Never believe that there is no good news.  Sometimes the worst of the bad actors are caught and treated to the media exposure they deserve.  The only bad news is that the worst of the worst, Paul Watson, has not yet been detained, judged and jailed for his alleged criminal acts.  The bright light, however, is that sometimes media attention to Watson's exploits calls it like it is. Thomas Ryan, of Frontpagemagazine.com, on May 4 of this year, compared Watson with Islamic terrorists, and noted that while their ideology and politics are different, the underlying disregard for humanity and the brutal tactics, are identical.  Ryan asserts that Watson and the 911 terrorists are "soulmates".  While Watson has reveled in other media accounts, we are betting that this one has not pleased him, if he has been made aware of it at all.  The piece is thorough, chronicling his criminal exploits and using a number of his quotes about disregard for people as he has rammed vessels, endangered human life, scoffed at all laws, and jumped bail in Costa Rica in 2002 when he was charged with the attempted murder of a fisherman in a 12 foot boat. 

Greenpeace might not be pleased at repeated other media references to Watson's being one of its founders.  The June 3 volume of Liberty Matters News Service cites Greenpeace involvement in protests against logging operations in Oregon, where salvage of burned-over timber acres is taking place.  Some activist(s) vandalized $100,000 worth of heavy logging equipment by sabotaging engines, fuel tanks and hydraulic systems of the machines. Greenpeace's "Forest Campaigner" has "set up camp" in the southern part of the state to protest the cleaning up by logging of other burned-over, diseased forests.   While the Liberty Matters piece does not mention Watson, Ryan notes that he may be the originator of the concept of logging operation sabotage, as he claims to have invented the practice of tree spiking.  The FBI has declared that the Oregon vandalism is ecoterrorism, and agents are presently searching for the perpetrators. 

In better news, Liberty Matters for June 3 has disclosed that the FBI has caught the worst of the worst ecoterrorists who have been committing arson, stalking people, and threatening them with bodily harm, because they are employees or clients of Huntingdon Life Sciences, a lab that uses animals in medical research.  Seven suspects have been arrested and charged with "conspiracy to violate a federal law that bans terrorism against animal enterprises."  Among those apprehended are the president of SHAC,  (Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty) Kevin Kjonaas, Lauren Gazzola and Jacob Conroy, who all additionally "face charges of interstate stalking and using the Internet to instill fear." 

IWMC urges that steps be continually taken to remove the tax-exempt status of all organizations that in any way, support those committing these antisocial and criminal acts. That certainly includes PETA, the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, and ultimately, even some mainstream environmentalist organizations that have been occasionally implicated in giving aid to these enemies of mankind.