COINTELPRO, The Millenium Edition

Alert to all forward thinking citizens who "think outside the box," (which is growing tighter every day). You might be visited (perhaps without your knowledge) by bullies pretending to be patriots. I'm forwarding advice provided by NYMAA (New York Metro Anarchist Alliance) in response to the March 6 Times Square bombing:
Responses to FBI targeting of Nonviolent Activists
Many of you know that over the last week, the FBI has been calling and visiting members of the War Resisters League, Students for a Democratic Society and Movement for a Democratic Society in and around New York City.
So far, we know of at least 10 people who have had visits and/or phone calls. These visits are ostensibly to gather information about the March 6th incident in Times Square.
The conservative group Move America Forward has tried to implicate the WRL, which may or may not have contributed to these inquiries. (see http://www.moveamericaforward.org/index.php/DailyFile/behind_the_scenes_anti_war_activists_exposed/ [or < http://tinyurl.com/3bm5as/s//3bm5as/>] -- about half way down the page).
Some members of these clearly nonviolent groups have consulted with lawyers and wanted to keep everyone informed. It is important that folks know their rights in relation to these inquiries. We activists are providing this information to help demystify FBI investigative techniques and make all concerned aware of the rights of those who are approached by agents.
Take a minute to read the Center for Constitutional Rights publication, "If an Agent Knocks: Federal Investigators and Your Rights," which you can find here:
http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/RANCHO/POLITICS/COINTELPRO/agent.knocks.htmlappened.com/RANCHO/POLITICS/COINTELPRO/agent.knocks.html
[or < http://tinyurl.com/2j7rg8/>]
According to the publication: "It is important, if agents try to question you, not to answer or make any statements, at least not until after you have consulted a lawyer. Announce your desire to consult a lawyer, and make every reasonable effort to contact one as quickly as possible."
In short, if you are contacted:
- Aside from providing your name and address, you do not have to speak to law enforcement agents, nor do you have to let them in your home or workplace without a warrant
- Experience shows that the more information you give, the more questions, visits, etc will come
- On being contacted by any law enforcement agent seeking an "interview" the safest thing to say is, "Excuse me, but I'd like to talk to my lawyer before I say anything to you" or, "I have nothing to say to you. I will talk to my lawyer and have her [or him] contact you."
- Ask for business cards and/or note the agents' names, badge numbers, and agency affiliation (FBI, NYPD, etc.)
In addition:
If you receive voicemail asking you to call the FBI, forward the information to your attorney. Do not return the call prior to discussing it with your lawyer.
Avoid talking to the press about an ongoing investigation - talking to the press is another means of opening a channel of communication with law enforcement. The press, the Internet and email are all inherently insecure.
Attorneys associated with the Mass Defense Commiittee of the New York City chapter of the National Lawyers Guild volunteered to provide consultations to people who receive calls or visits. Please contact Susan Howard, NYC Chapter Coordinator at 212-679-6018 - nlgnyc at igc.org .

Talking Sedition Blues with a Dirty Blonde

Smell the denim & chewin' tabakkie! It's Berkeley war hawkers defending their Marine recruitment center. Don't those kids look miserable? Probably wondering what drove their parental units to expose their young bodies in this manner. Well, mealy-mouthed Melaine made them do it! Melanie Morgan, that is, who tilts her head right, always. Besides posing cutesy for warmongers, she gets her rocks off accusing people she’s never met of being traitors worthy of gassing, posting email addresses to provoke spam attacks, and generally acting like a female with too much testosterone. I wanted to share this post where she rallies her knuckle-dragging minnions to "attack" (via email) organizations such as the nearly 100 year old War Resisters League, World Can’t Wait and Code Pink for working on counter-recruitment and anti-war actions, claiming they are "involved in criminal behavior" and implying WRL was responsible for the Times Square March 6 bombing. Maybe she mixed up her meds that morning because the WRL doesn’t do violence. Ever. Check out their fabulous photos of national actions against recruitment centers. One citizen's outrage is another's outasight inspiration!
Thursday, March 13, 2008, Behind The Scenes: Anti-War Activists Exposed
[...] Shockingly, individuals involved in the criminal behavior of attacking U.S. military recruiting centers have regularly boasted about their attacks. Others have provided counsel on how best to avoid detection and prosecution.
http://www.moveamericaforward.org/index.php/DailyFile/behind_the_scenes_anti_war_activists_exposed/rward.org/index.php/DailyFile/behind_the_scenes_anti_war_activists_exposed/

Maybe you want to send her an email! Here's another gem, Ms. Morgan's definition of sedition, provided without a whiff of irony:
In our challenged educational times, can anyone define the word "sedition"? Here's how the online dictionaries define it:
1. Incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government.
2. Any action, esp. in speech or writing, promoting such discontent or rebellion.
3. Archaic. Rebellious disorder.
We are watching. We are waiting. As the leftists say, ACT NOW.
http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=58875
Did she mean "Act Up?" Well, the details apparently are not so important in her world view. For a better idea of where the "lady" comes from, here's a profile of her from SourceWatch:
[...] Morgan also works with Russo Marsh & Rogers [(website, RM+R is unequivocal about its area of expertise: "When it comes to winning elections, few firms can match the success of Russo Marsh + Rogers, Inc...)], a public relations firm that specializes in electing Republican candidates; with help from the Pentagon, ran "Truth Tours" to Iraq for right-wing US media personalities; and receives funding from Iraqi Kurds to run advertisements on American television stations thanking the United States for the war. Morgan is chairwoman of the Russo Marsh & Rogers-run pro-war lobby Move America Forward.
[...] Morgan gained national notoriety in the summer of 2006 when she suggested that Bill Keller, an editor of the New York Times, be killed in a "gas chamber" for the crime of "treason" after the Times' reporting on US government spying on Americans. [3] In a July 2007 appearance on MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews, Morgan repeated her claim that Keller and other journalists who reported on the government's SWIFT program for tracking terrorist bank transactions "should be tried for treason. If they were found guilty of treason, I would have no problem with them being executed." [4]
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Melanie_Morgan#Calling_for_the_death_of_the_editor_of_the_New_York_Times