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From his blog –

Briana Waters: Victimized by Green Scare State Terrorism

by Stephen Lendman

. . . . On March 30, 2006, she was arrested, then falsely accused of being a lookout in connection with a 2001 arson at the University of Washington Center for Urban Horticulture.

In fact, she’s a California resident, a professional musician, violin teacher, and mother of a young child. Yet, she was bogusly indicted, then reindicted with other defendants on May 10, 2006, including charges of using a destructive device, carrying a mandatory 30 year sentence if convicted.

On December 26, 2007, her lawyers filed a motion, accusing the Justice Department of concealing vital exculpatory information as well as producing a fraudulent FBI report. The agency commonly uses bogus “evidence,” getting manipulated/paid informants to affirm it. Nonetheless, a hostile federal judge denied defense’s motion. Moreover, he ruled against letting his expert rebut government “evidence,” claiming a delayed incendiary device was a bomb.

Expressing outrage, one Waters attorney said:

“The government hand-pick(ed the) judge (and) manipulat(ed) court procedures. This is a classic case of a corrupt prosecution, and a judge who apparently (chose) to look the other way.” . . .  (more)

http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2011/02/briana-waters-victimized-by-green-scare.html

To emphasize the point that Feds use fabricated testimony to create fake ‘conspiracy’ evidence note that activist Daniel McGowan had his sentence  increased for his refusal to play along with this scheme. From his news blog:

“July 16, 2008:

On Monday, July 14, Daniel appeared in federal court in the Western District of Wisconsin (Madison) before Judge Barbara Crabb and was found in civil contempt for his refusal to answer questions before a grand jury.

Since he is already in custody for his existing prison sentence, this means that his clock of time being served has stopped. An appeal has been filed by his lawyer to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, as well as a motion for bail (in his case since he wouldn’t be released, to start his federal time moving forward again). Right now, until the grand jury is dismissed or other agreements are made within that case and things are resolved, his time will not count as time served. It is unknown whether he will remain in county jail for the full extension of this period“. . . (more)

http://www.supportdaniel.org/news/

More background on the abuses for prosecutors’ power can be found in this [PDF] article “Ecoterrorism? : A Critical Analysis of the Vilification of Environmentalist Activists as Terrorists”