[CIMC-work] Fw: [Imc-legal] READ IMMEDIATELY!!!! DOJ insider reports plan to raid FTAA Indy Media!!!

[Chris Kaihatsu]

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Subject: [Imc-legal] READ IMMEDIATELY!!!! DOJ insider reports plan to raid
FTAA Indy Media!!!


> This just could be a scare tactic, but I thought I should pass it along
> immediately.  Hopefully it's all just smoke.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> --Sascha
>
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> Subject: Fwd:WARNING!!!! DOJ insider reports plan to raid FTAA Indy
>     Media!!!!!! WARNING!!!
>
> I also received this report and it looks like it is for real. I am passing
> this on and asking everyone to show up in Miami with cameras and video
> equiptment to record what these bloody fascists are going to do to prevent
> us from exercising free speech. I have flown in from Scottland to be at
> this exercise in people's rights and will not let this scare me off. I am
> at risk for deportation or worse if they decide to arrest me, but some
> things are more important than one persons liberty. Especially when it
> affects every persons liberty and right to work for a fair wage. It is in
> defence of all mankind that we come together to keep our world safe from
> corporate bastardization.
>
> Maccael Kaeler, one of the editors for Coalition For Free Thought In Media
>
>
> WARNING!!!! DOJ insider reports plan to raid FTAA Indy Media!!!!!!
> WARNING!!!
>
> I have received an insider report of a plan to raid IMC headquarters in
> MIAMI on the morning of Wed. Nov. 19th at 1AM EST. I am of the opinion
> that the report I received is factual and made in the interest of
> protesting free speech and warning Indy journalists of imminent danger.
>
> I have received some insider information from my source in the past and it
> has always proved to be factual and not in any way just a tool to scare
> people. The person who reported this is a high level member of the DOJ AG
> prosecution team set up to stop "domestic terrorism".
>
> He is opposed to the Patriot Act being used against US citizens and has
> been suspended several times for speaking out against Ashcroft and the
> USA/PATRIOT Act. He has put his job and his freedom on the line several
> times to warn me and other journalists of impending crackdowns on free
> speech and Indy media groups.
>
> I have seen some of his warnings come true in one case being the raids on
> the St. Louis IMC during the summer of 2003. He had warned me in the past
> of plans to raid activist groups headquarters, sometimes days or weeks in
> advance, and in every case the raids were carried out exactly as he told
> me they would be.
>
> I am planning on getting to Miami on Tuesday and I will be covering any
> harassment or arrests of IMC and Indy journalists. Someone has to remain
> apart from the main group of IMC so that there will be someone to document
> any assaults on free speech and free media.
>
> Do not let this plot to trample free speech keep you from going to Miami
> and reporting on the FTAA protests. Do not let our current fascist power
> structure in law enforcement keep you from exercising your free speech
> rights and ability to be the media.
>
> If anyone has any questions about this press alert you can e-mail me and
> ask for more details. I hope there will be thousands of journalists
> covering this and actually giving the people a true voice in democracy and
> freedom.
>
> I am putting this out in hopes that the powers that be will realize we are
> aware of their plans to silence and muzzle Indy Media and maybe they will
> be a little more thoughtful of how we will react. I want these bastards to
> know that we know they are going to raid us, and maybe we can prevent this
> from occurring. Even if they do raid the IMC, now that we know it is
> coming we can have journalists around to document all assaults on liberty
> and free speech.
>
> The only way we will ever defeat these fascists is to scream out with our
> constitutionally protected voice and let the world know we will not be
> silenced.
>
> POWER TO THE PEOPLE!!! FREE THE MEDIA-BE THE MEDIA!!!! If you don't like
> what the mainstream media has become you can become the media yourself.
>
> "WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS TELL THE TRUTH, IT IS OFTEN EVEN MORE SHOCKING THAN
> ANY LIES YOU COULD POSSIBLY CONCOCT. THE TRUTH HAS A POWER TO INFLAME AND
> ENRAGE THOSE WHO DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE THEIR NARROW MINDSET."  JAY SHAFT
>
> 'THE TRUTH IS A VIRUS, INFECT THE WORLD!' GLOBALLY FREE YOUTH SLOGAN OF
> TRUTH
>
> NEVER SURRENDER NEVER QUIT!!! AS LONG AS YOU USE YOUR VOICE NO ONE CAN
> SILENCE IT!
>
> Standing with my fist raised in the air, united with all my brothers and
> sisters for freedom,
>
> JAY SHAFT, EDITOR-COALITION FOR FREE THOUGHT IN MEDIA
> freethoughtinmedia2 at yahoo.com
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coalitionforfreethoughtinmedia/
>
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