Spying on Activists -- Dine' Klee Benally, Vicam Yaqui, and Zapatistas were Targeted
By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Dec. 7, 2024Democracy Now reports on Pegasus spyware in cell phones this week. It is a reminder of how our friend Klee Benally, Dine', was spied on by the Tohono O'odham Nation government as he protested the US Border Patrol, and the Salt River Project, and its role in poisoning Dine' with its coal-fired power plant.
The Tohono O'odham Nation government was the first tribal government to become part of a secretive inter-agency tribal/state/federal law enforcement Fusion Center that shared data.
Tohono O'odham and Dine' (Navajo) activists were spied on by the Tucson, Phoenix and Tohono O'odham Nation police departments, as revealed in the report 'Dissent or Terrorism.'
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| Read the report 'Dissent or Terrorism' at Censored News https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2013/05/tohono-oodham-and-arizona-police-stalk.html |
Tucson police were among the first police departments in the U.S. to use the stingray for secretly tracking cell phones without a warrant.
With all the spying, tracking and stalking, Klee eventually was stalled at an airport and under surveillance. Klee was slapped with the 'SSSS' status, Secondary Screening Security Selection.
Klee's book, released shortly before he passed in December of 2023, is a reminder of the stalking of Arizona activists twelve years ago. The protests under surveillance focused on protests of Arizona Sheriff Arpaio, ALEC and Salt River Project in Phoenix, and the Occupy Movement in Tucson and Phoenix.
And yes, the documents name names, both the cops who were undercover and the activists they stalked, including Klee.
In Klee's book, he describes the surveillance, and the stingrays, portable equipment cops used to track cell phones without a warrant, and more.
Facebook was, and is, the favorite of law enforcement for tracking and surveillance of activists, along with cell phones.
The spyware includes Israel's Pegasus which can't be detected. It enables the spies to turn your cell phone on to determine your location, and turn on your audio and video, without your knowledge for surveillance.
Mexico bought Pegasus from Israel and used it to stalk both Zapatistas and the Traditional Vicam Yaqui in Sonora, leaked files reveal.
The Mexican military used Pegasus to spy on the Zapatistas during their Journey for Life through Europe. Vicam Yaqui Traditional Authority in Sonora were also spied on using Pegasus.
The Vicam Yaqui Traditional Authority led the highway blockades for years to protect their water; hosted international water forums; and hosted the Zapatistas international gathering.
Our friend Tomas Rojo, Yaqui spokesman, was among those who were brutally assassinated. The soft-spoken Tomas was bludgeoned to death near his home on a morning walk. Many Yaqui defending their from being stolen for an aquifer for the City of Hermosillo, and defending their land from gas pipelines and development, were murdered, imprisoned and disappeared.
In memory of Tomas Rojo, and Klee Benally, and all those whose lives were taken.
Their legacy lives.
Order Klee's book 'No Spiritual Surrender: Indigenous Anarchy in Defense of the Sacred'
Read more:
Tohono O'odham police and Arizona police stalk activists
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2013/05/tohono-oodham-and-arizona-police-stalk.html
Spying on Arizona activists by Tohono O'odham, Tucson and Phoenix
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2013/05/government-surveillance-of-occupy.html
Mexico government spy files on Yaqui and Zapatistas
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2022/10/mexicos-government-spy-files-on-yaqui.html
Mexico's military used Pegasus to spy on Vicam Yaqui in Sonora
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/01/mexicos-military-used-israels-pegasus.html
Klee slapped with SSSS status at airport
It was in July that Klee Benally first saw the Secondary Screening Security Selection designation on his boarding pass, when he was flying to New York from Arizona. He was hit with delays at the airport from the increased searches of his person and belongings and ultimately missed his flight. -- Mic
Democracy Now, on Pegasus and spying
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/12/5/surveilled_ronan_farrow_israel_spyware
Article copyright Censored News. Content may not be used without written permission, or in any manner for revenues. This includes grants for non-profits. Both Klee and the Zapatistas Marcos spoke out against the money making non-profits and NGOs using grassroots struggles for their secretive funding.
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