FBI Investigated PETA for Alleged 1997 Anthrax Threat
- 11 years ago
According to documents that were recently made public, during the late 1990s the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, or FBI, was looking into suspicions regarding the activity of the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA.
According to documents that were recently made public, during the late 1990s the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, or FBI, was looking into suspicions regarding the activity of the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA.
The document reads: “Part of PETA's long-range plan is to infiltrate by gaining employment with various research facilities. PETA intends to create an incident... that would benefit their cause. PETA intends to cause a release of anthrax.”
This is based on the allegations of a lieutenant colonel in the Army reserve who reported to the FBI in November of 1997 that he had inside information about a nefarious plan from members of PETA.
The president of PETA, Ingrid Newkirk, has vehemently denied that any such plan ever existed, but FBI investigations into the group were ongoing.
Newkirk is reported as saying that government authorities have gone so far as to monitor PETA headquarters and demonstrations, and ask for their security codes.
The American Civil Liberties Union, along with the inspector general at the US Justice Department have publicly criticized actions taken by the FBI in their investigation of PETA.
According to documents that were recently made public, during the late 1990s the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, or FBI, was looking into suspicions regarding the activity of the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA.
The document reads: “Part of PETA's long-range plan is to infiltrate by gaining employment with various research facilities. PETA intends to create an incident... that would benefit their cause. PETA intends to cause a release of anthrax.”
This is based on the allegations of a lieutenant colonel in the Army reserve who reported to the FBI in November of 1997 that he had inside information about a nefarious plan from members of PETA.
The president of PETA, Ingrid Newkirk, has vehemently denied that any such plan ever existed, but FBI investigations into the group were ongoing.
Newkirk is reported as saying that government authorities have gone so far as to monitor PETA headquarters and demonstrations, and ask for their security codes.
The American Civil Liberties Union, along with the inspector general at the US Justice Department have publicly criticized actions taken by the FBI in their investigation of PETA.