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--- Begin Message ----Caveat Lector- http://www.coloradoan.com/news/stories/20040730/news/946237.html Man tells public about FBI's 'intimidation of activists' By NIKOLAUS OLSEN [EMAIL PROTECTED]When an agent from FBI stops by to have a conversation, never, ever answer any questions without a lawyer present. That is what a 45-year-old computer programmer from Fort Collins found out last week when it happened to him. "I was scared, very scared," Paul Bame said. The agent called him at home on July 22 and left a message. The next day, as Bame returned from lunch, a company security guard said there was someone there to meet him. "I had been in terror since the call," Bame said. The agent said Bame, who has been arrested twice on petty offenses at anti-globalization protests -- in Washington in 2000 and Miami last year -- came up on a computer. The agent began asking questions about Bame's knowledge of any plans to hurt anyone at this year's national political conventions. After a short standoff, Bame told the agent he would not answer any questions without his lawyer present. The agent left and has not contacted Bame's lawyer. "It leads me to believe it was about the intimidation of activists," Bame said at a public forum Thursday, which he organized to discuss the incident. Bame's questioning came the same week that members of the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force questioned young activists in Denver about the same thing. On Wednesday, a FBI spokesman admitted agents had been interviewing people as a part of an investigation into plans to disrupt the conventions. Security has been tight at the Democratic National Convention in Boston, which wrapped up Thursday, and is expected to be equally so at the Republican gathering in New York on Aug. 30 through Sept. 2. Despite its concerns about the conventions, the agency denied it was working to discourage people from their right to protest. "The FBI does not conduct investigations or interviews designed to discourage anyone from exercising their First Amendment right to assemble and peacefully protest," spokesman Joe Parris said. "However, violent criminal acts are not protected by the Constitution, and the FBI has a duty to prevent such acts and to identify and bring to justice those who commit them." Bame said he's never engaged in anything that would be considered a violent act. The agent made reference to a recent report by the Sept. 11 commission that criticized U.S. intelligence, including the FBI, for not doing more to prevent attacks, Bame said. He has since been the subject of media interviews and reports about his experiences. At Thursday's forum, Bame said he welcomed the media coverage because it gets the word out about what the FBI is doing. One person attending the forum said she couldn't understand why more people aren't outraged at the FBI's recent tactics. 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