Oh, and just to silence the fools who think that using “peaceful means” to voice opposition to tyranny will work:
Only one month into the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations last year, plans were formulated to identify key figures in the movement and execute them with a coordinated assault using sniper rifles, new documents reveal.
The revelation — discussed in a heavily redacted FBI memo unearthed late last month through a Freedom of Information Act request — reveals that the Federal Bureau of Investigation was aware of plans for a violent assault on the peaceful protest movement but stayed silent on rumors of an assassination attempt only until now.
Information on the alleged plot to kill off protesters appears on page 61 of the trove of documents obtained recently by a FOIA request filed by the Partnership For Civil Justice Fund. On the page in question, marked “SECRET,” the FBI acknowledges:
An identified [redacted] of October planned to engage in sniper attacks against protesters in Houston, Texas, if deemed necessary. An identified [redacted] had received intelligence that indicated the protesters in New York and Seattle planned similar protests in Houston, Dallas, San Antonio and Austin, Texas. [Redacted] planned to gather intelligence against the leaders of the protest groups and obtain photographs then formulate a plan to kill the leadership via suppressed sniper rifles.
In the rest of the material obtained by the PFCJF, the FBI declines to mention any follow-up attempts to investigate the rumored assassination plot. Page 61, where the plot is discussed, was redacted heavily before it was handed over to the PFCJF.
“This correlation between the FBI, the Department of Homeland security and corporations in the New York stock exchange really showed who they are serving. It’s not the government in this case, it’s these corporations and a financial sector, and it’s certainly not the people,” independent journalist and activist Anna Lekas Miller told RT.
“The FBI is really just targeting ordinary people going about their daily lives as potential terrorists, and now people, who are participating in peaceful protests, are also characterized as domestic terrorists. So, I think the FBI is really picking and choosing who it categorizes as the type of civilians it wants to protect,” added Miller.
I bolded both of those parts because it’s important that everyone understand who the “enemy of the people” really is. It’s not “union workers,” nor is it “welfare queens.” Just look at whose wealth and power has been growing over the past few decades as our liberties and wealth have been stripped away, and you will have your answer. They are making sure that once the sheeple wake up, they will be positively defenseless.
Another anecdote: During the OWS protests, there was one particular occasion where **multiple** police officers were armed with all kinds of cameras and video equipment. They were making a point of getting a picture of everyone’s face, even the faces of children. Whenever people would try to hide their (or their children’s) faces, the cops would angle around specifically to get a pic/video of them. I have no doubt that these photos/videos are stored in databases and facial recognition software was used to identify as many people as possible.
This same thing was also happening during the original Tea Party protests (when it was challenging the financial/corporate oligarchy…before the movement was co-opted by the Republican Party with the help of Obama — healthcare reform in the middle of a major economic crisis??? Any fool should have been able to see through that one.)
We do not live in a “free society,” and haven’t for a number of years. But feel free to keep buying the story that they want to disarm us “for our own good.”
