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1、BurningRageThisstoryoriginallyairedonNov.13,2005.Whentheyfirstemergedinthemid-1990s,theenvironmentalextremistscallingthemselvesthe"EarthLiberationFront"announcedtheywere"theburningrageofadyingplanet."Eversince,theELF,alongwithitssistergroup,theAnimalLiberationFront,hasbeenburning

2、everythingfromSUVdealershipstoresearchlabstohousingdevelopments.Inthelastdecade,theseso-called"Eco-terrorists"havebeenresponsibleformorethan$100millionindamages.Andtheirtacticsarebeginningtoescalate.Somesplintergroupshavesetoffhomemadebombsandthreatenedtokillpeople.AscorrespondentEdBradley

3、firstreportedlastNovember,thingshavegottensobad,theFBInowconsidersthemthecountry'sbiggestdomesticterroristthreat.Thebiggestactofeco-terrorisminU.S.historywasafire,deliberatelysetonthenightofAugust1,2003,thatdestroyedanearly-completed$23millionapartmentcomplexjustoutsideSanDiego.Thefirewassettopr

4、otesturbansprawl."ItwasthebiggestfireIhaveeverrespondedtoasafirefighter,"remembersJeffCarle,adivisionchieffortheSanDiegoFireDepartment."Thatfirewasnotstoppable.Atthestagethatthefirewasinwhenwearrived,therewereproblemsintheadjacentoccupiedapartmentcomplexes.Pinetreeswerestartingtocatch

5、fire.Itemsonpatioswerestartingtolightupandcatchfire.Andwehadtodirectouractivitytowardssavinglifebeforewecoulddoanythingabouttheproperty."Hundredswererousedfromtheirbedsandevacuated.Luckily,nobody-includingfirefighters-wasinjured.Bythetimethefireburneditselfoutthenextmorning,allthatremainedwasa1

6、2-foot-longbannerthatread:"Ifyoubuildit,wewillburnit."Alsoonthebannerwastheacronym:E-L-F.WhenCarlesawthebanner,hesaysheknewhehadaproblem.Aproblem,becauseheknewwhatELFstoodfor:theEarthLiberationFront,themostradicalfringeoftheenvironmentalmovement.It'sthesamegroupthatsetninesimultaneousf

7、iresacrosstheVailMountainskiresortin1998toprotestitsexpansion,causing$12millionindamage.AnditisthesamegroupthathasleftSUVdealershipsacrossAmericalookinglikescenesfromIraq'sSunnitriangle,theirwayofprotestingthegas-guzzlinghabitsofAmericancarbuyers.TheELFisaspin-offofanothergroupcalledtheALF,orAni

8、malLiberationFront,whosemaskedmembershavebeenknowntovideotapethemselvesbreakingintoresearchlabs,wheretheydestroyyearsofpainstakingworkandfreecaptiveanimals.Inrecentyears,they'vecappedofftheirvisitsbyburningdownthebuildings.Still,theyinsisttheyarenon-violent."Foreveryarsonthatvecarriedout,th

9、ere'sprobablythreeorfourthatwerenotcarriedoutforthatfearofinjuringsomebody,"saysRodCoronado,aformerALFleader,whoiswidely-creditedwithintroducingarsontothecause.Hespentfouryearsinprisonforsettingsixfires,includingoneatMichiganStateUniversity.Whyburndownabuilding?"It'ssimplybecauseaf

10、teryearsofrescuinganimalsfromlaboratories,itwasheartbreakingtoseethosebuildingsandthosecagesrefilledwithinthefollowingdays.Andforthatreason,arsonhasbecomeanecessarytool,"saysCoronado.CoronadosaystheALFandELFoperateinsmallautonomous"cells."Hesaysheusuallyworkedwithfiveorlesspeople.Aske

11、dhowafterchoosingatarget,amissioniscarriedout,Coronadosays,"Thosearethetypesofthingsthattakenightsandnightsandweeksandweeksofreconnaissaneetomakesurethatyouknowintheonehourthatyou'regoingtotakeaction,thattherewillbeabsolutelynorisktoanylivingbeing.Thefactthatnobodywaseverinjuredinanyoftheac

12、tionsthatrvebeenaccusedofisnotacoincidenee."Coronadosaysthesedays,he'ssimplyanunofficialspokespersonfortheALFandELF.Andinthatrole,hetravelsacrossthecountrygivinglecturesonthegroups'philosophiesandtactics.ManyinlawenforcementbelieveCoronadoisstillactiveinthemovementasanorganizerandrecrui

13、ter.HerecentlyfoundaGPStrackingdeviceunderhisJeep,whichhebelieveswasplantedbytheFBI.And,hejusthappenedtohaveaspeakingengagementinSanDiegothedayafterthefire.|Coronadosaysheknewnothingaboutthecondocomplexfire,yethehastraveledaroundthecountryandencouragepeopletodothissortofthing."Encouragementthro

14、ughexplanationanddemonstrationofmyownactions,"saysCoronado."I'veshowedthemhowIsetfires.IshowedthemhowtheELFandtheALF,whattheirmodeofoperationis.""I'maskingforpeoplecourageousenoughtotakethoserisksforwhattheybelievein,"saidCoronado.|60Minuteswassurprisedwhenoneofthose

