State Department : Animal Rights Activists are biggest threat to businesses

December 11, 2006 - USA

A State Department security briefing earlier this month for U.S. companies with overseas operations highlighted the threat from animal rights extremists as a major one in Western Europe and the United States...

"Although incidents related to terrorism are most likely to make the front page news, Animal Rights Extremism is what's most likely to affect your day-to-day business operations in Western Europe."

-U.S. State Department representative in a PowerPoint presentation to the Overseas Security Advisory Council

As reported by United Press International Homeland and National Security Editor Shaun Waterman. Read the whole article here.