[Iowa-dx] My Call For A Contract Re-Justified: The NRA Spy
IowaGreen Libris
iowagreenlibris@mail.org
Tue, 5 Aug 2008 22:46:35 -0500
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As I have been calling for over one year now, I will again point out mywarn=
ing
that we need a contract within United States Green Party(GPUS) that
requires all elected members to public office or to GreenParty elective
positions to uphold and adhere to our Ten Key Valuesand our Party
Platform or be legally required to resign from office andrenounce
membership. I continually am told "It can't happen here" just as what
Sinclair Lewiswrote in his novel of that name in 1935. But it was not
just "DonaldDuke" in the Republicans, it can and probably already is
happeninghere in our Green Party as well!
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Wednesday, August 06, 2008 3:17:47 AMBy MARYCLAIRE DALEGun-control groups=
fear top activist was NRA spy
A gun-control activist who championed the cause for more than a
decade and served on the boards of two anti-violence groups is
suspected of working as a paid spy for the National Rifle
Association, and now those organizations are expelling her and
sweeping their offices for bugs.
The suggestion that Mary Lou McFate was a double agent is contained
in a deposition filed as part of a contract dispute involving a
security firm. The muckraking magazine Mother Jones, in a story last
week, was the first to report on McFate's alleged dual identity.
The NRA refused to comment to the magazine and did not respond to
calls Tuesday from The Associated Press. Nor did McFate.
The 62-year-old former flight attendant and sex counselor from
Sarasota, Fla., is not new to the world of informants.
She infiltrated an animal-rights group in the late 1980s at the
request of U.S. Surgical, and befriended an activist who was later
convicted in a pipe bomb attack against the medical-supply business,
U.S. Surgical acknowledged in news reports at the time. U.S. Surgical
had come under fire for using dogs for research and training.
McFate resurfaced in Pennsylvania and has since spent years as an
unpaid board member of CeaseFirePA and an organization called States
United to Prevent Gun Violence. She also twice pushed unsuccessfully
to join the board of the nation's largest gun-control group, the
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.
"It raises some real concerns with the tactics of the NRA. If they've
got one person, maybe they have more. If they've done this dirty
trick, what else have they done?" said Paul Helmke, president of the
Brady Campaign, which planned to search its offices for listening
devices and computer spyware.
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The Brady Campaign and other groups said they are also researching
whether McFate's alleged spying constituted a crime.
"Under some circumstances, it could be trespass," said Laurie
Levenson, a professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles and a
former prosecutor. But "if they're open meetings, it may be
underhanded and sneaky; it may not be illegal."
At States United, McFate served as federal legislation director,
meeting with members of Congress on Capitol Hill and writing letters.
Over the years, she also stuffed envelopes, attended rallies and took
part in conference calls and strategy sessions.
In retrospect, Helmke said, he now realizes McFate stopped by the
Washington office for meetings and conference calls that could have
been handled by phone, and perhaps pushed too hard to join the board
or lobby Congress.
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<DIV>
<DIV>As I have been calling for over one year now, I will again point out m=
y</DIV>
<DIV>warning that we need a contract within United States Green Party</DIV>
<DIV>(GPUS) that requires all elected members to public office or to Green<=
/DIV>
<DIV>Party elective positions to uphold and adhere to our Ten Key Values</D=
IV>
<DIV>and our Party Platform or be legally required to resign from office an=
d</DIV>
<DIV>renounce membership.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I continually am told "It can't happen here" just as what Sinclair Lew=
is</DIV>
<DIV>wrote in his novel of that name in 1935. But it was not just "Do=
nald</DIV>
<DIV>Duke" in the Republicans, it can and probably already is happening</DI=
V>
<DIV>here in our Green Party as well!<BR></DIV>
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st week, was the first to report on McFate's alleged dual identity.</P>
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<P li6s1=3D"0" RztuF=3D"0">She infiltrated an animal-rights group in the la=
te 1980s at the request of U.S. Surgical, and befriended an activist who wa=
s later convicted in a pipe bomb attack against the medical-supply business=
, U.S. Surgical acknowledged in news reports at the time. U.S. Surgical had=
come under fire for using dogs for research and training.</P>
<P li6s1=3D"0" RztuF=3D"0">McFate resurfaced in Pennsylvania and has since =
spent years as an unpaid board member of CeaseFirePA and an organization ca=
lled States United to Prevent Gun Violence. She also twice pushed unsuccess=
fully to join the board of the nation's largest gun-control group, the Brad=
y Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.</P>
<P li6s1=3D"0" RztuF=3D"0">"It raises some real concerns with the tactics o=
f the NRA. If they've got one person, maybe they have more. If they've done=
this dirty trick, what else have they done?" said Paul Helmke, president o=
f the Brady Campaign, which planned to search its offices for listening dev=
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<P li6s1=3D"0" RztuF=3D"0">The Brady Campaign and other groups said they ar=
e also researching whether McFate's alleged spying constituted a crime.</P>
<P li6s1=3D"0" RztuF=3D"0">"Under some circumstances, it could be trespass,=
" said Laurie Levenson, a professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles and=
a former prosecutor. But "if they're open meetings, it may be underhanded =
and sneaky; it may not be illegal."</P>
<P li6s1=3D"0" RztuF=3D"0">At States United, McFate served as federal legis=
lation director, meeting with members of Congress on Capitol Hill and writi=
ng letters. Over the years, she also stuffed envelopes, attended rallies an=
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<P li6s1=3D"0" RztuF=3D"0">In retrospect, Helmke said, he now realizes McFa=
te stopped by the Washington office for meetings and conference calls that =
could have been handled by phone, and perhaps pushed too hard to join the b=
oard or lobby Congress.</P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR>
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