Two former spokesmen for the radical Earth Liberation Front said Monday they are giving that up to form what they say is a "new revolutionary organization" called Arissa. Their news release said they have concluded "that more direct, strategic and severe action needed to be taken against the political structure itself in the United States." The telephone numbers on the Arissa release did not answer on Monday. The group's Web site does not specify the origin of the name "Arissa." The FBI labeled the ELF, which carries out sabotage against targets it considers environmentally unfriendly, as one of the nation's more dangerous terrorist organizations. FBI spokeswoman Jane Brillhart said the agency is aware of the new group but declined further comment. The ELF claims to have inflicted more than $45 million in damage to corporations, individuals and government agencies since 1997. Former spokesmen Craig Rosebraugh and Leslie James Pickering of Portland have denied being members of the shadowy group. They say that while they sympathize with it, their only role has been to relay ELF communiquès.
| Oh, yasss... I'm sure they had nothing to do with ELF. No involvement at all... Nope. |
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