Did the FBI know of a plot to assassinate key figures in Occupy?

[LongTomH]

More information here: http://rt.com/usa/news/fbi-assassination-ows-sniper-227/

[SunSeeker]

1. There were OWS leaders?

[LongTomH]

3. Maybe I should have said 'key figures!'

Only one month into the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations last year, plans were formulated to identify key figures in the movement and execute them with a coordinated assault using sniper rifles, new documents reveal.

I'll edit my post.

[oldbanjo]

13. The US has been training snipers to shoot leaders

of riots for many years. Israel was doing it in 1987.

[Recursion]

2. Umm... everything we've seen says that the FBI didn't take it seriously (nt)

[Tarheel_Dem]

5. And neither did anyone else. (nt)

[oldbanjo]

12. Our Government has been training snipers to do this for many

years, Israel was doing it in 1987.

[southernyankeebelle]

4. I wonder did they also follow the Tea Party? I bet they didn't

[Recursion]

6. They did, and the right wing blogosphere freaked out

The FBI keeps tabs on any large enough movement.

[southernyankeebelle]

8. Good lord our country is in trouble.

[another_liberal]

10. Investigate the Tea Party? Are you crazy!

An F.B.I. agent who tries to investigate the Tea Party might as well kiss his job goodbye first. He'd actually be lucky not to end up in Federal prison!

[southernyankeebelle]

11. LOL, talk about a double standard.

[MynameisBlarney]

7. A plot by whom?

This seems kinda thin.

[another_liberal]

9. Open the F.B.I. and C.I.A. budgets to public review . . .

Open the F.B.I. and C.I.A. budgets to public review, that will fix their asses. And while we're at it, lets close down the Homeland Security Department for good measure.

[02potato]

14. I may be mistaken but,

isn't plot and organizing the killing of a person called "ATTEMPTED MURDER"
punishable by time in prison...???