12.12.99 Seattle provocateurs, "Cointelpro//the 'War At Home' Check it, homeys. Here's the low-down on how paid and/or (mind)-"controlled" agents of the covert, slime-dog federal/NWO government go about their little infiltration operations designed to sabotage targeted organizations and events; in the very same way as clearly occurred during anti-World Trade Organization mass public protests held in Seattle recently. Just as Brasscheck says Brian Glick's book "War at Home" is crucially important reading for those seeking to get a better understanding of just how these infiltration/discreditation schemes work and how they're utilized regularly, we'd say the report below itself is equally important for those who may never get to read the book. One very interesting point noted is that the only way the public ever actually got wind of one of the more well-known "flagship" government programs of this type--an FBI operation named Cointelpro implemented in the 1960s and 1970s against anti-war and civil rights organizations--was because a group known as "Citizens Committee to Investigate the FBI" busted into a Pennsylvania FBI office in 1971 and took away every single file there which related to the ongoing Cointelpro activities. Subsequently this brave and admirable group released to the press the evidence they acquired showing the FBI and other jerks were engaged in thoroughly illegal activities with Cointelpro. Despite becoming the target of one of the biggest investigations in FBI history, members of this genuinely patriotic organization were NEVER caught! YES! So, it IS very possible to find and penetrate the chinks in these clowns' armor, bust their sorry, fascist, totalitarian butts in full view of the public and send them slinking off with their bedraggled tails between their legs to the dank, fetid nether regions which suit them so well. If ever there were an issue of sufficient seriousness to warrant taking the sort of actions the Citizens Committee took regarding the Cointelpro operations, then the clear and unarguable presence of paid-off or otherwise controlled/manipulated government instigators, agitators and provocateurs within the ranks of anti-WTO demonstrators and the implications/ramifications of such presence is most certainly such an issue. NewsHawk� Inc. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Must reading: "War at home" by Brian Glick Date: Sun, 12 Dec 1999 12:08:13 -0500 From: Brasscheck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> December 12, 1999 Must reading: "War at home" by Brian Glick Based on some of the things I've read regarding my comments on the probability that some of the telegenic property damage in downtown Seattle was the work of agents of so called law enforcement, it seems clear that there is a world of people who have no experience with or information about the netherworld of paid provocateurs. Little has been written about this, but fortunately at least one very fine book on the subject exists. It's called: "War at Home: Covert Action Against US Activists and What We Can Do About it." It was written by Brian Glick and published by South End Press in 1989. It cost all of $5 when new. To the extent that the demonstrations in Seattle were a success - and they clearly were in a limited sense - the forces of oppression (which actually is an accurate description for these guys) will now be able to get even more funding for their plots and schemes. What kind of plots and schemes am I talking about? First, let me quote from one of the FBI's own memos on the subject (August 25, 1967): "The purpose of this new counterintelligence endeavor is to expose, disrupt, misdirect, discredit, or otherwise neutralize" and then the memo goes on to list various social movements in the United States. The "endeavor" they were referring to: COINTELPRO or Counterintelligence Program. How do we know about the gory details of COINTELPRO? We know because, in an act of rarely equaled patriotism, a group called the "Citizens Committee to Investigate the FBI" broke into an FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania in 1971, removed all the secret files on the subject, and quietly released bits and pieces of what they found about the illegal and unconstitutional program to the press and activist groups. (The burglar-heroes were never caught in spite of the biggest FBI investigation in history.) How secret was COINTELPRO intended to be? William C. Sullivan, who created the program and ran it in the 1960s, was called to give testimony to a grand jury investigating the FBI. He did in 1977, but before he was able to testify publicly, he was found dead by gunshot - a "hunting" accident which was accepted at face value and never investigated. How does counterintelligence work? Glick identifies the four major methods used: "Infiltration" - posing as members of various groups to spy, incite violence, and sow doubt and fear among members "Psychological Warfare from the Outside" - Forging correspondence, planting false media stories with 'friendly' journalists, setting up pseudo-movement groups run by government agents "Harassment Through the Legal System" - Fabricated evidence, perjured testimony, false arrest, wrongful imprisonment, discriminatorily enforced tax laws, conspicuous surveillance, 'investigative' interviews "Extralegal force and violence" - And here I will quote exactly: "The FBI and police threatened, instigated, and themselves conducted break-ins, vandalism, assaults, and beatings...these attacks - including political assassination - were so extensive, vicious, and calculated that they can accurately be termed a form of official 'terrorism.'" The targets of COINTELPRO which were on the receiving end of the worst abuses included many black, Puerto Rican, and native American groups. The SDS, CORE, the Peace and Freedom Party, and hundreds of groups including the "food co-ops, health clinics, child care centers, schools, bookstores, newspapers, community centers, street theater, rock groups, and communes that formed the infra-structure of the counter-culture" were also targeted. In order to justify the funds for these ventures, it was necessary to demonize the victims first. For example, Martin Luther King was targeted under the program's "Black Nationalist Hate Groups" program. (Note: I have already seen editorial cartoons that portray the Seattle demonstrators as 'eco-terrorists.' You can be sure that there are unlimited funds - and unlimited 'legal' grounds under the new 'Anti-Terrorist' laws - available to apply the full force of COINTELPRO-type tactics against peaceful groups promoting fair labor, environment, human rights, and food safety laws.) The book is "War at Home." I have no idea of whether it is still in print or not. You can contact South End Press in Boston for details. If it's not in print, I'm sure South End can be persuaded to do something about that. This is a resource - which includes effective methods for undermining counterintelligence tactics - should be in the hands of every person who plans to exercise their rights to free speech and free assembly. For people who want to become students of this subject, I recommend "Low Intensity Operations" by Frank Kitson. Kitson commanded the occupation of Northern Ireland. The tactics of the British military in Northern Ireland and elsewhere in the world and those used by so called US law enforcement differ only in degree - and, as Seattle showed, the US is now pushing the envelope. Kitson's book is a vivid portrayal of what's coming if we don't stop it in its tracks now. ============================================== Brass Check - http://www.brasscheck.com "...if only the press were to do its duty, or but a tenth of its duty, this hellish system could not go on." - William Cobbett, Rural Rides, 1830 ============================================
