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<h2><b>Wednesday, January 18,
2006</b></h2><font size=3>
<a href="http://bombsandshields.blogspot.com/" eudora="autourl">
http://bombsandshields.blogspot.com/<br><br>
</a>Medford, Oregon, U.S. - Two more environmental
<a href="http://www.ksl.com/?nid=157&sid=151954">activists have been
charged</a> in connection with a series of Northwest arsons claimed by
the Earth and Animal Liberation Fronts.
<a href="http://bombsandshields.blogspot.com/2005/12/from-cold-case-bureau-kevin-tubbs.html">
The first arrests</a> in the investigation, which began in 1997 took
place in four separate states early last month.<br><br>
Jonathan Paul, 39, of Ashland, received a
<a href="http://www.fbiwitchhunt.com/E12-8-05(2).html">Grand Jury
subpoena</a> on December 7th, but was not arraigned until today on
charges that he helped firebomb a horse slaughter house and meat packing
plant in Redmond, Oregon, in 1997. The fire caused an estimated $1
million in damages.<br><br>
Jonathan
<a href="http://www.furcommission.com/resource/perspectdenson2.htm">was
charged</a> but not prosecuted in the 1986 sabotage of a University of
Oregon animal testing lab. He also spent six months in jail in 1993 for
refusing to testify before a Spokane, Washington Grand Jury about now
convicted Animal Liberation Front saboteur
<a href="http://yeoldeconsciousnessshoppe.com/art129.html">Rod
Coronado</a>.<br><br>
Suzanne Nicole "India" Savoie, 28, of Applegate, was also
indicted but remains at large. The U.S. attorney's office claims that she
served as a lookout in the 2001 fire bombing at the offices of the
<a href="http://www.infoshop.org/news6/glendale_fire.html">Superior
Lumber Mill in Glendale</a>, Oregon. Two of the suspects arrested on
December 7th are also charged in connection with that arson. That fire
caused an estimated $400,000 in damage. Both Savoie and Paul face up to
20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.<br><br>
Investigators got their first major break in the case in 2004 when one of
the alleged arsonists began cooperating with them.
<a href="http://bombsandshields.blogspot.com/2005/12/eugene-oregon-u.html">
Jacob Ferguson</a> claims that he was member of the group which set many
of the fires which are under investigation. Jacob, who is a known heroin
user in Eugene and at one point spent a lot of time with people in the
environmental movement, began assisting the FBI in their investigation
shortly after the agency offered a
<a href="http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_052104_news_fbi_reward.1e3af4935.html">
$50,000 reward</a> for information in the cases. <br><br>
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</i></font><h2><b>Tuesday, January 17,
2006</b></h2><font size=3>Sacramento, California, U.S. -
<a href="http://static.kovr.viacomlocalnetworks.com/~kovr/affidavit.pdf">
FBI documents</a> released today reveal details about the state's case
against Eric McDavid, Lauren Weiner, and Zachary Jensen, who were
<a href="http://bombsandshields.blogspot.com/2006/01/auburn-california-u.html">
arrested Friday</a> for allegedly conspiring to blow up U.S. Forest
Service buildings and cell phone towers on behalf of the Earth Liberation
Front. According to the criminal complaint the group considered bombing
the Nimbus Dam on the American River near Sacramento, a cellular
telephone tower, a power station, banks, trucks, mountain-top-removal
projects in West Virginia and Communist Party offices.<br><br>
The complaint went on to claim that the three "scoped out" the
US Forest Service's Institute of Forest Genetics in Placerville,
California, building and the Nimbus Dam, on January 10th. The following
day they allegedly purchased ingredients for a homemade bomb at an area
Wal-Mart store. Agents say that they recovered a notebook from Eric
McDavid which contained a diagram of the Forest Service Institute and
pictures of pipe bombs.<br><br>
Information in the complaint comes from a paid "confidential source
(CS) who is deeply imbedded within the subjects' cell. The CS has worked
for the FBI since early 2004. S/he has agreed to testify in court."
Supporters identified the CS as a young woman named "Anna" who
"went to Auburn" with the defendants shortly before their
arrests. The document says that she has provided information in at least
12 anarchist cases since 2004. She has traveled to and infiltrated
various anarchist gatherings and protests across the country including
the <a href="http://www.biodev.org/">Biodev 2005</a> demonstrations in
Philadelphia, a <a href="http://www.crimethinc.com/">CrimethInc.</a>
convergence in Indiana and the
<a href="http://www.greenanarchy.org/index.php?action=feralvisions">Feral
Visions</a> green anarchist gathering in North Carolina. A police officer
suffered a
<a href="http://bombsandshields.blogspot.com/2005/06/philadelphia-pennsylvania-people-took.html">
fatal heart attack</a> during a confrontation at the Philadelphia protest
which the defendants are now being linked to.<br><br>
Additional information provided in the complaint was gathered from the
defendant's own blogs and MySpace.com an online community were at least
one of the defendants has a personal profile and blog.
