July 4, 2006
> Dear Mr. Bringuel:
>
> While I appreciate your offer to speak to "police
> executives" from
> around the world at the FBI Academy in Quantico, VA,
> I must decline to
> do so. My role as Press Officer with the North
> American Animal
> Liberation Press Office is to explain and support
> the liberation of
> animals who are imprisoned, tortured, exploited, and
> murdered by the
> billions; the role of the Federal Bureau of
> Investigation and other
> state police agencies is to target, harass,
> imprison, or otherwise
> "neutralize" those who break unjust laws that
> perpetuate the oppression
> and slaughter of innocent, defenseless animals.
>
> Because our goals are ideologically and
> diametrically opposed, there is
> no reason to believe that any information I impart
> to your classes will
> be employed in any manner other than to further your
> own illicit goals
> of suppression of liberation activities. I have no
> intention of aiding
> and abetting your agency by providing information
> and insights that
> might be used against activists.
>
> I am aware that others from the animal
> rights/liberation movement have
> cooperated with your agency, but I am not interested
> in doing so. As you
> are no doubt aware, I have chosen in the past to
> speak to members of the
> U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
> on the subject, but
> they constitute an elected body that presumably can
> be educated to
> effect change that might benefit animals. Your
> agency has goals
> pertaining only to the maintenance of the status quo
> (or - as you state
> it so characteristically - the "social order") by
> quashing those who
> challenge immoral and unjust laws.
>
> Perhaps one day the state will recognize its
> obligation to stop the
> oppression of non-human animals - not unlike
> governments that have been
> forced to recognize the rights of various human
> groups in places like
> Algeria, South Africa, Viet Nam, and here in the
> United States where
> black humans suffered (and continue to suffer) from
> inhumane treatment
> by whites.
>
> Some nations have stopped the most cruel practices
> of veal crates,
> chicken battery cages, and cosmetic testing on
> animals - while others,
> like Barcelona, are legislating rights for some
> non-human primates.
> Until that day when non-human beings are afforded
> the right to be free
> of human domination, I will support those who risk
> their freedom for the
> animals and will continue to educate the media about
> why some activists
> decide to go underground to liberate animals and
> stop the horrific
> crimes perpetrated daily - and with your express
> blessings - against
> non-humans.
>
> Sincerely:
>
> Jerry W. Vlasak, MD
> Press Officer
> North American Animal Liberation Press Office
> www.animalliberationpressoffice.org
>
>
> "When a person places the proper value on freedom,
> there is nothing
> under the sun that she will not do to acquire that
> freedom. Whenever you
> hear a person saying he wants freedom, but in the
> next breath she is
> going to tell you what she won't do to get it, or
> what he doesn't
> believe in doing in order to get it, he doesn't
> believe in freedom. A
> person who believes in freedom will do anything
> under the sun to
> acquire...or preserve his freedom."-- Malcolm X
>
>
> Bringuel, Andrew wrote:
>
> > Dr. Vlasak;
> >
> >
> >
> > My name is Andrew Bringuel and I am an
> instructor/researcher at the
> > FBI Academy at Quantico, Virginia. I teach a
> course that deals with
> > understanding the motives and tactics of activist
> groups/individuals
> > and the government's response options. The class
> is taught to police
> > executives from the United States and around the
> world through the
> > FBI's National Academy program.
> >
> >
> >
> > The class studies both historical and
> contemporarily significant
> > groups in order to understand their motives and
> tactics. They also
> > look at ways government can respond to maintain
> social order while
> > resolving conflict. The class is taught as a
> graduate level course
> > through a partnership between the FBI and
> University of Virginia. I
> > bring in different speakers representing many
> different world views.
> > I am looking to establish a speaker's bureau so I
> have a ready group
> > of available speakers for future classes.
> >
> >
> >
> > I believe your insights as a leader in the animal
> rights community
> > would be beneficial for the students. I have
> hosted Anthony Nocella
> > and Charlotte Laws. Both provided valuable
> insight and felt the
> > experience to be a positive one. I don't have
> much of a budget for
> > guest instructors but I can pay $600 for your
> expenses and time. The
> > block of instruction would be 2 hours and I am
> looking for a speaker
> > for the 2^nd quarter of 2007 (February/March).
> >
> >
> >
> > Let me know if you are interested or if you have
> any questions.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> >
> >
> > Andy Bringuel
> >
> > 703 632-1927
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I wish everyone else would do as you have done and say "F' off" to the FBI.