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<h1><font size=4><b>GRAND JURY IN DAVENPORT SETS EYES ON A THIRD
PERSON</b></font></h1><font size=1><b>
<a href="http://news.infoshop.org/article.php?story=2010davenport-gj" eudora="autourl">
http://news.infoshop.org/article.php?story=2010davenport-gj<br>
</a></b></font><font size=3>Monday, January 25 2010 @ 03:32 PM CST
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Leana Stormont became the third person subpoenaed by that grand jury in
Davenport, Iowa which is out to get animal rights activists however they
can. One man, Scott DeMuth has been indicted and is free on bond. One
woman, Carrie Feldman, has been locked up since before thanksgiving for
heroically refusing to cooperate with the grand jury.<br><br>
Leana was a graduate student at the University of Iowa at the time of the
ALF raid on a lab on campus. That action saw the rescue of 401 animals
from the Spence psychology labs in an overnight raid by the ALF. She was
a visible animal rights activist at the time and has been on the Feds
radar screen ever since.<br><br>
It has been an historic tactic of the FBI to go after visible, above
ground activists since they have exhibited a complete inability to find
anyone who doesn't want to be found. The FBI resents looking like the
incompetents that they often are. This is not to say if evidence of some
nefarious act exists in a concrete form that they won't find it. They are
really good at sifting through trash and that sort of thing...if you
catch my drift.<br><br>
The following is from Voice of the Voiceless.<br><br>
University of Iowa Graduate Subpoenaed to A.L.F. Grand Jury<br>
by Peter Young<br><br>
Former University of Iowa student and barred attorney subpoenaed to
testify in Animal Liberation Front investigation.<br><br>
A University of Iowa graduate has been named as the latest person
subpoenaed to testify to a grand jury seeking those responsible for the
2004 Animal Liberation Front raid of the University of Iowa.<br><br>
Leana Stormont, a barred attorney and graduate of the University of Iowa
law school, was involved with animal rights activism on campus at the
time of the 2004 A.L.F. raid. The action saw the rescue of 401 animals
from the Spence psychology labs in an overnight raid by the
A.L.F.<br><br>
A visible animal rights activist on campus, Leana Stormont appears to
have been on the FBI's radar since the Animal Liberation Front break-in.
After experiencing harassment in the post-raid FBI investigation, she
published an article in the American Chronicle titled " Caring About
Animals is Not a Crime" on being surveilled by the FBI and the
government's practice of spying on activists.<br><br>
With this targeting of a former student activist, the subpoena continues
this investigation's theme of persecuting academic research and
expression.<br><br>
The first person charged in relation to the U of I raid, Scott DeMuth, is
not an animal rights activist, but a scholar. 17 years old at the time of
the raid, DeMuth appears to have been targeted for his research into the
animal rights movements as part of his graduate work at the University of
Minnesota. DeMuth was subpoenaed to testify at the grand jury in November
after journals were seized in a raid of his home by police attempting to
neutralize protests at the 2008 Republican National Convention. In the
journals, police claim, were notes on interviews with research subjects
indicating to the FBI DeMuth may have privileged knowledge of the animal
rights movement. No information specific to the University of Iowa Animal
Liberation Front raid has yet been alleged. After refusing to testify,
DeMuth was charged with Animal Enterprise Terrorism. He remains out of
jail pending trial.<br><br>
Continuing with this trend - while information at this point is sparse -
it would come as no surprise if Leana Stormont is being targeted solely
because she was an outspoken University of Iowa animal rights activist at
the time of the raid, and was supportive of the A.L.F. in the media. She
gave this quote from her op-ed in support of the A.L.F. action, published
in the University of Iowa student paper:<br><br>
As a matter of ethical coherence, I do not believe anyone can condemn the
actions at Spence [the laboratory that was attacked by the ALF] without
likewise condemning the fact that thousands of animals have been
intentionally subject to psychological terror and have lost their lives
within the confines of that laboratory. . . .<br><br>
This new subpoena means the FBI remains on the rampage in pursuit of
those who picked locks and broke down doors at the University of Iowa in
2004, giving over 400 animals a second chance at life.<br><br>
By Leana Stormount<br>
<a href="http://www.laughingwolf.com/animal_rights/caring-about-animals.html" eudora="autourl">
http://www.laughingwolf.com/animal_rights/caring-about-animals.html<br>
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<a href="http://www.satyamag.com/nov05/stormont.html" eudora="autourl">
http://www.satyamag.com/nov05/stormont.html<br><br>
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