June 14, 1978: FBI and anti-abortion terrorism
By Ben Masel, Section Diaries
Posted on Mon Jun 01, 2009 at 11:10:33 PM EST
Tags: FBI, anti-abortion terrorism, Iowa, Jackson Clubb (all tags)
Posted on Mon Jun 01, 2009 at 11:10:33 PM EST
Tags: FBI, anti-abortion terrorism, Iowa, Jackson Clubb (all tags)
In one of the seminal acts of anti-abortion terrorism, the Emma Goldman Clinic for Women in Iowa City was firebombed.
The Carter Justice Dept. ordered the local FBI station to drop everything else and solve the crime, an order which did not sit well with the Resident Agent, himself an anti-abortion zealot.
The Carter Justice Dept. ordered the local FBI station to drop everything else and solve the crime, an order which did not sit well with the Resident Agent, himself an anti-abortion zealot.
He came up with a theory which would justify his continuing surveillance of the local lefties, that the bombing had either been a ploy for fundraising, or the result of a lovers' spat, theories which he kept planting in the local press.
He proceeded to stalk my friend Steve Wilson (later changed his name to Jackson Clubb, who posted at kos as MadCityRag until his death a month ago) grilling his neighbors, etc. Jackson at the time was dating an employee of the clinic.
The firebombing was never officially solved. No charges were filed against Jack, probably because the US Attorney wasn't buying the FBI agent's crap.
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