Former Director of Operations' Tie To The FBI
Brandon Darby, one of the founding members and former Director of Operations of Common Ground Relief from January to April 2007, has admitted to serving as an FBI informant in the months leading up to the 2008 Republican National Convention. According to Democracy Now, "Darby has admitted to wearing recording devices at planning meetings and wearing a transmitter embedded in his belt during the convention. Darby testified on behalf of the prosecution at the trial of David McKay of Midland, Texas who was arrested at the RNC on charges of making and possessing Molotov cocktails." During the trial McKay's attorney alleged Darby was acting as an Agent provocateur. The case ended in a mistrial because McKay changed his story about being entrapped by Darby. When (questionable) evidence was going to be presented that McKay wasn't entrapped, he accepted a plea bargain in exchange for a reduced sentence.
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