<a href="http://myspace.com/">MySpace</a> is a popular networking and
dating forum used by young people. MySpace profiles regularly contain
fictitious information about individuals. For instance, one of the
defendants profiles which was used against him in court said that he
lives in "the barren wastelands, Morocco." A profile on the
<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/">LiveJournal.com</a> personal
publishing site and online community was also used as evidence.<br><br>
All three suspects are being held in the Sacramento County Jail. They
have had difficulty receiving vegan or vegetarian meals from jail
authorities. Lauren's case is particularly serious because she has Lymes
disease which is maintained through dietary control and is also lactose
intolerant. She has requested that people
<a href="http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2006/01/331953.shtml">contact
the jail</a> on her behalf and request that she be given food which she
can eat. <br><br>
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</i><a name="113753891777774255"></a>Eugene, Oregon, U.S. -
<a href="http://bombsandshields.blogspot.com/2005/12/sarah-harvey-left-with-her-partner-h.html">
Sarah Harvey</a>, also known as Kendall Tankersley, who was arrested
along with five others on
<a href="http://bombsandshields.blogspot.com/2005/12/from-cold-case-bureau-kevin-tubbs.html">
December 7th</a><a name="113753891777774255"></a>, was granted $250,000
bail by Judge Ann Aiken Friday. The arrests were part of a coordinated
sting that spanned the country and included four states and targeted
people who had been involved in the environmental and animal rights
movement. Each of the individuals arrested have been charged with
committing acts of arson on behalf of the Earth or Animal Liberation
Front. One of the conditions of her release is that she not have any
contact with people in the Earth Liberation Front or the Animal
Liberation Front. Activists claim that the arrests are nothing more than
harassment and say that the FBI is creating a 'Green Scare."<br>
<br>
The "<a href="http://www.geocities.com/kk_abacus/naelp2.html">Green
Scare</a>" is a term many people are using to describe the
contemporary government hysteria surrounding and persecution of
environmentalists and animal rights activists. In May the government
described the ELF as
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0520-05.htm">"the
biggest terrorist threat in the US."</a> This assertion contradicts
commonly known information about groups on the radical right, like the
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_of_God">Army of God</a> who
have murdered numerous doctors who perform abortions and are responsible
for the 1996 Olympics bombing, which killed two and maimed 111 others.
The Earth and Animal Liberation Fronts have committed 1000s of direct
actions without ever harming a person since forming in 1976.<br><br>
</font><font size=4><b>Sac Prisoner Support<br><br>
Eric McDavid, Zachary Jenson and Lauren Weiner
</b></font><font size=3>were arrested on<br>
Friday in Auburn, California and accused of "conspiring to
damage<br>
or destroy by explosive or fire" cell phone towers, power
plants<br>
and US Forest Service facilities. They are accused of being<br>
members of an Earth Liberation Front cell and are currently being<br>
held in the Sacramento County Main Jail.<br>
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We have been in contact with all three prisoners and
they have all<br>
requested prisoner support, including: receiving letters, books and<br>
assistance in obtaining legal counsel. When writing to the
prisoners,<br>
please do not discuss their cases at all. Any mail addressed<br>
improperly will not be delivered. Use their proper names and refrain<br>
from discussing issues related to their charges. Remember, all mail<br>
is opened and read by the government and can be used in court.<br>
Mailing instructions are below. Please follow them carefully or the<br>
prisoners will not receive what you send them. When sending<br>
literature please keep in mind the nature of the charges against
them<br>
and do not send anything which could potentially be damaging to
their<br>
case.<br>
Eric would like books about
new physics, philosophy, alternative<br>
health and yoga. Zachary would like non-fiction accounts of<br>
traveling and is also interested in personal ‘zines [ we do not<br>
know if ‘zines will get into the jail; for the best results have<br>
them sent through a publisher such as AK Press ]. Lauren would<br>
like books about prison issues and is interested in historical<br>
political prisoners.<br>
We are asking that everyone
wait until the prisoners and their<br>
lawyers have had an opportunity to develop defense strategies<br>
before organizing any activities on their behalf other than letter<br>
writing.<br>
Lauren is severely lactose
intolerant has requested nutritious<br>
vegan meals. She says she has not been able to get enough vegan<br>
