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May 30, 2017

Intercept: Private Security Firm Used Counterterrorism Tactics Against DAPL Water Protectors
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A new investigation by The Intercept reveals how international private
security firm Tiger Swan targeted Dakota Access water protectors with
military-style counterterrorism measures. Tiger Swan began as a U.S.
military and State Department contractor. It was hired by Energy
Transfer Partners, the company behind the $3.8 billion Dakota Access
pipeline. The investigation is based on leaked internal documents, which
show how Tiger Swan collaborated closely with law enforcement agencies
to surveil and target the nonviolent indigenous-led movement. In the
documents, Tiger Swan also repeatedly calls the water protectors
"insurgents" and the movement an "ideologically driven insurgency."


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