Operation Backfire (FBI)

Operation Backfire
Operation nameOperation Backfire
Participants
Executed byFBI, ATF
Mission
TargetEarth Liberation Front

Operation Backfire was a multi-agency criminal investigation, led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), into destructive acts in the name of animal rights and environmental causes in the United States described as eco-terrorism by the FBI. The operation resulted in convictions and imprisonment of a number of people, many of whom were members of the Animal Liberation Front and Earth Liberation Front.

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