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TomInTib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 04:51 PM
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FBI looking for vegan potluck terrorists (I am not making this up)
Carroll, who requested that his real name not be used, showed up early and waited anxiously for Swanson’s arrival. Ten minutes later, he says, a casually dressed Swanson showed up, flanked by a woman whom he introduced as FBI Special Agent Maureen E. Mazzola. For the next 20 minutes, Mazzola would do most of the talking.
“She told me that I had the perfect ‘look,’” recalls Carroll. “And that I had the perfect personality—they kept saying I was friendly and personable—for what they were looking for.”

What they were looking for, Carroll says, was an informant—someone to show up at “vegan potlucks” throughout the Twin Cities and rub shoulders with RNC protestors, schmoozing his way into their inner circles, then reporting back to the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force, a partnership between multiple federal agencies and state and local law enforcement. The effort’s primary mission, according to the Minneapolis division’s website, is to “investigate terrorist acts carried out by groups or organizations which fall within the definition of terrorist groups as set forth in the current United States Attorney General Guidelines.”

Carroll would be compensated for his efforts, but only if his involvement yielded an arrest. No exact dollar figure was offered.

“I’ll pass,” said Carroll.

more at link:
http://articles.citypages.com/2008-05-21/news/moles-wanted/
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 04:54 PM
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1. He can bring the Maureen Mazzola Casserol-a!
:D
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TomInTib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 05:01 PM
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4. Now that is damned funny.
You too quick, Xema....
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nosmokes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 04:56 PM
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2. they can have my veggie steamer when they pry it from my cold dead hands.
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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 05:38 PM
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9. Ooooo, tough talk now...
but what are you going to do when THEY go for your tofu stash?

Big Broccoli loves you.
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pitohui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 04:58 PM
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3. why would he take this offer with no specific money amount mentioned?
they knew he wouldn't take this "job," because they were not willing to offer any pay, guess what, people get paid to work in america, even as informants!

my guess is that there is no real budget to pay informants but they figure if they put out these bogus offers that no one could accept, they can get this coverage into the press and some people will be paranoid and afraid of being infiltrated and it will slow them or their group down a little at almost no cost at all to the police or the FBI

who would take an undercover job based on "if" something out of your control happens like an arrest, "then" you'll paid some unknown amount? do undercover agents for the FBI normally work unpaid unless their work results in an arrest, at which time they are paid an unknown sum of money? hmmm, don't think so

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TomInTib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 05:05 PM
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5. Because he's a vegan pot-head.
That's how the Feds think.

They are clueless.

We used to throw big parties for those of us who had been upgraded to Federal status. That meant that you would never get caught unless you did something really dumb.
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 05:11 PM
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6. Nice work, officers.
"Friendly and personable" will get you right to the most "inner circles" in a couple weeks, easy. Vegan RNC protestors are just that stupid.
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damntexdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 05:12 PM
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7. Whatever they find just won't have any real meat to it.
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Richard Steele Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 07:35 PM
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15. LOL!!!!!!
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klyon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 05:33 PM
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8. hint to the FBI the RNC is the terrorist group
not the protesters
but I guess everyone knows that already....
right officer Mike?
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bonito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 06:54 PM
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10. Stay away from the wild mushrooms n/t
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 06:57 PM
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11. Maureen E. Mazzola. - "My people call it maize."
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bluesmail Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 06:58 PM
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12. agent- provocateur will be your server this evening.
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and-justice-for-all Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 07:03 PM
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13. We cant find Bin Laden, so lets infiltrate vegan potlucks!! ??
D U M B!
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hvn_nbr_2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 07:27 PM
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14. You can never be too careful about vegans and Quakers.
They're always blowing things up and blowing people away. Oh yeah, sick and dying people who smoke pot for relief too. I'm just glad the FBI has its priorities right. :sarcasm:
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 09:32 PM
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20. Then there's the brilliant tactic of infiltrating Quaker meetings
(which are silent) and taping them. :shrug:
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hvn_nbr_2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 10:14 AM
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33. That's a good one. I hadn't heard of that before.
They're very good at solving real crimes and sometimes just totally stupid when doing political repression. I remember at peace demonstrations in the 1960s that you could always pick out the FBI infiltrators. They were the ones wearing jeans, tie-dye T-shirts, slightly long hair, and ... wingtip shoes (!!!) with communication earbuds in their ears.
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otherlander Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 10:46 AM
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34. !
:rofl:
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laststeamtrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 07:39 PM
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16. Mazzola: Corn Goodness. (Pass the lard, please) n/t
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LucyParsons Donating Member (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 07:39 PM
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17. I'm vegan and I attend potlucks
Hey, FBI - FUCK YOU.
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glitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 08:13 PM
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18. I heard in the 60s everyone knew who the moles were and laughed at them behind their backs
well, that's what I heard.

Interesting that they seek out potlucks, perhaps they too are sick to death of junk food.
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BrotherBuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 12:36 AM
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24. Shoes always gave away the agent provocateur back then.
Today, leather shoes would be the dead give away at any vegan pot-luck.
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glitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 01:34 AM
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30. Shhh! Don't give them any clues. :) nt
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 09:10 PM
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19. To be serious people, this is America's #1 anti-terror priority.
Not radical muslim fringe groups, not state sponsored terror, not the militia weirdos or the anti-abortion crazies or the racist fringe.

Your tax dollars at work.
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ThomCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 10:16 PM
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21. You really have to wonder what drugs they're all smoking
that they really think that vegans are some kind of terrorist threat. :eyes:

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TomInTib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 12:59 AM
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29. Hell, I'm smoking right now....
And I bought lamb for dinner.

But I got loaded and decided to take her to the Drive In.

Thery're showing the re-mix of Night of the Living Dead.
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 10:31 PM
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22. The terraists are after your rice cookers; be afraid, be VERY afraid!
:rofl:
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TomInTib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 12:24 AM
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23. "I'll pass"
Pass what?
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Ellen Forradalom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 12:39 AM
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25. The chips and salsa
Or the hummus and pita.
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TomInTib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 12:55 AM
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28. Hummus and pita
I lost 20+pounds in a couple of months.

Hummus and pita for lunch.

Wine for supper.

Damn, it was so easy....

and fun, as well.
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Ellen Forradalom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 10:19 PM
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37. Hummus and pita are the staples of my diet.
Best. lunch. ever.
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Ellen Forradalom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 12:40 AM
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26. That bomb? NOT vegan.
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New Dawn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 12:50 AM
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27. USA: the land where you have the "freedom" to be monitored 24/7
And harassed by agents provocateurs.
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 08:11 AM
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31. "Step away from that daahl makhani and move slowly to your left, pinko!" nt
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 09:06 AM
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32. They'll be infiltrating the knitters next.
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 01:12 PM
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35. There's a group called "stitch n bitch"
which sounds like radical feminist terrorists to me. :evilgrin:
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 12:38 AM
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38. Now that I think about it, didn't they already infiltrate Quaker knitter groups?
Yeah feminine terrorists. :evilgrin:
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knitter4democracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 05:03 PM
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36. They can try.
;)

Then again, we'll probably convert them to knitting and all things fiber and the need to cover everything with a sweater or socks. Knitivists rock!
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 12:39 AM
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39. Snort!
LOL! :yourock:
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