-Caveat Lector- DEA Heads Off Hemp at Headquarters Nov. 19, 2001
Appalled at recent DEA moves to ban hemp food products, (http://www.hightimes.com/News/2001_10/dea.html), a small group of 12 students, activists, and citizens gave away free samples of hemp food outside DEA National Headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, on Nov. 8, 2001... "...Now, in order to get us off the property, without any sort of legal repercussions, because I think they realized we might be suing them at some point in the future, they declared a 911 security sweep. This is what really took us by surprise. They essentially cleared every person whether you were an employee, a maintenance worker, someone who was on their lunch hour who happened to be in the courtyard, they cleared everyone out of their big area, we're talking about maybe an acre of land. They swept the whole land clean of people that surrounds the property. Lots of trees and benches and stuff. They told people to go inside or get off the property. So they did this security sweep while they were kicking us off, then a few minutes later, they actually closed off the sidewalks of the DEA campus if you will, where the courtyard is, and they closed it off right where our table was, and closed off the sidewalk that goes right into the DEA campus area, which also happened to be a few feet from where our table was. So lots and lots of people who probably walk everyday on their lunch hour down that sidewalk to the DEA campus, it's a big office complex with a few other office buildings there, like the MCI building, and they were told they had to go around to the other side of the building where there'd be a security guard who'd let them in there. Security were saying 'yes, it's 911 security.' We were talking to people and saying this is bullshit. The only reason they are calling for a security sweep is for a pretzel..."All this time the security people had been watching us, just kinda wondering how they could stop us," said Landis. "They finally figured out they could do a perimeter sweep, this new thing they've given the right to do since Sept. 11, so they supposedly did a perimeter sweep. However, it seemed as if either the other side had been shut down and opened back up, or hadn't been shut down. They were letting all the DEA agents in at the other entrance, but not the one where we were at. So they were trying to keep us off the property. To this point, I'd been very fine with them watching us, everybody observing and not interfering, but now I felt that basically they were being real asses, that they were using these rights that they'd been given in such an unjust way. " Steve Wingate, Webmaster ANOMALOUS IMAGES AND UFO FILES http://www.anomalous-images.com <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
