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FBI’s investigation into #GamerGate included threats of “nuclear extortion”
Back in 2014, MuckRock reported that a request for Federal Bureau of Investigation files on the online movement “#GamerGate” had been rejected on grounds there were ongoing criminal investigations. Several years later, the FBI released a heavily-redacted copy of that file, largely consisting of the Bureau looking to various death threats related to the movement. While details are scarce, a one point it appears as if the threats had escalated to full-blown nuclear retaliation.
FBI investigated a death threat against women’s rights activist Betty Friedan by Leon Trotsky
As a prominent figure in the women’s liberation movement during the 1960s and 1970s, Betty Friedan was not without critics. And as her FBI file shows, on at least one occasion a scheduled speech resulted in a bomb threat mailed to her home.
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Nicholas Marritz sent this request to the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States of America
No Responsive Documents
Nicholas Marritz sent this request to the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States of America