Evictions coordinated with Homeland Security, FBI, etc.

Occupy Vancouver

Rebel Youth re-prints this report linking the violent evictions of the Occupy demos across the USA with the Department of Homeland Security. The DHS was created following 9/11 with a mandate to prevent terrorist attacks, man-made accidents, and natural disasters; secret service, immigration, customs, boarder-patrol, citizenship and in total 22 government agencies are now included in its mandate. DHS has a 2011 budget of over $98 billion. It is coordinated by the White House.

The report raises important questions for here in Canada, where Occupy protests also took place relatively quickly. Why did all the cities move in the same week-long period? Was their coordination by CSIS, or PMO office?

WEDNESDAY NOV 16, 2011 8:53 AM

Did Mayors, DHS Coordinate Occupy Attacks?

BY ALLISON KILKENNY

When a series of crackdowns on the Occupy camps suddenly occurred in, more or less, the same week, many observers wondered if perhaps the attacks had been coordinated at a national level. Oakland Mayor Jean Quan confirmed that suspicion during an appearance on the BBC - excerpted on The Takeaway radio program - when she casually mentioned taking part in a conference call with the leaders of 18 US cities right before the raids.

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