ProPublica reporter Mark Olalde reviewed more than 2,000 pages of internal law enforcement communications and confirmed what many Indigenous protesters of a private lithium mine have long suspected: The FBI is watching them.
For years, the FBI has worked alongside private security of a Nevada mine called Thacker Pass to monitor largely peaceful protesters. Officers and agents have tracked protesters’ social media, while the mining company has gathered video from a camera above a campsite protesters set up on public land near the mine. The FBI did not respond to requests for comment. The mining company issued a statement saying that protesters had vandalized property and blocked roads and that the company “avoided engagement with the protestors and coordinated with the local authorities when necessary for the protection of everyone involved.”
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