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Eco–Terrorism Specifically Examining Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (‘‘Shac’’) S. HRG. 109–1005 ECO–TERRORISM SPECIFICALLY EXAMINING STOP HUNTINGDON ANIMAL CRUELTY (‘‘SHAC’’) HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED NINTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION OCTOBER 26, 2005 Printed for the use of the Committee on Environment and Public Works ( Available via the World Wide Web: http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress.senate U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 39–521 PDF WASHINGTON : 2008 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2104 Mail: Stop IDCC, Washington, DC 20402–0001 COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS ONE HUNDRED NINTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma, Chairman JOHN W. WARNER, Virginia JAMES M. JEFFORDS, Vermont CHRISTOPHER S. BOND, Missouri MAX BAUCUS, Montana GEORGE V. VOINOVICH, Ohio JOSEPH I. LIEBERMAN, Connecticut LINCOLN CHAFEE, Rhode Island BARBARA BOXER, California LISA MURKOWSKI, Alaska THOMAS R. CARPER, Delaware JOHN THUNE, South Dakota HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON, New York JIM DEMINT, South Carolina FRANK R. LAUTENBERG, New Jersey JOHNNY ISAKSON, Georgia BARACK OBAMA, Illinois DAVID VITTER, Louisiana ANDREW WHEELER, Majority Staff Director KEN CONNOLLY, Minority Staff Director (II) CONTENTS Page OCTOBER 26, 2005 OPENING STATEMENTS Inhofe, Hon. James M., U.S. Senator from the State of Oklahoma .................... 1 Jeffords, Hon. James M., U.S. Senator from the State of Vermont, prepared statement .............................................................................................................. 30 Lautenberg, Hon. Frank R., U.S. Senator from the State of New Jersey ........... 4 Thune, Hon. John, U.S. Senator from the State of South Dakota ...................... 10 WITNESSES Bernard, Richard P., executive vice president and general counsel, New York Stock Exchange .................................................................................................... 20 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 39 Bibi, Mark L., general counsel, Life Sciences Research, Inc. and Huntingdon Life Sciences, Inc. ................................................................................................. 15 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 37 Boruchin, Skip, NASDAQ market maker, Legacy Trading Company ................. 18 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 38 Lewis, John E., Deputy Assistant Director, Counterterrorism Division, Fed- eral Bureau of Investigation ............................................................................... 5 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 30 Sabin, Barry M., Chief, Counterterrorism Section, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice ......................................................................................... 8 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 33 Vlasak, Jerry, M.D., press officer, North American Animal Liberation Press Office ..................................................................................................................... 20 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 41 ADDITIONAL MATERIAL Article: ‘‘The Animal Zealotry That Destroyed Our Lab,’’ by Mark S. Blumberg, Washington Post ............................................................................................ 50 Doris Day Animal League ................................................................................ 53 Charts: HLS CEO Attacked and Beaten with a Baseball Bat at His Home ............. 62 SHAC Attacked Homes of HLS Scientists ...................................................... 63 SHAC Leaflets Chiron Executive’s Neighborhood ......................................... 64 SHAC Directs Members to Contact NYSE ..................................................... 65 Jerry Vlasak is an Actor in Multiple Animal Rights Terrorists Groups ..... 66 SHAC Attacked Home of Skip Boruchin in Oklahoma ................................. 67 SHAC Attacked Office of Skip Boruchin in Oklahoma ................................. 68 SHAC Leaflets HLS Executive’s Neighborhood with Slanderous Material . 69 SHAC Orders Direct Action on HLS ............................................................... 70 DOJ Resource Guide on the Domestic Terrorist Threat of SHAC ............... 71 Business Card Illustrates the Collusion of Multiple Animal Rights Groups ............................................................................................................ 72 Letters: Kerr, Jeffrey S., general counsel and director of corporate affairs, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Foundation (PETA)........................ 54–58 Lenon, Jordana, National Association for Biomedical Research .................. 59 (III) IV Page —Continued Pacelle, Wayne, president and CEO, The Humane Society of the United States ............................................................................................................. 60 Society for Animal Protective Legislation ...................................................... 61 Statement, Bistrian, Bruce R., M.D., Ph.D., president, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) ..................................................... 48 ECO–TERRORISM SPECIFICALLY EXAMINING STOP HUNTINGDON ANIMAL CRUELTY (‘‘SHAC’’) WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2005 U.S. SENATE, COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS, Washington, DC. The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 2:30 p.m. in room 406, Senate Dirksen Building, Hon. James M. Inhofe (chairman of the committee) presiding. Present: Senators Inhofe, Thune, and Lautenberg. OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JAMES M. INHOFE, U.S. SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA Senator INHOFE. The committee will come to order. We have a longstanding habit of starting on time, whether other members are here or not. Today, the Committee on Environment and Public Works will discuss the committee’s investigation into eco-terrorism. This hear- ing is the second hearing we have had on this subject. We will focus on Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty, ‘‘SHAC,’’ a radical ani- mal rights organization that relies on crimes of violence and a cam- paign of fear to convey their message of animal liberation. SHAC evolved with the purpose of ruining a contract research organiza- tion called Huntingdon Life Sciences. We will refer to that as HLS, also known as Life Science Research, a New Jersey-based company that conducts EPA and FDA mandated testing on animals. This testing may some day provide a cure for cancer, AIDS, blindness and the possibilities are endless, as we, the Congress, have determined that this testing is necessary to ensure the safety of our consumers. Our first two witnesses, John Lewis, Deputy Assistant Director of the Counterterrorism Division of the FBI, and Barry Sabin, Sec- tion Chief of the Counterterrorism Division of the Department of Justice are here to explain SHAC’s revolutionary tactics used to pressure people through tertiary or third party targeting to stop any and all business with HLS. SHAC targets all HLS service pro- viders and clients under the theory that without them, HLS cannot operate. SHAC is able to effectively bully companies by using extremely dangerous and frightening tactics, including the use of bombs, arson, violence against people and property, intimidation, and har- assment. We have a chart that depicts the HLS CEO who was at- (1) 2 tacked with a baseball bat by SHAC. That is on my side of the two charts, you can see his head is bleeding profusely. He was near death at that time. [The reference document follows on page 62.] SHAC calls these tactics direct actions, and its level of violence and propensity for harm has led the FBI to include SHAC, along with the Animal Liberation Front and the Earth Liberation Front, as the most serious domestic terrorist threat today, having com- mitted over 1,200 acts of terror and over $200 million in damages. There is a need for tighter, yet concise legislation to curb this criminal activity that, up to date, has been impervious to law en- forcement authorities. Such legislation will close the gaps in the criminal code that have allowed SHAC, working with multiple other animal rights groups, the freedom to terrorize people. Mark Bibi, general counsel for HLS, will inform us about not only the years of terror that HLS executives, scientists, and other employees and their family members have endured as SHAC’s pri- mary target, but also the costs associated with operating a research entity because of SHAC. Notice the chart that illustrates multiple scientists’ homes that were attacked, coupled with the loss of re- search, loss of scientists and security costs of the interference with HLS’ ability to compete in the financial markets. [The reference document follows on page 63.] Just last month, HLS was to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The Exchange refused to go through with the scheduled listing because of threats from SHAC. Here is a chart illustrating the SHAC Web site threatening the New York Stock Exchange. [The reference document follows on page 65.] When this happened on September 7, I
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