by Alex Newman
The
New American

In typical
fashion, the Federal Bureau of Investigation revealed that five
self-styled left-wing anarchists arrested late Monday for allegedly
trying to blow up a bridge near Cleveland were actually shepherded
through every step of the supposed plot by government agents. The
FBI later claimed nobody was ever in real danger because the federal
government gave the alleged “terrorists” fake bombs.

The five anti-capitalist
dupes – most of them in their twenties – ostensibly sought
to attack the bridge in an effort to send a message and hurt the
“One Percent.” Apparently they were disillusioned with
the so-called “Occupy Wall Street” movement for not being
violent enough in its effort to kill what little remains of the
free-market system.

“They
talked about making a statement against corporate America and the
government as some of the motivations for their actions,” U.S.
Attorney Steven Dettelbach explained
when he announced the arrests. “The defendants chose the target.
The defendants went to the bridge to do recon. The defendants went
to a hotel room to purchase what they thought were C-4 explosives.”

The group was
taken into custody on April 30. An indictment unsealed Tuesday charged
them with “conspiracy” and “attempted use of explosive
materials to damage property affecting interstate commerce.”
A U.S. District Court Magistrate decided to jail them without a
bond, at least until a hearing next week.

According to
prosecutors, the five defendants allegedly planted the fake explosives
provided by the FBI on the bridge late Monday. They then left the
area and entered the bogus “codes” to detonate the phony
“bombs” before being arrested. If convicted of the fake
plot, the anarchists could face more than 20 years in prison.

Court documents
cited in media reports show that the federal government first came
across three of the dupes last year at a protest. The FBI then used
a tax-funded “informant” – apparently a convicted
felon out on probation – to infiltrate the anarchist clique
and allegedly help hatch and plan fake terror attacks.

The affidavit
filed in the case claimed that the alleged conspirators considered
several targets including a law enforcement “fusion center”
and a new casino. At least one suggested attacking neo-Nazis or
a Ku Klux Klan meeting. Another potential plot they supposedly discussed
involved bringing down large bank signs in Cleveland.

In the end,
however – with plenty of help from the FBI – the dupes
decided to go for a bridge. “Taking out a bridge in the business
district would cost the … corporate big wigs a lot of money,”
20-year-old defendant Brandon Baxter allegedly said
in one the recordings cited by prosecutors, claiming that blowing
it up would prevent people from going to work. He later had second
thoughts about it.

The purported
leader of the government-controlled operation, 26-year-old Douglas
Wright, was reportedly recorded by the FBI touting the bridge idea,
too. The affidavit noted that Wright did not want people “to
think they are terrorists, so they would want to blow up the bridge
at night or possibly pretend to be a construction crew and drop
orange cones off at each end of the bridge to stop traffic before
blowing up the bridge, thus limiting the number of casualties and
the potential for killing possible supporters.”

The defendants
were indeed affiliated with the “Occupy Cleveland” movement,
an off-shoot of the broader anti-market “Occupy” operation
backed
by billionaire George Soros. Comprised mainly of socialists,
communists, labor unions, and a scruffy assortment of agitators
for various causes, the controversial movement was planning
a global May Day “resurgence.”

Organizers
sought to spark strikes, economic disruptions, and more. And in
some areas – especially in cities like Oakland, California
– violence broke out, with protesters destroying private property,
attacking police, and generally wreaking havoc. Most demonstrators
were reportedly peaceful, and some attendees claimed “agent
provocateurs” working for law enforcement were actually responsible
for much of the chaos.

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May
4, 2012

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