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Thursday, May 22, 2008

i would tell

cv rick to watch his p's and q's BUT i don't have to since he is NOT vegan

to all y'all out there in the minneapolis / st paul area who ARE vegan, WATCH YOUR Ps and Qs. the fbi is WATCHING YOU (in the posting before this, i said i was rather impressed by something the fbi did. well now i take it back. where the hell are scully and mulder when you need 'em???)

In preparation for the Republican National Convention, the FBI is soliciting informants to keep tabs on local protest groups
Moles Wanted

By Matt Snyders
.............minutes later, he says, a casually dressed Swanson showed up, flanked by a woman whom he introduced as FBI Special Agent Maureen E. Mazzola. For the next 20 minutes, Mazzola would do most of the talking.
“She told me that I had the perfect ‘look,’” recalls Carroll. “And that I had the perfect personality—they kept saying I was friendly and personable—for what they were looking for.”
What they were looking for, Carroll says, was an informant—someone to show up at “vegan potlucks” throughout the Twin Cities and rub shoulders with RNC protestors, schmoozing his way into their inner circles, then reporting back to the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force, a partnership between multiple federal agencies and state and local law enforcement. The effort’s primary mission, according to the Minneapolis division’s website, is to “investigate terrorist acts carried out by groups or organizations which fall within the definition of terrorist groups as set forth in the current United States Attorney General Guidelines.”
Carroll would be compensated for his efforts, but only if his involvement yielded an arrest. No exact dollar figure was offered.
“I’ll pass,” said Carroll. .......


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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh dear gods . . . vegan potlucks? They are barking up the wrong tree. The trouble is certainly not the loving, vibrant, and politically active Vegans in Minneapolis.

They should have picked a different metro area to have their tribute to fascism.

Unknown said...

perhaps i should move to minneapolis if ALL of your vegans are loving. all of ours aren't.

oh, i can't move. i need the ocean within a hour or two