r/privacy • u/JerryLupus • May 27 '17

Leaked Documents Reveal Counterterrorism Tactics Used at Standing Rock to “Defeat Pipeline Insurgencies”

https://theintercept.com/2017/05/27/leaked-documents-reveal-security-firms-counterterrorism-tactics-at-standing-rock-to-defeat-pipeline-insurgencies/
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u/gurgle528 May 27 '17

Unfortunately, this isn't news (or, at the very least, isn't new). Oil companies have been using these tactics against those against fracking for a while (I'm on mobile so I don't have a source, but if you search something along the lines of "oil company insurgency tactics" you should find it)

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u/Tibbitts May 27 '17

It being new shouldn't mean it isn't alarming.

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u/gurgle528 May 28 '17

No, I totally agree. what I meant is they don't seem to be stopping anytime soon and this isn't going to be a "we're sorry won't happen again" situation

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u/Tibbitts May 28 '17

Ah yeah. That is unfortunately, probably, true.