Eco-terrorists are now above ultra-right extremists on the FBI charts

[ECH1969]

ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Watching Eric Rudolph be sentenced to life in prison this week for his terror bombings, I wondered whether he and his followers represent the future of domestic terrorism or the past.

The FBI believes Rudolph and McVeigh are part of the past. Instead, the agency sees a new threat: "The No. 1 domestic terrorism threat is the eco-terrorism, animal-rights movement," said John Lewis, an FBI deputy assistant director and top official in charge of domestic terrorism.

Not so fast, says a monitor of domestic terrorist groups on both ends of the spectrum. "It is simply ludicrous to describe animal rights and eco-terrorism as the No. 1 threat," said Mark Potok of the Southern Poverty Law Center. He believes those following the paths of Rudolph and McVeigh are still a clear and present danger.

Trying to decide which is the most dangerous domestic threat - far right-wing militants or eco- and pro-animal radicals - is, in some ways, analogous to deciding whether Osama bin Laden or Abu Musab al-Zarqawi poses the biggest international threat.

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/08/24/schuster.column/

[marmar]

1. Just behind war protestors...

:scared: :scared:

[ECH1969]

9. Bingo

[Hobarticus]

2. How many has PETA killed? How about Greenpeace, or Sierra Club?

I thought as much.

[shadowknows69]

4. They kill corporate dollars

which is bad because there are presidents on money so to prevent someone from getting money is terra...

[mojavekid]

6. Isn't the Federal Reserve also killing our money???,

Go get Greenspan...

[havocmom]

7. BINGO. RW terrorist hurt/kill people. eco-vandals cost corporations $$

$$ rates above people in Corporate America.

[gratuitous]

3. Where does Pat Robertson rank?

Let's see, white, wealthy, nuttier than a squirrel's pantry with millions of followers who will do anything he says? No problem!

[meow2u3]

5. Two words: selective enforcement

They're going after environmental activists so they can brag to the corporate media about prosecuting "domestic terrorists", all while the real domestic terrorists skate like Brian Boitano!

[ECH1969]

8. The FBI has been worthless for some time