There was an article about this today in the DM Register.

Sierra Club Currents
Volume IV, #39
Tuesday, May 18, 2004

Lawsuit: Ship Shape

In April 2002, Greenpeace activists climbed aboard a cargo ship carrying
illegally-harvested Brazilian mahogany, planning to post a sign stating
"President Bush: Stop Illegal Logging." The Bush administration, instead of
addressing the illegal shipment of the lumber to U.S. ports, has responded
by blowing the dust off a piracy statute from 1872 - yes, that's 1872 - to
prosecute Greenpeace over their protest tactics. The Sierra Club will appear
as a friend of the court in the lawsuit, opposing the administration's abuse
of power. This appears to be the first time in U.S. history that the federal
government is criminally prosecuting an organization for the civil
disobedience of its members.

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