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Margaret Millett, fled the scene, but was apprehended movement. In September 1991, Davis, Baker, and
in Prescott the next day. When authorities took David Millett were all sentenced to prison, with terms rang-
Foreman, cofounder of Earth First!, into custody at his ing from one to six years. Another EMETIC member,
home in Tucson, EMETIC was all but finished. Ilse Apslund, was sentenced to one year. Foreman
EMETIC was infiltrated in 1988 by an FBI mole pleaded guilty to conspiracy, but his five-year sen-
named Michael Fain, who posed as a mentally dis- tence was deferred.
turbed Vietnam veteran and self-proclaimed “redneck Throughout the investigation, the FBI considered
for wilderness.” In an 18-month, $2 million operation, EMETIC to be a “small vanguard” of individuals
Fain collected more than 1,000 hours of audiotape, committing illegal acts in the name of the environ-
which helped convict EMETIC members by proving ment. The audiotapes show Foreman and Earth First!
that the May 29 attack was a test-run for a series of were the FBI’s key targets. Despite EMETIC’s small
attacks on nuclear facilities in California, Arizona, membership and short lifespan, the group earned a
and Colorado. EMETIC planned to cause severe phys- substantial reputation and was named “mother of all
ical and economic damage to the companies: costly eco-terrorists” by Ron Arnold, father of the Wise Use
repairs and millions in lost income. movement and opponent of environmentalists.
The grand jury indicted Davis, Baker, and Millett
on counts of conspiracy, destruction of property that See also EARTH FIRST!; ECOTERRORISM
affected interstate commerce, destruction of an
energy facility, and destruction of government prop- Further Reading
erty. Foreman faced charges of conspiracy for
Smith, Brent. Terrorism in America: Pipe Bombs and Pipe
instructing EMETIC members and funding their
Dreams. New York: State University of New York Press,
actions. The prosecution called the group’s actions 1994.
ecoterrorism; the defense responded with allegations Zakin, Susan. Coyotes and Town Dogs: Earth First! and the
of government misconduct, coercion, and entrap- Environmental Movement. New York: Viking Penguin,
ment, with the intent to discredit the environmental 1993.