> "The potential for violence by anarchists and other
> emerging revolutionary groups, such as the Anarchist
> Black Cross Federation (ABCF), will continue to be an
> issue for law enforcement. The stated goals of the
> ABCF are 'the abolishment of prisons, the system of
> laws, and the Capitalist state.' The ABCF believes in
> armed resistance to achieve a stateless and classless
> society. ABCF has continued to organize, recruit, and
> train anarchists in the tactical use of firearms."
>
> Yep, sound like good goals to me. Creepy that it got
> mentioned in this, the Senate Committee on
> Intelligence of the United States Senate on February
> 16, 2005.
Bizarre. This begs the questions, does the FBI really see ABCF as a threat or is this just for scare tactics? Because if the FBI truly thinks that ABCF is the biggest anarchist "terror" threat, they must be using the same incompetent idiots developing Horowitiz's joke.
If the FBI is serious about this, then this confirms what I've long suspected about the operating mentality that rules the FBI when it comes to radicalism. The FBI is a hierarchical, violent organization that can only focus on other hierarchical violent organizations. ABCF is not hierarchical, but their rhetoric sets off alarm bells at the FBI.*
* I'm not saying that the ABCF is saying the wrong things, only that certain types of language gets the FBI's attention.
Chuck