The New York Times - jan 20, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/20/politics/20cnd-terror.html

U.S. Indicts 11 for Acts of Domestic Terrorism

By David Stout

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 - Eleven people have been indicted on charges of
carrying out a years-long spree of arson, bombings and other acts of
domestic terrorism throughout five Western states, the Justice Department
said today.

The 65-count indictment, returned by a federal grand jury in Eugene, Ore.,
accuses the 11 of charges that include arson, conspiracy and use and
possession of destructive devices arising from crimes in Oregon, Wyoming,
Washington, California and Colorado from 1996 through 2001, the authorities
said.

Working on behalf of the Earth Liberation Front and the Animal Liberation
Front, the defendants committed arson with improvised incendiary devices
fashioned from milk jugs, petroleum products and homemade timers, causing
damage in the millions of dollars, Justice Department officials said.

"The trail of destruction left by these defendants across the Western United
States caused millions of dollars in damage to public and private
facilities," Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales said at a news conference.

Director Robert S. Mueller III of the F.B.I., who appeared at the session
with Mr. Gonzales, said one of the bureau's "highest domestic terrorism
priorities" is catching and prosecuting "those who commit crime and
terrorism in the name of animal rights or environmental issues."

The indictments announced today follow a series of arrests on Dec. 7 in
Oregon, Arizona, New York and Virginia, the Justice Department said. Several
of the defendants whose indictments were announced today were arrested at
that time, while three people named in the indictment are believed to be
outside the United States, the officials said.

Federal authorities say the Earth Liberation Front and the Animal Liberation
Front have boasted of burning and bombing research facilities, timber
operations, meatpackers and sport-utility vehicle dealers, among other
targets. The two groups have maintained Web sites where they discuss
operating as independent cells and share letters from colleagues already in
prison, the authorities say.

The Animal Liberation Front has stated on its Web site that it "carries out
direct action against animal abuse in the form of releasing animals and
causing financial loss to animal exploiters, usually through the damage and
destruction of property."

Most of those implicated in the attacks are in their 20's or 30's,
investigators have said. No one is believed to have been injured in the
attacks, but some incidents resulted in heavy financial losses. For
instance, a 2001 fire at a timber company in Glendale, Ore., caused about
$500,000 in damage. And in 1997, a blaze caused $450,000 in damage to a
corral holding several hundred wild horses and burros scheduled to be sold
after their capture by the Bureau of Land Management.

The Justice Department identified those indicted as Joseph Dibee, Chelsea
Gerlach, Sarah Harvey, Daniel McGowan, Stanislas Meyerhoff, Josephine
Overaker, Jonathan Paul, Rebecca Rubin, Suzanne Savoie, Darren Thurston and
Kevin Tubbs. The department said Mr. Dibee, Ms. Overaker and Ms. Rubin are
believed to be outside the United States.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 - Eleven people have been indicted on charges of
carrying out a years-long spree of arson, bombings and other acts of
domestic terrorism throughout five Western states, the Justice Department
said today.

The 65-count indictment, returned by a federal grand jury in Eugene, Ore.,
accuses the 11 of charges that include arson, conspiracy and use and
possession of destructive devices arising from crimes in Oregon, Wyoming,
Washington, California and Colorado from 1996 through 2001, the authorities
said.

Working on behalf of the Earth Liberation Front and the Animal Liberation
Front, the defendants committed arson with improvised incendiary devices
fashioned from milk jugs, petroleum products and homemade timers, causing
damage in the millions of dollars, Justice Department officials said.

"The trail of destruction left by these defendants across the Western United
States caused millions of dollars in damage to public and private
facilities," Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales said at a news conference.

Director Robert S. Mueller III of the F.B.I., who appeared at the session
with Mr. Gonzales, said one of the bureau's "highest domestic terrorism
priorities" is catching and prosecuting "those who commit crime and
terrorism in the name of animal rights or environmental issues."

The indictments announced today follow a series of arrests on Dec. 7 in
Oregon, Arizona, New York and Virginia, the Justice Department said. Several
of the defendants whose indictments were announced today were arrested at
that time, while three people named in the indictment are believed to be
outside the United States, the officials said.

Federal authorities say the Earth Liberation Front and the Animal Liberation
Front have boasted of burning and bombing research facilities, timber
operations, meatpackers and sport-utility vehicle dealers, among other
targets. The two groups have maintained Web sites where they discuss
operating as independent cells and share letters from colleagues already in
prison, the authorities say.

The Animal Liberation Front has stated on its Web site that it "carries out
direct action against animal abuse in the form of releasing animals and
causing financial loss to animal exploiters, usually through the damage and
destruction of property."

Most of those implicated in the attacks are in their 20's or 30's,
investigators have said. No one is believed to have been injured in the
attacks, but some incidents resulted in heavy financial losses. For
instance, a 2001 fire at a timber company in Glendale, Ore., caused about
$500,000 in damage. And in 1997, a blaze caused $450,000 in damage to a
corral holding several hundred wild horses and burros scheduled to be sold
after their capture by the Bureau of Land Management.

The Justice Department identified those indicted as Joseph Dibee, Chelsea
Gerlach, Sarah Harvey, Daniel McGowan, Stanislas Meyerhoff, Josephine
Overaker, Jonathan Paul, Rebecca Rubin, Suzanne Savoie, Darren Thurston and
Kevin Tubbs. The department said Mr. Dibee, Ms. Overaker and Ms. Rubin are
believed to be outside the United States.