Eco Terrorists Convicted

It's much harder for the FBI to catch and convict these anti-growth terrorists than you might expect.

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February 3, 2002, 9:00 AM PST

"Identified by the FBI as a terrorist group, the ALF and its sister organization, the Earth Liberation Front, claim their members committed 137 illegal eco-terror actions last year -- including 10 in California -- that caused $17.3 million in damage. The actions ranged from plastering stickers on a Los Angeles bank to setting a $5.6 million fire at the University of Washington. Just last week, ALF/ELF said members had sabotaged a biotech park under construction in Maine and set fire to a new genomics research center being built at the University of Minnesota."

Thanks to Tom Collins

Read the full story: Eco-terrorists frustrate FBI

Sunday, February 3, 2002 in The San Francisco Chronicle

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