FBI’s Terrorism Unit Opens Up Investigation Against Dakota Pipeline Opponents

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Daily Caller:

The FBI is investigating activists associated with the highly publicized Dakota Access Pipeline, according to reports published Friday.

 

Several agents within the FBI’s joint terrorism task force (JTTF) have tried talking to a handful of anti-DAPL activists, ostensibly about their actions opposing the line, according to a report published by The Guardian.

 

The agency has not revealed any reason for its repeated attempts at contacting the activists. Protests with the months-long pipeline delay have culminated in more than 600 arrests and episodic moments of violence.

 

Some attorneys believe the JTTF’s actions are unconstitutional.

 

Lauren Regan, the executive director of the Civil Liberties Defense Center, said there are three cases in which the FBI attempted “knocks and talks” allowing agents to show up at activists homes in hopes of securing voluntary interviews.

 

“The idea that the government would attempt to construe this indigenous-led non-violent movement into some kind of domestic terrorism investigation is unfathomable to me,” Regan said. “It’s outrageous, it’s unwarranted … and it’s unconstitutional.”

 

The activists did not respond to the agents, she noted.

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