Greg Palast tells Thom Hartmann that Exxon drops "spy" charges

[Bozita]

Thom read Greg's email onair.

Greg doesn't know if that's enough for Dept of Homeland Security.

All this for filming near an Exxon facility near NOLA.

[Diogenes2]

1. U.S.E. drops spy charges?

The United States of Exxon is a generous government. The United States of Exxon is a kind government.

[Cookie wookie]

10. We bow before its benevolent

munificence

[Warpy]

2. It's bogus. It's petty harassment of a journalist

and we all know it. There is currently no law forbidding photographing or filming much of anything in this country.

Contrast that with France, which has had anti photography laws on the books for years. Tourists are told to buy professional photos and postcards for mementos.

[Red Right and BLUE]

11. Is that for real?!?!?!

I'd be devastated if I couldn't take photos in France. And I will definitely visit some day... :(

[Nikki Stone 1]

3. Makes you wonder what Exxon is doing in NOLA

More proof that big oil has hijacked our government is not needed.

[lonestarnot]

4. Sure damn does!

:think:

[Nikki Stone 1]

5. Has anyone actually seen the film clip?

Any suspicious wires or anything?

[lonestarnot]

6. He's producing a dvd.

[Nikki Stone 1]

7. Cool!

I'll be lookin for that Exxon footage. :)

[lonestarnot]

8. There may be something on this on the greatest thread re Palast.

[Nikki Stone 1]

9. Link?

THanks

[lonestarnot]

14. Try here Nikki

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2120381

[FoxOnTheRun]

12. Can anybody point me to the FEMA camp ?

September 14th, 2006
by Greg Palast

Forget the orange suit. Exxon Mobil Corporation, which admits it was behind the criminal complaint brought by Homeland Security against me and television producer Matt Pascarella, has informed me that the oil company will no longer push charges that Pascarella and I threatened “critical infrastructure.”

The allegedly criminal act, which put us on the wrong side of post-9/11 anti-terror law, was our filming of Exxon’s Baton Rouge refinery where, nearby, 1,600 survivors of Hurricane Katrina remain interned behind barbed wire.

I have sworn to Homeland Security that we no longer send our footage to al-Qaeda — which, in any case, can get a much better view of the refinery and other “critical infrastructure” at Google Maps.http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=4045+Scenic+Hwy,+Baton+Rouge,+LA+70805&ie=UTF8&z=15&ll=30.487143,-91.169143&spn=0.016531,0.054245&t=k&om=1&iwloc=A

Given Exxon’s back-down, I hope to confirm with Homeland Security, Baton Rouge, that charges will be dropped today.

Matt and I want to thank our readers and viewers for your extraordinary and heartfelt responses. Public support undoubtedly led Exxon to call off the feds.

http://www.gregpalast.com/reporter-palast-slips-clutches-of-homeland-security#more-1488

[Rex]

13. Ah, there is that word again 'spy'.

Watch it, this is part of their new agenda. They can't arrest people for being terrorists, the story just won't stick on people like GP. So...they come up with an old word trick. No one says WHO the spy is working for, secret court and a secret organization handle all that. Make something up? If you don't believe they will, then you've been asleep since Reagan was in office! Wake up!