15、people,amanclaimingtobeanactiveALFcellleader,cameoutoftheshadowstograntwhathecalled"thegroup'sfirstoncamerainterviewin20years,"aslongaswedidn'tseehisfaceorrecordhisvoice.Hetoldusthathiscellhasconductedoperationsfromcoasttocoast,andeveryoneofthemwaswhatheconsideredtobenon-violentbec

16、ausenobodywasinjured.Hesaidunderthemaskheisanormal,otherwiselaw-abidingcitizen,andthathisfriendsandfamilyhavenoideaabouthisactivities.Hesaidhethinksit's"abysmal"thattheFBIconsidersthemAmerica'stopdomesticterroristthreat,becauseunlikeneo-Nazigroups,theALFhasneverhurtanyone."Hav

17、ingtheFBIchaseyouaroundisnotagoodthing,"saysJohnLewis,aDeputyAssistantDirectorforCounterterrorismattheFBI.Lewisisthemanchargedwithstampingouteco-terrorismintheUnitedStates.Lewissaysthebureauisawareofover1,000attacksandsaysthesegroupsareconsideredsuchathreatisbecausetheyhavecausedover$100million

18、worthofdamagenationwide.Hesaystherearemorethan150investigationsofeco-terroristcrimesunderway.Headmitsthey'renotinthesameleagueasalQaedabuthesaysthey'reratchetinguptheiractionsandturninguptherhetoric."Therehavebeenmultiplestatementsmaderegardingassassinationand/orkillingofindividualsinvo

19、lvedin,forinstanee,biomedicalresearchandthatkindofthing,"saysLewis.CaseinpointisDr.JerryVlasak,apracticingtraumasurgeoninLosAngeles,whoalsoactsasaspokespersonforseveralextremeanimalrightsgroups.Vlasakhastoldaudiencesthatit'stimetoconsiderassassinatingpeoplewhodoresearchonanimals.Vlasakhasbe

20、enquotedassaying'Ithinkforfivelives,tenlives,15humanlives,wecouldsaveamillion,twomillion,tenmillionnonhumanlives.'"Ithinkpeoplewhotortureinnocentbeingsshouldbestopped.Andiftheywon'tstopwhenyouaskthemnicely,theywon'tstopwhenyoudemonstratetothemwhatthey'redoingiswrong,thenthey

21、shouldbestoppedusingwhatevermeansnecessary,"Vlasakreplied.Vlasaksaysheisnotgoingtodothat,pointingoutheisaphysician."Myroleinthemovementisnottogooutanddothat,buttoexplaintothemainstreammediaandtothepublicingeneralwhythesepeoplearedoingwhatthey'redoing."AskedifVlasakwantssomeonetogo

22、outthereandkill,Vlasaksays,"Iwantpeoplewhocareaboutanimalstodowhat'snecessarytostoptheirexploitation,tostoptheirsuffering."Vlasaksayssomeonewhobelievesthatthelifeofananimalisnotakintothelifeofahumanbeingis"species-ist."Species-ists,hesays,areakintoracistsorsexists.Animals,hes

23、ays,shouldbeaccordedthesamerightsashumanbeings,despitetheirplaceonthefoodchain.|"Justlikeatonetimeblackhumanswereconsideredproperty.Well,dogs,catsandallotheranimalsinoursocietyarestillconsideredproperty,"Vlasaksays.Askedwhohethinksisfairgame,Vlasaksays,"Well,Ithinkanybodythattorturesa

24、nimalsforalivingorforaprofitandwhowon'tstopwhenthey'reaskedtoandwon'tstop."Doesthatincluderesearcherswhoaretestingandperformingtestsusinganimals?""Animalresearchers,slaughterhouseworkers,theheadofthecorporationthatslaughtershundredsofmillionsofchickenseverysingleyearforthe

25、tasteoftheirflesh,"saysVlasak.Well,peoplelikechicken."Peoplelikedowningslavestoo,okay.Thatdoesn'tmakeitright,"Vlasaksaid.Vlasaksaysit'sverystraightforwardinhismind."Wedon'tliveinacountrywhereit'sokaytokillpeopleifwedon'tnecessarily.Likewhatthey'redoing.Ifw

26、ehavesomeonewhoactivelyembracesthisthenwhat'snext?"saysJohnLewis.What'snext,hesays,istheemergeneeofa"lonewolf"likeEricRudolphorTedKaczynski,somethingthathasalreadyhappened.|Amysteriousbomberwascaughtonsurveillaneecamerain2003plantingtwosophisticatedexplosivedeviceslateatnighto

27、utsideacompanythatmakesvaccinesinnorthernCalifornia,acompanytargetedbyanimalrightsactivists.Onebombwassettogooffanhourafterthefirst-afterfiremenandpolicearrived-butitwasspottedbyanightwatchman.Afewweekslaterathirdbombwentoffoutsideanothercompany,thisonestrappedwithnails."Anyonefrom50feetofthatp

28、articularbombprobablywouldhavebeenkilledorseriouslyinjured,"saystheFBI'sDavidStrange,whoisinchargeoftheinvestigation.|Strangethinksthesecondexplosivewasdesignedtohurtorkillthefirstrespondersthatshowuptothescene.Hesaysitwasthefirsttimeheheardofeco-terroristsusingbombs.StrangesaystheFBIhasidentifiedthesuspectedbomberasDanielAndreasSanDiego,a27-year-oldanimalrightsactivistfromSanRafael,California,whoisnowafugitiveafterheslippedanFBIsurveillanceteam.Butheleftbehindamessage,postedonaWebsitesympathetictotheAnimalLiberatio