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The Center for Consumer Freedom is a nonprofit coalition supported by
restaurants, food companies , and consumers, working together to promote
personal responsibility and protect consumer choices .

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Center for Consumer Freedom to Expose Support of ALF/ELF
Terror Groups by PETA and Others

WASHINGTON, As our nation continues to fight the
international war on terror, eco-terrorism is steadily gaining prominence
within the United States. Senate Committee on Environment and
Public Works.

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Animal Rights Organizations are concerned with the abolition of the use of animals for the purposes of food, consumer items, experimentation and entertainment.

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WHO: David Martosko, Director of Research, Center for Consumer Freedom

WHAT: Committee on the Environment and Public Works hearing on Eco-
terrorism specifically examining the Earth Liberation Front
("ELF") and the Animal Liberation Front ("ALF").

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"Those who start fires, detonate bombs, and stalk and threaten innocent
people receive assistance -- both rhetorical and financial -- from many
organizations that enjoy tax-exempt status with the federal government," said
CCF Director of Research David Martosko.

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Senator James Inhofe (R-OK), Senator James Jeffords (I-VT), and the Senate
Committee on the Environment and Public Works will explore these domestic
terror groups and their relationships with above-ground organizations in a
committee hearing tomorrow on Capitol Hill. Center for Consumer Freedom
Director of Research David Martosko will be delivering testimony and providing
evidence on the issue, and is available for comment.

Animal Rights Organizations largely involve themselves in public awareness campaigns in an effort to promote veganism and expose many facets of animal cruelty rooted in generally accepted practices such as meat eating, and also lobby governments and corporations to instill change.

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* In April 2001, PETA made a direct contribution of $1,500 to the North
American Earth Liberation Front (ELF) to "support their program
activities.

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* A 1999 issue of the magazine No Compromise, published by and for ALF
supporters, printed a list of its benefactors.

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The ALF claimed credit for this violent
crime shortly after it was committed.

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Center for Consumer Freedom Provides Senate Panel With Hard Evidence of
Support From Tax-Exempt Nonprofits to Top Domestic Terror Groups

WASHINGTON , Well known tax-exempt organizations,
including People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA ), the Physicians
Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), and the Humane Society of the
United States (HSUS) are providing above-ground support to leading domestic
terror groups, including the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) and the Earth
Liberation Front (ELF).

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Senate Panel to Explore Links Between Domestic Terrorists and Tax-Exempt Animal Rights Groups

These included PETA, the
Fund for Animals, In Defense of Animals, and the New Jersey Animal
Rights Alliance.

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These have included arson, assault,
vandalism and other crimes against scores of individuals and American
companies. The Department of Homeland Security recently added ALF and ELF to
its list of terror groups, while the FBI has been forced to pull precious
resources away from the hunt for al-Qaeda to fund the crackdown on these
groups' increasingly violent actions.

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Homegrown eco-terrorists and animal-rights
extremists, including the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) and the Earth
Liberation Front (ELF), have claimed credit for more than 1,100 terrorist
crimes and $110 million in damage . So testified the Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF)
during a hearing conducted by the U. Jerry Vlasak , while acting as
a spokesperson for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
(PCRM), openly endorsed the murder of doctors who use animals in medical
research, saying , "For 5 lives, 10 lives, 15 human lives, we could save
a million, 2 million, 10 million non -human lives.

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WHEN: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 at 9:30 AM

WHERE: 406 Dirksen Senate Office Building

The Center for Consumer Freedom is a nonprofit coalition supported by
restaurants, food companies, and consumers, working together to promote
personal responsibility and protect consumer choices.
Collectively, the ALF and ELF have claimed responsibility for more than
1,100 terrorist crimes resulting in over $110 million in damage, including
arson , assault, and vandalism against American companies and individuals.

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* In 2001, PETA campaign director Bruce Friedrich praised the actions of
underground animal rights militants at an animal rights convention
saying, "I think it would be great if all of the fast-food outlets,
slaughterhouses, these laboratories, and the banks that fund them
exploded tomorrow .

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CCF Director of Research David Martosko highlighted multiple examples of
support to the ALF /ELF network from several nonprofit organizations,
including:

* In the mid-1990s, PETA paid over $70,000 in grants for the legal defense
of arsonist Rodney Coronado, who was convicted of firebombing a Michigan
State University research lab." Among its long list of crimes, ELF claimed credit for the
1998 firebombing of the Vail Colorado Ski Resort, resulting in $12
million in damage.

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Also alarming are the relationships these domestic terrorist groups have
with tax-exempt organizations like People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
(PETA), the Humane Society of the United States, and the Physicians Committee
for Responsible Medicine.

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PETA President Ingrid Newkirk was
implicated in this arson by the case's chief prosecutor for arranging
"days before the MSU arson occurred" for Coronado to send her video of
the arson and stolen materials from inside the targeted laboratory.

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PETA Humane Society of the United States Providing Support to ALF ELF

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FBI has dedicated significant resources to investigating the increasingly
violent actions of these groups. "I urge this committee to fully
investigate the connections between individuals who commit crimes in the name
of ALF, ELF, or similar phantom groups, and the above-ground individuals and
organizations that give them aid and comfort.