Seriously?
The folks who hate fossil fuels so much that they are willing to destroy construction equipment are getting all kinds of offended that the FBI has taken notice of their operation.
Documents recently obtained by Bold Nebraska show that TransCanada – owner of the hotly-contested Keystone XL (KXL) tar sands pipeline – has colluded with an FBI/DHS Fusion Center in Nebraska, labeling non-violent activists as possible candidates for “terrorism” charges and other serious criminal charges.
Further, the language in some of the documents is so vague that it could also ensnare journalists, researchers and academics, as well.
TransCanada also built a roster of names and photos of specific individuals involved in organizing against the pipeline, including 350.org’s Rae Breaux, Rainforest Action Network’s Scott Parkin and Tar Sands Blockade’s Ron Seifert. Further, every activist ever arrested protesting the pipeline’s southern half is listed by name with their respective photo shown, along with the date of arrest.
I just can’t bring myself to give more than half-a-shit about their plight because they are active proponents of the government targeting Tea Party members and other folks whose politics don’t match theirs.
Don’t get me wrong, I am not one who likes the government lending their information gathering abilities to corporations. But that is about where my empathy stops.