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Mental Disability Evidence Turns 2003 ELF Fire-Bombing Case on its Headnew

A court will finally hear arguments on whether a former graduate student's developmental disorder to blame for his involvement in a radical environmentalist plot to strike back against American wastefulness by firebombing gas-guzzling Hummers.
Pasadena Weekly  |  Jake Armstrong  |  09-21-2009  |  Environment
Tags: firebombing, William Jensen Cottrell, Earth Liberation Front, environmentalists, Asperger's syndrome

Eco-Terrorism? There's No Such Thing

Property rights extremists equate burning a Hummer H2 with the mass murder of 9/11. But terrorism involves killing people -- not gas guzzlers.
Maui Time  |  Ted Rall  |  03-10-2008  |  Environment
Tags: eco-terrorism, environment, Earth Liberation Front, Washington, arson, Elf, Maltby, Quinn's Crossing

Billy Cottrell: A Terrible Thing to Wastenew

Convicted as an ecoterrorist, a brilliant young scholar nose-dives in prison.
L.A. Weekly  |  Judith Lewis  |  03-02-2007  |  Crime & Justice
Tags: Earth Liberation Front, Elf

Flames of Dissentnew

The spark that ignited an eco-sabotage boom -- and bust. Part III: Eco-Anarchy Imploding.
Eugene Weekly  |  Kera Abraham  |  11-22-2006  |  Crime & Justice
Tags: Eco-sabotage, Anarchy, Earth Liberation Front, eco-anarchy, environmental, Eugene, Operation Backfire, sabotage

Probing the Animal Rights Undergroundnew

Federal officials are targeting animal-rights activists in an investigation connected to San Francisco Bay area terror attacks.
East Bay Express  |  Chris Thompson  |  06-13-2005  |  Animal Issues
Tags: San Francisco, California, Earth Liberation Front, FBI, activists, Chiron, Animal Liberation Front, bombing, extremists, militant, mink, No Compromise, radical, Shaklee

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