FBI agents attempt to interview activists about Burlington protests
Ben was not surprised when he heard that two agents from the Albany regional office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation turned up at his apartment last Thursday.
“If you are an activist, it’s expected at some point that they’ll come to your door,” he said.
FBI agents attempt to interview activists about Burlington protests
by Greg Guma
VTdigger.org
July 29, 2012
Ben was not surprised when he heard that two agents from the Albany regional office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation turned up at his apartment last Thursday.
“If you are an activist, it’s expected at some point that they’ll come to your door,” he said.
Ben, whose real name is being withheld at his request after word began circulating of the FBI’s visit, said he wasn’t home at the time. His housemate Jo Robin said the federal agents told her they wanted to interview Ben about planned protests of the Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers in Burlington on July 30.
Jo, who prefers to use an assumed name, considered the visit a form of intimidation aimed at chilling political speech. In a story posted at privacysos.org, she wrote, “It isn’t appropriate, and I want the federal government to know that we are not intimidated.”
