Surviving Capitalism (Not) : Feds Accused of Harassing “Boston Bomber” Friends, and Friends of Friends

We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Thursday, October 31, 2013

Feds Accused of Harassing “Boston Bomber” Friends, and Friends of Friends

Click here to access article by Dave Lindorff, Russ Baker and Milicent Cranor from WhoWhatWhy.

In what is reminding many about the aftermath of President Kennedy's assassination, there are a number of disturbing reports about FBI's conduct following the Boston bombing event.

In the six months since the Boston Marathon bombing, the FBI has by all appearances been relentlessly intimidating, punishing, deporting and, in one case, shooting to death, persons connected, sometimes only tangentially, with the alleged bombers.

All of these individuals have something in common: If afforded constitutional protections and treated as witnesses instead of perpetrators, they could potentially help clear up questions about the violence of April 15.