FBI ja Suomi

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Joko olette lukeneet tämän tekstin pätkän? Löysin sen FBI:n sivuilta. He ovat yhteistyössä mm. Suomen kanssa radikaaleja eläintenvapautus-ryhmiä vastaan.
Ajattelin vain jakaa kanssanne tämän factan vaikka se saattaa monille jo vanhaa tietoa ollakin.

Pahoittelen tekstin muotoa, ei ollut aikaa järjestellä sitä uudelleen, joten se on kopioitu suoraan.
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http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/speeches/lewis031405.htm

While it may not be what you would expect, we are also working with our international partners to fight domestic terrorism. During the past decade, special interest extremist groups have emerged as terrorist threats. Some extremist groups act without harm to people or property. But for others, volatile protest has turned to unlawful action. In recent years, animal rights extremists and eco-terrorists have become the most active criminal extremist elements in the United States.
The eco-terrorist movement has given rise and notoriety to groups such as the Animal Liberation Front, or ALF, and the Earth Liberation Front, or ELF. These groups exist to commit serious acts of vandalism, and to harass and intimidate owners and employees of the business sector.
One animal rights extremist group, called “Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty,” or SHAC, targets Huntingdon Life Sciences, a British company that does business around the world. SHAC is based in England and has operations as well in the United States.
In recent years, members of SHAC have vandalized personal and corporate property and committed numerous acts of arson. They have harassed owners, employees, and their family members, and have disrupted the business activities of Huntingdon and its American business partners, including Bank of America, Marsh USA, and Deloitte and Touche.
Members of groups like ALF, ELF, and SHAC have used homemade explosive devices against their targets, accompanied by threats of continued bombings and even potential assassinations of corporate officers and employees, until their demands are met.
In August and September of 2003, in California, an animal rights extremist named Daniel San Diego detonated several improvised explosive devices on the properties of two American businesses—the Chiron Corporation and the Shaklee Corporation—to protest alleged animal rights violations. These devices were intended to cause both structural damage and human injury.
The search for San Diego has turned into an international manhunt. In the course of our investigation, we learned that he has numerous ties around the world. It is highly likely that when we find San Diego, we will find him overseas. For that reason, it is crucial that we keep in contact with our international counterparts.
On our own, we might not be able to detect and disrupt the activities of groups like these. Extremist groups are difficult to track. They are loosely organized, without firm structure or organization. They typically have no center of operations. Their membership is multi-national, but their activities are local, often involving only a few members of the group, without direction from above. And it often is difficult to distinguish the acts of one group or movement from another, unless a particular party claims responsibility.
Working together, we can pool our resources to paint a complete picture of an extremist group. By way of example, today we are working with our Canadian counterparts and authorities in England to monitor SHAC’s activities, both here and abroad. Just three weeks ago, several FBI agents from our headquarters Domestic Terrorism component traveled to the United Kingdom to meet with their international counterparts to discuss SHAC’s recent activities and future plans. In the months before that, we hosted similar meetings with our UK counterparts at FBI Headquarters.
In addition to working together on individual cases, we are sharing information and strategy with many countries that face similar domestic terrorism issues. In May of this year, we will participate with Finland, Norway, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands in a conference about animal rights and eco-terrorism extremist groups. This type of ongoing dialogue is critical to our efforts to fight these splintered and diverse groups.
By combining our efforts, we have been able to put together a better picture to help us prevent acts of terrorism before they occur. And we will continue to work together on this threat to law-abiding citizens and their legitimate business pursuits.

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