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Saturday, August 30, 2008 12:00 AM

Massive police raids on suspected protesters in Minneapolis

Several "hippie homes" are raided this morning by semi-automatic-weapon-wielding police squads.
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Saturday, August 30, 2008 07:17 PM

    Apologies if someone has posted this already, MPR says FBI involved

    Minnesota Public Radio has this decidedly different take on the matter, but what is important is that they confirm federal involvement:

    The searches were led by the Ramsey County Sheriff's office. Deputies coordinated searches with the Minneapolis and St. Paul police departments and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

    http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/08/30/more_raids/?refid=0

    to see about the dire conspiracy, and quotes from the professor who wrote the federal conspiracy law (is he any relation to Victoria Toensig?).

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