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Text: Radical Awakening: From America Hater to Hero


"Must See" Items: FBI Informant Brandon Darby: Sexism, Egos, and Lies
Sometimes you wake up and it is not different


Text: Letter from the RNC 8 - January 2010


Text: Brandon Darby foiled terror attack, but the men convicted of plotting against 2008 Republican Convention win recognition


Text: FBI Informant Plotted to Firebomb Brave New Books


Text: Republican National Convention figure reportedly cleared in threat case
Texas informant was allegedly targeted


Text: Assessing RNC police tactics: missteps, poor judgments and inappropriate detentions


Text: Once arrested as 'zombie,' woman faces trial for alleged death threats against RNC protester-turned-informant
Woman allegedly threatened informant in anti-RNC group


Text: Towards a Collective Security Culture


Text: Manufacturing crimes


Text: Brandon Darby, The Texas 2, and the FBI's Runaway Informants


Text: Brandon Darby in New Orleans : FBI Informant Was Egotistical Sexist
FBI snitch was also a sexist, authoritarian, provocative fraud


Text: Will the real story please stand up? Darby, democracy and self


Video & Audio: Audio: This American Life "Turncoat" episode features Brandon Darby


Coming/Archived Events: "This American Life" to feature Brandon Darby
"Turncoat" episode to run Saturday and Sunday


Text: Austin man gets 4 year in Molotov case
David McKay tells judge in Minnesota he 'wants to be more than my mistakes.'


Text: Second Texan gets four years in RNC plot
The judge said McKay got a longer sentence because he did not accept responsibility in Molotov-cocktail scheme


Text: Sentencing David McKay and Spinning the Media
Politicized & Ambitious Law Enforcement Downplays Nationwide RNC Informant Program


Text: Molotov cocktail maker gets four years in prison


Text: Texas Man Sentenced On Firearms Charges Connected to the Republican National Convention


Text: This Activist Life
Blogger recalls FBI informant Brandon Darby's divisive work in New Orleans


Text: Republican National Convention firebomb maker gets two years
RNC defendant says he made 'terrible mistake'


Text: RNC protester sentenced to 2 years on bomb charge
A Texas man gets two years in prison for making Molotov cocktails to disrupt Republican National Convention


Art, Posters & Flyers: Brandon Darby warning poster


Text: Between the State and a Hard Place: Statement on David McKay's Plea


Text: Texan persuades judge to accept RNC guilty plea in Molotov cocktail case
Protester says he had violence in mind before making bomb


Text: US man pleads guilty to making Molotov cocktails during Republican convention
David Guy McKay, 23, dropped a claim of entrapment on the part of US investigators


Text: Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Firearms Charges Connected to the Republican National Convention


Text: Minnesota: Plea in Convention Case


Text: David McKay Found Guilty
Court Report from Tues. 3/17


Text: Texas man pleads guilty to making Molotov cocktails during GOP convention


Text: Texan pleads guilty to making Molotov cocktails for RNC protests


Text: Man pleads to having Molotov cocktails


Text: Retrial in Molotov cocktail case postponed
McKay agrees to plead guilty but then stalls on taking full blame


Text: Plea deal goes awry for defendant in bomb case
He refuses to say idea was his alone


Text: Accused Molotov cocktail-maker McKay shakes it up again at retrial
As soon as it became clear Monday that his former co-defendant was going to testify against him, accused Molotov cocktail-maker David Guy McKay decided -- after months of insisting he was entrapped -- to plead guilty


Text: Texas 2 Solidarity Statement


Text: Half-truths and Hung Juries: Statement on the Mistrial and Retrial of David McKay


Text: Feds prepare for retrial in Molotov cocktail case


Text: Feds seek to shield informant in retrial of RNC Molotov cocktail case


Our News: Why St. Paul City Attorney John Choi is a danger to public safety


Video & Audio: RNC Protesters Tried on Terrorism Charges Despite Acknowledgment They Didn’t Commit Alleged Acts


Text: Memo to MSM: If you want nonviolence, report it


Text: Targeting the RNC Welcoming Committee: A Case Study in Political Paranoia


Text: RNC Convention Trial: Why the full-court press to convict McKay?


Text: Molotov-maker Crowder to remain jailed


Video & Audio: Mistrial Declared in RNC Case


Text: Mistrial sets RNC protester free on bail in firebomb case
Jurors apparently deadlock over issue of entrapment


Text: RNC defendant released for now


Text: Solidarity is real and sitting in a courtroom in Minneapolis


Text: Hung Jury! David McKay is Free (For Now)


Text: Mistrial declared in RNC Molotov case


Text: Judge declares mistrial as firebomb jury deadlocks


Text: After asking judge questions, jury in Molotov cocktail case decides to come back Monday
Based on the jurors' requests for information, they might be struggling with an informant's influence on the accused


Text: Jury deadlocked in Molotov cocktail case


Text: Did Darby Entrap McKay? No Verdict Yet After 2nd Day of Jury Deliberations


Text: Anarchist or entrapment victim?
Jury weighs fate of defendant in GOP convention firebomb trial


Text: Molotov cocktail case with jury


Text: McKay Trial: Day 1 Notes


Text: McKay Trial: Day 2 Notes


Text: Spy in Ranks of Hurricane Katrina Help Group Recently Unmasked


Text: Firebomb idea wasn't his, defendant in RNC case says
McKay says he was swayed by government informant


Text: Suspect: Informant goaded RNC bomb plan
The case of David McKay, accused of making Molotov cocktails to use at the RNC, might go to the jury today