protein. She would like people to call or write the jail and<br>
request that she be given nutritious vegan meals and be given<br>
access to the commissary, which she has so far been denied. She is<br>
currently in isolation and has only been allowed to leave her cell<br>
for visits and court. Zachary is vegetarian and would like people<br>
to call and/or write the jail and request that he be given<br>
vegetarian meals.<br>
Please politely contact the
Jail to request that they receive<br>
access to the commissary and meals that accomodate their diets:<br>
Sacramento County
Main Jail<br>
651 I Street<br>
Sacramento, CA
95814<br>
916.874.6752<br><br>
Initial Court Appearance Reportback:<br>
The three defendants were read
their charges, which (as of now)<br>
consist of a charge of conspiracy to damage or destroy public and<br>
private infrastructure by explosives or fire. This charge carries<br>
a sentence of 5-20 years in prison. The charges will be more clear<br>
when the indictment (a rubber stamp from a grand jury for the<br>
government to prosecute the case) is delivered and the charges<br>
become official. The criminal complaint was made available today;<br>
it indicates that the case is primarily based upon the testimony<br>
of a confidential informant who was paid by the FBI and 'embedded'<br>
within the alleged ELF cell. According to the criminal complaint<br>
this person has been an informant in 12 other 'anarchist cases'<br>
and has agreed to testify in open court.<br>
Detention hearings have been set for
Friday, Jan 20th for Lauren,<br>
and Tuesday, January 24th for both Eric and Zachary. These hearings<br>
will determine whether or not they will be eligible for bail.
The<br>
US Attorney who is prosecuting the case, Ellen Endrizzi, did her<br>
best to demonize the three and create the illusion that if bailed<br>
out they would flee and put the public at risk. Lauren, Zachary and<br>
Eric are facing serious charges, but the rapid and caring response<br>
of their families and concerned supporters as well as their<br>
tenacious assertion of their rights are helping to give their cases<br>
a promising start.<br><br>
The Criminal Complaint is available
online at:<br>
<a href="http://www.indybay.org/uploads/criminalcomplaint.pdf" eudora="autourl">
http://www.indybay.org/uploads/criminalcomplaint.pdf<br><br>
</a> For questions about
supporting the three prisoners please contact<br>
sacprisonersupport@riseup.net<br>
Thanks,<br>
Sac Prisoner Support<br><br>
<br>
These are the NEW addresses of the prisoners:<br><br>
WEINER, LAUREN X-4198634 7W419<br>
Sacramento County Main Jail<br>
651 "I" Street<br>
Sacramento, CA 95814<br><br>
MCDAVID, ERIC X-2972521 4W114A<br>
Sacramento County Main Jail<br>
651 "I" Street<br>
Sacramento, CA 95814<br><br>
JENSON, ZACHARY X-4198632 7E213A<br>
Sacramento County Main Jail<br>
651 "I" Street<br>
Sacramento, CA 95814<br><br>
Instructions from
<a href="http://www.sacsheriff.com/" eudora="autourl">
www.sacsheriff.com</a> on correspondence with inmates:<br>
Inmate Mail and Correspondence Information<br>
Correspondence:<br>
ALL correspondence, including money orders, must have a return name
and<br>
address and be addressed in the following manner:<br><br>
Inmate’s Name, X-Reference number, Housing Location<br>
Sacramento County Main Jail<br>
651 "I" Street<br>
Sacramento, CA 95814<br><br>
Example:<br>
Doe, John X-1234567 6W303<br>
Sacramento County Main Jail<br>
651 "I" Street<br>
Sacramento, CA 95814<br><br>
Books, Newspapers and subscriptions:<br>
Due to the large population of inmates in custody, you must include
the<br>
inmate’s reference number and housing location on all items mailed to
the<br>
Main Jail. The Jail will not accept books, newspapers or magazines
mailed<br>
from a book store or an individual. Books, newspapers and magazines
will<br>
ONLY be accepted directly from the publisher or through online
services<br>
(Amazon, Barnes and Noble….etc.) on behalf of the inmate. Any
material<br>
that appears to be obscene or tends to incite murder, arson, riot,
racism<br>
or otherwise compromises the security of the facility will not be<br>
accepted.<br><br>
The following is a sample of unacceptable items which will be
returned to<br>
the sender:<br>
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<x-tab> </x-tab>Stationery/Stamps<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>•
<x-tab> </x-tab>Polaroid Pictures<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>•
<x-tab> </x-tab>Photos larger than a
standard 35mm size (4x6)<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>•
<x-tab> </x-tab>Stickers on the inside
or outside of the envelope/letter<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>•
<x-tab> </x-tab>Any items not listed
which may compromise the security of the facility<br><br>
ALL unacceptable or improperly addressed inmate mail will be
returned to<br>
sender.<br><br>
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