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In an alarming case, U.S. attorneys exploited post-9/11 counterterrorism policies to pursue and prosecute an environmental activist.
  • re: So all one needs to be doing is pursuing a political agenda, and any crime becomes terrorism?

    This was a a criminal act of political intimidation - to the researchers as well as the institution. Add to that that some enviromental activists have ramped up the violence and injured people when mere vandalism fails - and this amounts to terrorism.

    But whatever - this is not your ox being gored so you're flip...