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FBI: Environmental & Animal Rights Activists Are Top Domestic Threat

HeadlineMay 19, 2005

On Capitol Hill a top FBI official told the Senate Wednesday that environmental and animal rights activists are the nation’s top domestic terrorism threat. John Lewis–the FBI’s deputy assistant director for counterterrorism–cited groups such as the Animal Liberation Front, the Earth Liberation Front and Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty. Lewis said “There is nothing else going on in this country over the last several years that is racking up the high number of violent crimes and terrorist actions.”

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