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It is first known to have appeared in 2002 in the wake of the February 12 congressional hearings on the purported “threat of eco- terrorism.” The Spring edition of a prisoner support Zine or newsletter, ''Spirit of Freedom'' defined the term as "the tactics that the US government and all their Tentacles ( FBI , IRS , BATF , Joint Terrorism Task Force s, local police, the court system) are using to attack the ELF / ALF and specifically those who publicly support them." [http://www.geocities.com/kk_abacus/naelp2.html The term has been widely used to describe an early 2006 sweep of arrests, convictions and Grand Jury indictments of alleged Earth Liberation Front and Animal Liberation Front activists on charges relating to acts of property damage, conspiracy, arson and use of destructive devices. [http://arizona.indymedia.org/news/2006/02/36924.php __TOC__ OPERATION BACKFIRE On to be the nation's top domestic terror threat. {Link without Title} The evidence provided for the indictments came from the testimony of five cooperating witnesses. Three of the cooperating witnesses, Stanislas Meyerhoff [http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=29472 , Kevin Tubbs and Sarah Harvey A.k.a. Kendall Tankersly [http://www.jerichoboston.org/updates.html , were included in the indictment. On February 23 , 2006 , two more individuals, Nathan Frazer Block, 24, and Joyanna Lynn Zacher, 28, were arrested in Olympia, Washington. {Link without Title} On March 30 , 2006 , Briana Waters, a 30-year-old violin teacher and mother from California, was ordered to appear at a hearing at the U.S. District Court in Seattle after she was charged with two counts related to the May 2001 fire that destroyed the University Of Washington Center for Horticulture building. She pled not guilty to all charges. The first count, arson, carries a Mandatory Minimum term of five years imprisonment; the second, using or carrying a destructive device during a crime of violence, carries a mandatory minimum of 30 years. Waters was ordered released on her personal recognizance on condition she surrender her Passport . U.S. Magistrate-Judge Monica Benton, citing the "gravity of the case," also imposed Electronic Home Monitoring on Waters when she returns to the Bay Area. In ordering the monitoring, Benton noted Waters is a mother "who cares for a small child" and a self-employed violin teacher. {Link without Title} On April 6 , 2006 , U.S. Attorney McGregor Scott and FBI Special Agent Drew Parenti announced four new indictments in connection with an Earth Liberation Front (ELF) October 15, 2001 arson at the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Litchfield Wild Horse and Burro Facility near Susanville, California. Three of those indicted already face ELF related charges in Oregon, including Canadian Darren Thurston, 36, who is in custody. Josephine Sunshine Overaker, 31, Rebecca Rubin, 32, and Joseph Dibee, 38, are at large, as is the fourth suspect named for the first time in Thursday's indictment, Justin Solondz, 26. {Link without Title} CHRIS MCINTOSH SENTENCED On , in which the prosecution said they would not ask that he spend more then ten years in prison. However, the judge was not bound to honor these requests {Link without Title} . Supporters assailed the sentence as excessive "for someone who caused $5,000 damage". Prosecutors argued it was important to "protect the public" from some one who expressed no remorse, saying McIntosh was "proud of his crime, and, given the chance, he would do the same thing again." {Link without Title} PETER YOUNG FACES NEW CHARGES On December 23 , 2005 Codington County , South Dakota 's State Attorney Vince Foley announced that he was seeking to try, Peter Daniel Young on state charges for removing Mink from fur farms in 1997. Young is currently serving a two year sentence in federal prison for those same crimes. {Link without Title} THE AUBURN ARRESTEES INDICTED On be added to the planned bombs {Link without Title} . According to the FBI affidavit, evidence against the three came from a paid "confidential source (CS) who is deeply impeded within the subjects' cell. The CS has worked for the FBI since early 2004. S/he has agreed to testify in court." The document says that she has has provided information in at least 12 Anarchist cases since 2004. According to reports by alternative media, the CS infiltrated a wide range of protests across the USA and even some in Europe.[http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2006/01/332735.shtml [http://miami.indymedia.org/uploads/2005/06/image032.jpg][http://community.livejournal.com/anarchists/1483825.html#cutid1] ROD CORONADO ARRESTED On s. He denies any role in the incident, and investigators do not consider him a suspect in starting the fire. If convicted, he faces up to 25 years in prison and/or a $250,000 fine. [http://bombsandshields.blogspot.com/2006/02/photo-of-rod-coronado-originally.html On March 3 , 2006 Coronado was released on bail by Tucson Federal Magistrate Charles Pyle. He was required to report to the courtroom of Federal Judge Jeffrey Miller in San Diego on Monday, March 6 , 2006 . {Link without Title} MATT LAMONT ARRESTED On February 23 , 2006 Californian Anarchist and, according to sympathetic sources, "former Political Prisoner ", Mathew Lamont was arrested on a parole violation. According to supporters during his interrogation, detectives alluded that they were watching Lamont because they believed that he was plotting to target the Big Bear Dam . {Link without Title} SHAC7 CONVICTED On , the current president of SHAC, told the jury that "for the government to say you can't say this and you can't say that is going down a very scary path of going toward Fascism ." However, the US Attorney's Office described the convicts as " Thug s who went far beyond protected speech and lawful protest to engage in and incite intimidation, harassment and violence.” The judge ordered five of the defendants held without bail. [http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/nation/14016935.htm Three of the defendants face up to $1,250,000 in fines and 23 years in prison. [http://www.motherjones.com/news/outfront/2006/01/america_no1_threat.html] RESPONSE The claiming the agency takes action "only when Volatile talk crosses the line into violence and criminal activity" {Link without Title} . SEE ALSO
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