On Saturday, the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force arrested and charged two women in connection with a terrorist plot to sabotage railroad tracks in order to cause a train derailment. According to The New York Times, Ellen Brennan Reiche, 27, and Samantha Frances Brooks, 23, stand accused of placing a shunt on a railroad track in Bellingham, Washington.
In addition to previously working as a deputy field organizer for the Washington State Democratic Party, Reiche is a radical feminist and environmentalist who jointly founded the Bellingham Lesbian Collective. Both ladies also co-hosted the lesbian-oriented podcast The L-Word.
The Times also states that an anarchist website stated the purpose of the attacks is to impede an oil pipeline. In its press release, however, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said that a shunt can interfere with a train’s electrical signal and cause it to brake abruptly or interrupt its safety…
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