Text: Activism in the extreme
Austinite David McKay on trial for making bombs to disrupt GOP convention


Text: Trial begins for man charged in RNC molotov case


Text: Informant: I tried to stop bomb plot


Text: Trial continues for Texas man charged in RNC case


Text: FBI informant says he never egged on RNC defendant


Text: Trial Tuesday for Texan accused of intending to bomb GOP convention


Text: Jurors get 2 views of Texan charged in RNC Molotov cocktail case


Text: Trial today for Texan accused of intending to bomb GOP convention


Text: Brandon Darby- FBI Informant & Common Ground co-founder
A cofounder of the Katrina relief organization Common Ground is revealed as an FBI informant, leaving members angry — and wary


Text: Trial of GOP convention protester may hinge on informant
Activist accused of making Molotov cocktails for RNC


Photographs: Brandon Darby, FBI Informant in the "Texas Two" case


Text: The Informant
Revolutionary to rat: The uneasy journey of Brandon Darby


Text: RNC Aftermath
Austin protester pleads guilty in Minnesota


Text: RNC suspect admits making bombs


Text: Activists Raise Concerns About FBI Informant


Text: Minnesota: Plea in Republican Convention Case


Text: Austin man pleads guilty in Minnesota firebomb case
Bradley Crowder admits to helping build Molotov cocktails during last year's Republican convention.


Text: 'Evolved’ activist or provocateur?


Text: Man admits possession of firebombs


Text: Texas man pleads guilty to building Molotov cocktails during RNC


Text: Betrayed! FBI Provocateur Sets-Up Anti-RNC Activists on Trumped-Up “Terrorism” Charges


Text: Cop Nation: Snitch Brandon Darby, and Riot Police With the 'Kent State' Gene


Text: Mariann Wizard on Brandon Darby : 'To Live Outside the Law You Must Be Honest'


Text: RNC activist says he's an FBI informer


Text: Brandon Darby, FBI informant for RNC protests, gets backlash from activists


Video & Audio: Prominent Austin Activist Admits He Infiltrated RNC Protest Groups as FBI Informant


Text: Austin RNC Informant is Provocateur Not Hero


Text: Activist Unmasks Himself as Federal Informant in G.O.P. Convention Case


Text: Informant in RNC arrests says he stopped violence


Text: Social activist, organizer ... and RNC informant


Text: Life’s a Snitch: Austin activist admits he infiltrated RNC protest group


Text: Sometimes You Wake Up and It's Different
Statement on Brandon Darby, the 'Unnamed' Informant/Provocateur in the "Texas 2" Case


Text: Open letter from Confidential Human Source 1, Brandon Darby
Texas activist explains why be became an informant for the FBI


Text: Trial date set for men accused of making Molotov cocktails


Text: Feds challenge ruling in RNC evidence proceeding


Text: GOP convention protesters seek to exclude evidence from upcoming trial
2 men facing bomb-possession charges say police conducted illegal searches of trailer, basement


Legal & Court Documents: Affidavit of Special Agent Christopher Langert
Regarding Austin protesters. "CHS 1" and "CHS 2" have subsequently been revealed as Brandon Darby and Andrew Darst, respectively.




 

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BOSTROM, Matt (Assistant Police Chief of St. Paul), CHOI, John (St. Paul City Attorney), COLEMAN, Christopher B. (St. Paul Mayor), DARBY, Brandon (A.K.A. "CHS 1", paid informant who infiltrated Austin protesters), DARST, Andrew (A.K.A. "Panda", "CRI 2", paid informant who infiltrated RNC Welcoming Committee), DEPALMA, Matthew (Michigan Molotov Case), DOLAN, Tim (Minneapolis Police Chief), FLETCHER, Bob (Ramsey County Sheriff), GAERTNER, Susan (Ramsey County Attorney), GOODMAN, Amy (Democracy Now, arrested Sept 1st), GROSS, Michelle (Communities United Against Police Brutality), HARRINGTON, John (St. Paul Police Chief), HEFFELFINGER, Tom (Former U.S. Attorney) and LUGER, Andy (former Assistant U.S. Attorney), HUGHES, Elliot (alleged torture under Ramsey County Sheriff's care), JOHNSON, Jason (Tased in Mears Park on Day 2), KELLY, Mick (Banner carrier shot with projectile at point blank on Day 4/Arrested for distributing leaflets about RNC march at Obama rally), LANE, Leah (abusive arrest on Day 4 captured on CNN and Fox 9), LUBINSKI, Sharon (Assistant Police Chief of Minneapolis), MAHONEY, Dave (Accused of dropping sandbag onto I-94 freeway on Day 1), MULHOLLAND, Ann (St. Paul Deputy Mayor), NESTOR, Bruce (President of National Lawyers Guild, Minnesota Chapter), PAWLENTY, Tim (Governor of Minnesota), ROWLEY, Coleen (retired FBI 9/11 whistle-blower and peace activist), "RNC 8" Arrestees (Monica BICKING, Robert CZERNIK, Garrett FITZGERALD, Luce Guillen GIVINS, Erik OSELAND, Nathanael SECOR, Max SPECTOR, and Eryn TRIMMER), RYBACK, R.T. (Minneapolis Mayor), SMITH, Keith (17-year-old protester allegedly beaten by police on Day 1), SUNDIN, Jess (March on the RNC organizer, Anti-War Committee), "TEXAS TWO" Arrestees (Bradley Neal CROWDER and David MCKAY), THUNE, Dave (Ward 2 Council Member for St. Paul)


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