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FBI Document: [DELETED] had "plan to kill local Occupy leaders via sniper fire"

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Re: FBI Document: [DELETED] had "plan to kill local Occupy leaders via sniper fire"

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Post by gasull »

I've done some research before upvoting this. I thought whowhatwhy.com would be some kind of conspiracy site, but they just do investigative journalism. They are usually featured in Salon.com.

http://www.salon.com/topic/whowhatwhy/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Baker

Also, it's known that the FBI coordinated the crackdown on Occupy:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/dec/29/fbi-coor...

Re: FBI Document: [DELETED] had "plan to kill local Occupy leaders via sniper fire"

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Post by angersock »

zmmmmm wrote: post #5

I'm going to cling on to hope that there is some kind of context missing here, because taking that paragraph at face value is terrifying. (Example of context I hope is missing would be text like ... "In the event that members of the Occupy Movement have obtained a nuclear weapon and are threatening to detonate it ...")

Nah, probably not. Who cares about the shooting of some homeless and some damn hippies, right?

Edit: Folks, the country I grew up in and my ancestors fought for knew of a potential assassination attempt on innocent civilians, and apparently didn't care enough to warn the cops standing watch.

Forgive me a little fucking gallows humor.

Re: FBI Document: [DELETED] had "plan to kill local Occupy leaders via sniper fire"

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Post by gasull »

munin wrote: post #7

this just seems to indicate that the FBI was aware of a plot, by SOMEONE, to attack Occupy protestors. nowhere in the documents do I see information that the FBI itself made this plan and it would make a lot of sense if the FBI was tracking potential violence against protestors...

FTA:

The use of the phrase ‘if deemed necessary,’ sounds like it was some kind of official organization that was doing the planning.” In other words, the “identified [DELETED” mentioned in the Houston FBI document may have been some other agency with jurisdiction in the area, which was calculatedly making plans to kill Occupy activists.

Re: FBI Document: [DELETED] had "plan to kill local Occupy leaders via sniper fire"

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Post by pyre » 

  | Asked whether he was concerned that, if what he
  | was saying was correct, it meant the FBI had not
  | warned local police about a possible terrorist act
  | being planned in his city, he said, “No. You’d
  | have to ask the Houston FBI about that.”
Even if he were mad / concerned about it, he probably would not make a public comment to that effect. There are politics to consider here seeing as the HPD still needs to co-exist with the FBI and hopefully 'play nice' together.

Re: FBI Document: [DELETED] had "plan to kill local Occupy leaders via sniper fire"

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Post by pekk »

thenewkid wrote: post #3

This is shocking stuff. "An identified [DELETED] as of October planned to engage in sniper attacks against protestors (sic) in Houston, Texas if deemed necessary. [DELETED] planned to gather intelligence against the leaders of the protest groups and obtain photographs, then formulate a plan to kill the leadership via suppressed sniper rifles. ... This [DELETED] identified the exploitation of the Occupy Movement by [L…

It's not news because it cannot really be blamed on Obama or "the liberals".

Re: FBI Document: [DELETED] had "plan to kill local Occupy leaders via sniper fire"

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Post by angersock »

pekk wrote: post #17
thenewkid wrote: post #3

This is shocking stuff. "An identified [DELETED] as of October planned to engage in sniper attacks against protestors (sic) in Houston, Texas if deemed necessary. [DELETED] planned to gather intelligence against the leaders of the protest groups and obtain photographs, then formulate a plan to kill the leadership via suppressed sniper rifles. ... This [DELETED] identified the exploitation of the Occupy Movement by [L…

It's not news because it cannot really be blamed on Obama or "the liberals".

Now, now, let's be constructive. Party politics is how they keep the people too divided to change things.

Re: FBI Document: [DELETED] had "plan to kill local Occupy leaders via sniper fire"

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Post by furyofantares »

gasull wrote: post #14
munin wrote: post #7

this just seems to indicate that the FBI was aware of a plot, by SOMEONE, to attack Occupy protestors. nowhere in the documents do I see information that the FBI itself made this plan and it would make a lot of sense if the FBI was tracking potential violence against protestors...

FTA: The use of the phrase ‘if deemed necessary,’ sounds like it was some kind of official organization that was doing the planning.” In other words, the “identified [DELETED” mentioned in the Houston FBI document may have been some other agency with jurisdiction in the area, which was calculatedly making plans to kill Occupy activists.

That reads like pure speculation
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