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Friday, September 10, 2010

Breaking all over PA: "Fomenting dissent"

This one is breaking right now...4:38 PM.

An email obtained by City Paper suggests collaboration between the state Department of Homeland Security and gas drilling interests.


The email, authored by Pennsylvania Homeland Security chief James Powers, was written in apparent error: addressed to a participant in anti-drilling forums, the letter indicates that Powers mistakenly mistook its recipient for someone associated with pro-drilling interests.


In the email (full text below), Powers warns against distributing information gathered by the Pa. DHS on anti-drilling activities, saying that: "We want to continue providing this support to the Marcellus Shale Formation natural gas stakeholders while not feeding those groups fomenting dissent against those same companies."


The "support" he speaks of consists at least partly of confidential updates on anti-drilling activists and activities. A report yesterday evening by nonprofit investigative journalism outfit Pro Publica broke the news that the Pennsylvania Dept. of Homeland Security included in its regular newsletter, the Pennsylvania Intelligence Bulletin, descriptions of various activities and gatherings of activists opposed to gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale.

Full story: In private email, Pa.’s Homeland Security chief pledges “support” to gas drillers, warns against groups “fomenting dissent.”

So, are you, or is anyone you know Public Enemy #1?

KD, notice anyone following you lately? Any black helicopters buzzing all about?

Stay tuned, this one is gonna explode without any methane creep.

Later

Original Pro Publica story: Do ‘Environmental Extremists’ Pose Criminal Threat to Gas Drilling?

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