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High tolerance for terror
Waterbury Republican-American ^ | March 5, 2008 | Editorial
Posted on 03/06/2008 7:18:51 AM PST by Graybeard58
Three high-end houses in a Seattle suburb went up in smoke Monday and two others were damaged in the latest domestic terrorism by the Earth Liberation Front, a group of animal-rights and environmental wackos responsible for hundreds of arsons and other acts of sabotage in the Northwest over the past two decades.

ELF and other anarchists opposed the development of environmentally friendly homes in Woodinville, Wash., because they were near the headwaters of Bear Creek, home to the endangered chinook salmon. No doubt the creek and adjoining wetlands and aquifer benefited greatly from the ash, soot and runoff from Monday’s fires.

The FBI has been warning Congress for years that ELF, the Animal Liberation Front and the Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty Campaign are America’s leading domestic terrorism groups. From 1990 to 2004, ELF and ALF were responsible for more than 1,200 firebombings and other illegal acts that inflicted tens of millions in damages. In 2005, the FBI reported domestic terror is increasing in frequency and scale. Eco-terrorists’ intimidation tactics include stalking scientists and researchers, mailing them anonymous death threats and booby-trapped letters, and vandalizing their homes and offices. ALF’s Web site includes detailed instructions for building bombs and burning buildings.

These people are as dangerous as they are slippery, but Congress seems intent upon hamstringing the FBI by forcing it to devote investigative resources to determine whether Roger Clemens lied to the congressional kangaroo court investigating the use of performance-enhancing drugs in pro sports. Perjury is a serious offense, but why distract the FBI from more serious pursuits just so politicians can add Mr. Clemens’ stubbly scalp to their trophy case?