The FBI has for the first time placed an alleged animal rights extremist on its “Most Wanted Terrorists” list.
Daniel Andreas San Diego, a native of Berkeley, California, is accused of being involved in bombings in 2003 at two corporate offices that had ties to a company that conducts experiments on animals.
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Daniel Andreas San Diego is the first domestic terrorism suspect to make the same list Osama bin Laden is on. CNN talks to an animal rights activist who questions the FBI’s move.
“It seems to be incredibly political that somebody who has not hurt a mouse or a man is the list with international terrorists who’ve killed thousands and thousands of human beings.” (CNN)
KGO-TV from San Francisco highlights part of the FBI’s discussion.
“that he rise to the statue of Osama Bin Laden? No, … but indeed, three acts of violent acts where improvised explosive devices were used and someone could’ve potentially seriously injured, and/or killed is quite concerning to us.” (KGO-TV)
FOX News links the announcement with previous controversy in the Obama administration.
“The news conference comes just one week after the controversy after leaked homeland security intelligence documents. While the left wing extremists including animal rights activists and right wing groups including white supremacists were investigated as potential threats, it was the conclusion that disgruntled army vets are attracted to right wing extremists which drew the most fire.” (FOX News)
The San Francisco Chronicle supports the FBI’s move, in an article called “In defense of people.”
“Activists who resort to deadly violence are terrorists, and should be treated as such. … San Diego's placement on that list is exactly right.” (San Francisco Chronicle)
The Wall Street Journal tells us what this could mean for the environmental movement.
“Just a few years ago, Congress passed the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, … a sign of how serious the threat of eco-terrorism is taken in many quarters. … police forces are increasingly taking a hard line against eco-demonstrators — witness the U.K.’s preemptive arrest this month of more than 100 climate protesters, a crackdown which included searching their homes.” (The Wall Street Journal)
So do you think politics is behind the FBI’s decision to put San Diego on the Most Wanted list? Or is justified?
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