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Eco-saboteur Rebecca Rubin pleads guilty to arson, but won't give up any names
Oregon Live ^ | October 11, 2013 | Bryan Denson

Posted on 10/13/2013 9:40:22 AM PDT by george76

Rubin rose before Chief U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken in Portland, where she pleaded guilty to a dozen crimes – in Colorado, Oregon and California – as part of the underground Earth Liberation Front and Animal Liberation Front.

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Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen F. Peifer recounted Rubin's crimes as part of the largest group of eco-saboteurs ever taken down by the FBI. They called themselves The Family and committed an estimated $40 million in damage from 1996 to 2001.

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the terms of the highly structured plea agreement sets limits on the number of years Rubin will spend in prison. She has agreed not to ask the judge for a sentence of less than five years, and the government has agreed not to ask for more than 7 1/2 years.

Aiken will have the final say. She set Rubin's sentencing for Jan. 27.

As part of the bargain, Rubin has agreed to assist the government by telling the FBI and prosecutors every detail she could remember about the crimes she committed. But she was firm on one point: She would never tell them the names – or otherwise identify – any other participants in her crimes, or any actions attributed to the Animal Liberation Front or Earth Liberation Front.

(Excerpt) Read more at oregonlive.com ...


TOPICS: Canada; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Arizona; US: California; US: Colorado; US: Idaho; US: New Mexico; US: Oregon; US: Washington; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alf; arson; dibee; ecosaboteur; elf; envirnomentalist; environmentalism; greenpeace; mahmouddibee; overaker; peta; rebeccarubin; rubin; sierraclub; sunshineoveraker; terrorism; terrorist; terrorists; thefamily; vail

1 posted on 10/13/2013 9:40:22 AM PDT by george76
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To: george76

And the prosecution agreed to her terms why? Was their case so weak they couldn’t otherwise send her to prison?


2 posted on 10/13/2013 9:43:34 AM PDT by Gen.Blather
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To: jazusamo; forester; Salvation; Squawk 8888; neverdem; SierraWasp; LucyT; rellimpank; AuntB; ...

Joseph Mahmoud Dibee and Josephine Sunshine Overaker, remain fugitives.


3 posted on 10/13/2013 9:48:18 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: Gen.Blather

Uh, shouldn’t NSA know all about her compatriots?


4 posted on 10/13/2013 9:48:40 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: george76

The bad guys are indeed the bad guys but the good guys are not very good..


5 posted on 10/13/2013 9:48:58 AM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: Paladin2

http://www.targetofopportunity.com/elf.htm


6 posted on 10/13/2013 9:51:08 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: george76

Eco-saboteur = terrorist


7 posted on 10/13/2013 9:51:43 AM PDT by Henry Hnyellar
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To: george76

$40 Million in damages gets her 7 1/2 years???

What a joke.


8 posted on 10/13/2013 9:53:31 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: ridesthemiles

She should’ve gotten 40 years, with a possible decrease for each name she provided. At a minimum.


9 posted on 10/13/2013 9:57:44 AM PDT by Twotone (Marte Et Clypeo)
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To: george76

Oh lovely! She’s a Canadian....


10 posted on 10/13/2013 10:04:36 AM PDT by Islander7 (There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda)
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To: george76
the thing in the black robe prolly agrees with everything she's done, after all, it IS a clinton minion
11 posted on 10/13/2013 10:12:08 AM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: george76
Yep Dibee and Overaker are still out there and if this plea deal hadn't been accepted she may had fingered at least one of them or at least given some clues about their whereabouts.

Her singing should have been mandatory for a light sentence, it's hard to believe she's getting off easy on this.


Rebecca Rubin in her younger days

An older article in the Eugene Weekly News

Thanks for the ping.

12 posted on 10/13/2013 10:14:35 AM PDT by jazusamo ([Obama] A Truly Great Phony -- Thomas Sowell http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3058949/posts)
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To: jazusamo

Nice porn'stache.

13 posted on 10/13/2013 10:22:41 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: george76

What about job offers?

Has she heard from the EPA yet?


14 posted on 10/13/2013 10:51:11 AM PDT by Iron Munro (When a killer screams 'Allahu Akbar' you don't need to be mystified about a motive.)
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To: Paladin2
Uh, shouldn’t NSA know all about her compatriots?

I don't see why not. They probably receive government paychecks.

15 posted on 10/13/2013 10:53:10 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: jazusamo; lazzamataz

Maybe a bow in her hair, a bit of rouge and a cow bell, and she might be something Laz would hit.. Or not.. :)


16 posted on 10/13/2013 3:44:32 PM PDT by carlo3b (RUFFLE FEATHERS, and destroy their FEATHER NEST!)
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To: carlo3b

LOL! I doubt a bow, rouge and cowbell would do it even for him. :-)


17 posted on 10/13/2013 3:56:06 PM PDT by jazusamo ([Obama] A Truly Great Phony -- Thomas Sowell http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3058949/posts)
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To: george76

She should have gotten a job with the “sierra club.” Every bit as destructive, and yet legal.


18 posted on 10/13/2013 6:32:16 PM PDT by RobinOfKingston (Democrats--the party of Evil. Republicans--the party of Stupid.)
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