The Honey Trap

The Intercept ^ | March 21, 2023 | Trevor Aaronson

[Twotone]

The young woman with long pink hair claimed to be from Washington state. One day during the summer of 2020, she walked into the Chinook Center, a community space for left-wing activists in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and offered to volunteer.

“She dressed in a way that was sort of noticeable,” said Samantha Christiansen, a co-founder of the Chinook Center. But no one among the activists found that unusual or alarming; everyone has their own style. They accepted her into the community.

The pink-haired woman said her name was Chelsie. She also dropped regular hints about her chosen profession.

“She implied over the course of getting to know her that she was a sex worker,” said Jon Christiansen, Samantha’s husband and another co-founder of the Chinook Center.

“I think somebody else had told me that, and I just was like, ‘Oh, OK. That makes sense,’” said Autum Carter-Wallace, an activist in Colorado Springs. “I never questioned it.”

But Chelsie’s identity was as fake as her long pink hair. The young woman, whose real name is April Rogers, is a detective at the Colorado Springs Police Department. The FBI enlisted her to infiltrate and spy on racial justice groups during the summer of 2020.

The work of Rogers, or “Chelsie,” is a direct offshoot of the FBI’s summer of 2020 investigation in Denver, where Mickey Windecker, a paid FBI informant, drove a silver hearse, rose to a leadership role in the racial justice movement, and encouraged activists to become violent. Windecker provided information to the FBI about an activist who attended demonstrations in both Denver and Colorado Springs, prompting federal agents to launch a new investigation in the smaller Colorado city. I tell the story of Windecker and his FBI work, as well as the investigation in Colorado Springs, in “Alphabet Boys”...

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

And mine is that the names and addresses of reporters are also in the public record but if you publish them it is considered “doxxing”.

One rule for all, not this tiered BS.

[fishtank]

A few days ago I saw a collection of comparison photos between two different rallies in different cities…… LOTS of common faces at both locations, and I think the events were about four years apart….

If someone has that link…. Please post!!’

[PGR88]

The FBI will track any organization it doesn’t itself control.

[sauropod]

Nice try, little buddy.

Play again.

[Atomic Vomit]

Just goes to show:
Never write when you can speak
Never speak when you can nod
Never nod when you can wink

Mrs AV