Press Officer Turns Down FBI Offer to Speak at HQ in Quantico

...wasn't there a posting here recently by a woman who did travel to Quantico or some other fbi haunt and speak to them about this same subject? There was quite a thread going on about whether she should have done that or not-all very interesting.

dear mr. rabbit,

my name is mr. wolf, and i am the top predator in these dark woods.

i will be teaching a course to other wolves, coyotes, falcons, cougars and bears, that deals with the life and times of little prey animals such as yourself. you see, we are very interested in your lives and what motivates you to do what you do. we think it is important for predators such as ourselves to understand our little friends. we think you might offer us some... valuable insight.

mr. deer, mrs. squirrel, and mr. vole have already accepted the offer. won't you join them? and together perhaps we can... understand each other. please, do not be intimidated by my drewling, the grunting of mr. bear, or the laser-like, unblinking focus with which mr. falcon watches you. these are just... natural instincts, natural urges if you will, which we promise to keep in check in your presence.

if you have any questions, do not hesitate to call. sincerely,

mr. wolf

 http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2006/06/341029.shtml

When Agents Friendly and Smiley visited my home in the late 90's they were such nice fellows. Though I refused to talk about the folks they were interested in they kept asking questions mostly about my garden.

Agent Friendly or was it Smiley talked about his grandfather's farm and the corn and other crops he had grown. Though I appreciated this insight into another human being's life and upbringing it was not enough to get me to forget that he is a dangerous tool of those in charge. I refused to name names not just humans but also of varieties of corn, tomatoes and beans that I grow. I sent them away without even a smile or pint of raspberries.

Yes they are human and some may even be nice folks and share interests with those who they are out to intimidate and jail, but they are clearly on a different side of the dynamic than are the activists they are harrassing. They are not talking about gardening because they are interested in swapping seeds and they are not asking about the ALF/ELF movement because they want to help animals or activists.

Don't forget being human doesn't mean they are your friends.
Chuck D of Public Enemy recognizes the a person is not necessarily an ally just "because his face lookin' just like yours."

Silence is Golden

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It's pretty amusing any way one looks at it, though.

COINTELPRO continues under the Bush regime as a virtual mirror re-enactment of the original program supposedly canceled after the Church Committee. Despite COINTELPRO-II rampaging through what used to be the rights, liberties, and freedoms of American citizens, the FBI still feels the need to _ask_ their intended victims to help trample the rights, freedoms, and liberties of their fellow American citizens -- as if the FBI's own already inexcusible budget isn't enough for the agency to commit such crimes all on their own without asking their victims for assistance.

Note the wording of the Bush regime's request and observe the effort to ingraciate and feed upon the presumed feeling of importance the Bush regime believes the intended victim will feel by being asked. "...your insights as a leader in the animal rights community..." As if there are "leaders" and as if the self-professed "Press Office of the ALF" some how becomes a "leader."

The FBI is obsessed with trying to pretend that there are leaders. When they believe they've found one, the FBI tries to apply the usual human behavioral psychology that findes success among "weak" minds which fall for the obvious manipulative rhetoric specifically designed to cater to weak minds.

Look at the results: The FBI satisfies its own mytholigizing internally within their agency by obtaining willing assistence from only those who fall for the trap. The better intellectual suited who recognize the need to value Civil and Constitutional rights don't fall for the FBI's ploys and thus the FBI is left with massive selection bias which they then use to continue to justify their inexcusible budgets and criminal activities against law-abiding American citizens.

It's just rather amusing.