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Greenpeace has filed a federal lawsuit against Dow Chemical
and Sasol North America, alleging that the chemical companies and their agents hired
security experts to spy on the environmental organization. The 56-page lawsuit also
claims that off-duty police officers and former National Security Agency (NSA) computer
experts from Beckett Brown International (BBI) performed "clandestine and
unlawful" activities against Greenpeace in order to undermine the group's activities
against the chemical industry.
In its court filing, Greenpeace states that BBI used "surreptitious
and deceitful methods" such as stealing discarded documents, infiltrating
community action groups, and hacking private email networks. Greenpeace was the
not the only target, however. According to the civil complaint, "there is considerable evidence"
that BBI conducted similar campaigns against the Center for Food Safety, Friends of
the Earth, and the National Environmental Trust.
Is this a public relations disaster for Dow and Sasol, or
just business as usual in the battle between the chemical industry and
environmental organizations?
Source: Court
Filing and The
Washington Post
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