From the comments at Greenwald’s site: An OWS organizer fears his discussions of violence may have been compromised….

Craig

24 Feb 2014 at 8:59 pm

During the Occupy protests the group I was working with had a discussion on facebook about defending ourselves against police suppression, in light of the police response in Oakland. I argued that any kind of violent defense would not work to our advantage, and everyone agreed and the conversation drifted towards when it would be appropriate to respond to police violence with violence of our own, as applied to defending ourselves. Later I found that the Fusion Center run by DHS circulated a memo to the local police stations stating that they found evidence that the local Occupy group planed on shooting officers. I believe they were using the discussion we had about defending ourselves from the police to make the case that we were going to shoot cops. I believe that they were using the Fusion Centers to manipulate the police into thinking the peaceful protesters were a threat. I was stunned and scared sh**less after I found this out, since I was not an anonymous protester, but an out front organizer, I gave news interviews and was a public face. My name is directly attached to the local Occupy group, and I would have to think that the local police had my name, along with this memo, which in turn would make me a target for the police. I admit I feel victim to my own fear and have since disappeared from the group out of fear of police harassment. Manipulate the police into thinking the protesters were a threat, deceive them into thinking there is an eminent threat, and then destroy the reputations of the protesters. Sound familiar?