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Tabitha Arambula

 

Why Did FBI Monitor Occupy Houston, and Then Hide Sniper Plot Against Protest Leaders? Tuesday March 25, 2014

 

This story covers the Occupy Houston protest. The FBI had planned an attack on the protestors and they had evidence of the plan. When Shapiro tried getting the pages, the FBI said that they could only give them five, because they were part of the FBI investigation. They said that there was a terrorism threat, and possibly an overthrow of government. The FBI did not have any evidence to back up their claim, so Shapiro is suing them and several federal agencies. Since the FBI told the judge he has no power to state whether or not it was a national security threat, and that they, the FBI, did, that he should believe them. So the judge said that they cannot just say those things without any evidence. They also had an assassination attack on Occupy Houston activists.

 

Exclusive: NSA, FBI, DIA Sued over Refusal to Disclose U.S. Role in Imprisonment of Nelson Mandela Tuesday March 25, 2014

 

Ryan Shapiro wants the NSA, FBI, and the DIA, to release information about the role of the U.S in the imprisonment in 1962 of Nelson Mandela.  So far no one has opened up their secret reports on Mandela, and the NSA has already rejected Ryan Shapiro request on giving him information about Mandela saying its national security. Mandela was in prison for twenty seven years. Shapiro's work is on how the government infiltrates political and environmental movements. Shapiro wants to know the U.S thought of Mandela as a threat to American security. The CIA had leaked information to capture Mandela. After he was released from prison, he came to the U.S and made a speech at Yankee Stadium, to thank those who fought for his release. He was a freedom fighter, and the government suppressed his movement. The federal agencies that Ryan has sued would not confirm the existence or nonexistence of the materials and that they are classified.