(snip)


thank you for the link. :hi:

[ConsAreLiars]

5. It is an excellent summary of US history

and how when push comes to shove the velvet glove of power is ripped off and the iron fist revealed. In a free world society, this would be common knowledge.

[Swamp Rat]

6. Nate Clay is talking about the 'Miami 7' right now

Streaming audio here:

http://www.wlsam.com/article.asp?id=152352
http://www.wlsam.com/showdj.asp?DJID=1623

DU: thread here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1501980&mesg_id=1501980

[MrScorpio]

3. A better review

http://www.southendpress.org/2004/items/COINTELPRO