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− | + | '''Coalition to Save the Preserves''' was a name chosen in 2002 by Mark Sands to cover up his arson of a building that he did not want in his area by portraying it as [[Propaganda of the deed]] (or more specifically, 'eco-terrorism').<ref name=NYT>[http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/12/us/trumped-up-eco-terrorism-an-arsonist-s-tale.html Trumped-Up Eco-Terrorism: An Arsonist's Tale] JAMES HIBBERD, New York Times, 12 February, 2002</ref> | |
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+ | The fact that Sands had been perpetrating a hoax, however dangerous a hoax, never seemed to fully sink into the minds of some US. security agency employees, and most likely others decided it would be expedient to ignore this fact, and they have issued numerous lists of terrorists with the CtStP included: | ||
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+ | Sands portrayed the CSP as four mountain bikers. He was caught using DNA evidence from saliva, and leaflets saying, "Thou shalt not desecrate God's creation".<ref name=NYT/><ref>[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=APAB&d_place=APAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F892667A0E9C65C&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Associated Press]</ref> | ||
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+ | * In 2006, the Department of Homeland Security issued a threat assessment that included the CtStP as one of the threats on US soil that had carried out domestic terrorism.<ref>[http://kucampus.kaplan.edu/documentstore/docs09/pdf/picj/vol2/issue1/A_Homeland_Security_Model_for_Assessing_US_Domestic_Threats.pdf A Homeland Security Model for Assessing US Domestic Threats] Shawn Cupp and Michael G. Spight, PDF</ref> | ||
+ | * Listing on the [[Wikipedia:Global Terrorism Database|Global Terrorism Database]] by START [[Wikipedia:National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism]], a Center of Excellence of the US Department of Homeland Security based at the University of Maryland<ref>[http://www.start.umd.edu/start/data_collections/tops/terrorist_organization_profile.asp?id=3976 Coalition to Save the Preserves (CSP) Terrorist Organization Profile], [[National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism]]</ref> | ||
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+ | Understandably, Sands' [[Not In My Back Yard]] (NIMBY) activity was something of a threat to real [[direct action]] advocates, and [[Earth First!]], with considerably fewer resources than the FBI or the later security agencies, was at the time, at pains to point out that it was not responsible for his activity<ref>[http://www.earthfirstjournal.org/article.php?id=69 Earth First! Journal]</ref> | ||
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+ | [http://www.google.com/#q=Coalition+to+Save+the+Preserves&hl=en&tbs=nws:1,cdr:1,cd_min:2001,cd_max:2003&prmd=ivns&source=lnt&sa=X&ei=hdVNTdqdHo24sAP62ISSCg&ved=0CA8QpwUoBQ&fp=f40ad736a41b35d4 Coalition+to+Save+the+Preserves] Google search | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
+ | * [[Black propaganda]] | ||
+ | * [[Astroturf]] | ||
* [[green anarchism]] | * [[green anarchism]] | ||
* [[eco-anarchism]] | * [[eco-anarchism]] | ||
* [[ecology]] | * [[ecology]] | ||
* [[ecodefence]] | * [[ecodefence]] | ||
+ | * [[Not In My Back Yard]] (NIMBY) | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* http://www.ndaa.org/apri/programs/dna/june_20_june_26_2001.html | * http://www.ndaa.org/apri/programs/dna/june_20_june_26_2001.html | ||
− | [[Category:Activism]] | + | [[Category:Activism]][[Category:Ecology]][[Category:Think Tanks !Thunk!]][[Category:Black propaganda]][[Category:Astroturf]][[Category:NIMBY]][[Category:Deception]][[Category:Astroturf seeding]][[Category:Memory Hole]][[Category:Policing post-Patriot Act]] |
− | [[Category:Ecology]] | + |
Latest revision as of 17:34, 26 May 2012
Coalition to Save the Preserves was a name chosen in 2002 by Mark Sands to cover up his arson of a building that he did not want in his area by portraying it as Propaganda of the deed (or more specifically, 'eco-terrorism').[1]
The fact that Sands had been perpetrating a hoax, however dangerous a hoax, never seemed to fully sink into the minds of some US. security agency employees, and most likely others decided it would be expedient to ignore this fact, and they have issued numerous lists of terrorists with the CtStP included:
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Sands portrayed the CSP as four mountain bikers. He was caught using DNA evidence from saliva, and leaflets saying, "Thou shalt not desecrate God's creation".[1][2]
- In 2006, the Department of Homeland Security issued a threat assessment that included the CtStP as one of the threats on US soil that had carried out domestic terrorism.[3]
- Listing on the Global Terrorism Database by START Wikipedia:National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, a Center of Excellence of the US Department of Homeland Security based at the University of Maryland[4]
Understandably, Sands' Not In My Back Yard (NIMBY) activity was something of a threat to real direct action advocates, and Earth First!, with considerably fewer resources than the FBI or the later security agencies, was at the time, at pains to point out that it was not responsible for his activity[5]
Coalition+to+Save+the+Preserves Google search
See also[edit]
- Black propaganda
- Astroturf
- green anarchism
- eco-anarchism
- ecology
- ecodefence
- Not In My Back Yard (NIMBY)