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Fortune
The Mosquito in the Tent
May 18, 2004
By Marc Gunther
One way to gauge the impact of a pressure group is by the quality of the vitriol it provokes. By that measure, the Rainforest Action Network stands out. When RAN, as it is known, launched a campaign against Boise Cascade, the forest products company accused the group of using "harassment and intimidation" to advance a "lawless, radical agenda" that would "destroy business and halt economic development in the world's poorer countries." Malcolm Wallop, a former U.S. Senator from Wyoming who leads a conservative think tank, says that RAN pursues a "utopian, pollution-free socialist world." Others have accused the group of coercion, blackmail, even terrorism. After RAN's opponents challenged the organization's tax-exempt status, a House subcommittee recently subpoenaed the group's financial records, documents, and e-mails relating to civil disobedience.
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