Or maybe it is related.
Everyone who is an activist is a target.”
— Attorney Lauren Regan, speaking at the
Public Interest Environmental Law Conference
By Paul Fattig
Mail Tribune of Southern Oregon
EUGENE — Environmental groups are being harassed, infiltrated and spied on by the FBI and police as never before, activist attorney Lauren Regan claimed Saturday during the Public Interest Environmental Law Conference here.
A member of a panel discussing government use of the U.S. Patriot Act, Regan urged activists to be cautious in their homes, at work and in legal actions such as civil disobedience. Read the rest at the Mail Tribune.
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“It has the feel in many ways like the difficult times of the ‘60s and the Vietnam War era,” observed Chip Dennerlein, new director of the Siskiyou Regional Education Project in the Illinois Valley.”It’s a very dangerous trend,” he added. “It’s chilling and it is meant to be chilling.”
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