The Art of the FBI

[Werner Presber]

http://www.stayfreemagazine.org/archives/19/fbi.html

The Art of the FBI
Fake Letters and Bad Poetry: Highlights from the FBI's Secret War on  
Dissent

„Cointelpro was officially sacked in the 1970s when Watergate made  
domestic surveillance less palatable. But Cointelpro’s demise was in  
name only, for many of its strategies persist. FBI agents have been  
known, for example, to masquerade as anti-globalization protesters,  
secretly joining activist groups and later arresting them on  
conspiracy charges (ironically enough). Reclaim the Streets, an  
activist group here in New York, is currently listed on the FBI  
website as an example of a "left-wing terrorist" organization. What  
has RTS done to earn the FBI’s wrath? It has thrown impromptu street  
parties, blocking off parts of the Lower East Side and literally  
dancing in the streets. (RTS formed to protest the draconian anti- 
assembly laws in New York, where–in most bars and restaurants–it’s  
actually illegal to dance.) No broken windows, no violence, just savvy  
civil disobedience.…“