He Was a Climate Activist. One Day, the F.B.I. Came Knocking

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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/nyregion/environmental-activists-trump-crackdown.html?unlocked_article_code=1.NlA.DxlO.7L_hoN0X0Ujy

As the Trump administration cracks down on climate change activism, members of environmental groups like Extinction Rebellion fear they are being targeted.

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Zephorah@discuss.online ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

the man, who is no longer active in the group,

Mission accomplished.

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- silence7@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Talking to no-longer-active people is a classic FBI technique for getting a mole into a group. They can find somebody they have leverage against, and use the promise of a suspended sentence to get them to work as an informant.
  
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