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  A TigerSwan Employee Quietly Registered a New Business in Louisiana After Private Security License Was Denied

  The Intercept - Alleen Brown

  The company notorious for surveilling pipeline opponents at Standing Rock was pursuing a contract to guard Louisiana’s Bayou Bridge …

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  From North Dakota to Puerto Rico, Controversial Security Firm Profits From Oil Protests and Climate Disasters

  The Intercept - Alleen Brown

  TigerSwan, the mercenary security firm that worked to suppress the NoDAPL movement, is promoting its disaster response efforts in Houston and Puerto …

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  A Native American Activist Followed Her Mother’s Footsteps to Standing Rock. Now She Faces Years in Prison.

  The Intercept - Will Parrish

  Oglala Lakota Sioux activist Red Fawn Fallis pleaded guilty to two federal felonies, all but assuring she will receive a substantial prison …

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  An Activist Stands Accused of Firing a Gun at Standing Rock. It Belonged to Her Lover — an FBI Informant.

  The Intercept - Will Parrish

  Red Fawn Fallis’s case sheds light on federal law enforcement’s surveillance of the water protector movement and generations of indigenous …

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  Dakota Access Pipeline Company Paid Mercenaries to Build Conspiracy Lawsuit Against Environmentalists

  The Intercept - Alleen Brown

  The private security firm TigerSwan worked to build a RICO suit accusing Greenpeace, Earth First, and BankTrack of inciting protests to increase …

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  Law Enforcement Descended On Standing Rock A Year Ago And Changed the DAPL Fight Forever

  The Intercept - Alleen Brown

  One year ago today, on October 27, 2016, hundreds of law enforcement officers descended on a small resistance camp that stood directly in the path of …