Tabitha Fringe Chase
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Tabitha Fringe Chase is one of the first US activists investigated by the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force
to come forward publicly alerting the media to the targeting of activists under the USA PATRIOT Act
.
The FBI domestic terrorism investigation began in 2004. She and her attorney Ken Driggs were interviewed by the FBI in 2005. Her redacted FBI file was obtained in 2006 by the American Civil Liberties Union
via the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The FBI has never commented to the media on her investigation, nor have they ever officially closed the investigation. The investigation itself was centered entirely upon her political affiliations with no direct indication of any wrongdoing on her part. No reason for the investigation to have ever begun was released either in the FOIA or to the media.
She was one of two persons who disrobed publicly in protest of the proposed “baggy pants ban” in Atlanta in 2007, creating a media row that helped to stall the legislation in committee. She is a former employee of The Chamber and The Clermont Lounge
. She is a street medic
, a member of the IWW
#690 (sex trade workers), a former stripper
, a former dominatrix
, a bartender
, a former fetish club
promoter in Atlanta, Georgia
with Agoraphobia Productions, a vegan, and web designer.
Joint Terrorism Task Force
A Joint Terrorism Task Force is a partnership between various U.S. law enforcement agencies that is charged with taking action against terrorism, which includes the investigation of crimes such as wire fraud and identity theft...
to come forward publicly alerting the media to the targeting of activists under the USA PATRIOT Act
USA PATRIOT Act
The USA PATRIOT Act is an Act of the U.S. Congress that was signed into law by President George W. Bush on October 26, 2001...
.
The FBI domestic terrorism investigation began in 2004. She and her attorney Ken Driggs were interviewed by the FBI in 2005. Her redacted FBI file was obtained in 2006 by the American Civil Liberties Union
American Civil Liberties Union
The American Civil Liberties Union is a U.S. non-profit organization whose stated mission is "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States." It works through litigation, legislation, and...
via the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The FBI has never commented to the media on her investigation, nor have they ever officially closed the investigation. The investigation itself was centered entirely upon her political affiliations with no direct indication of any wrongdoing on her part. No reason for the investigation to have ever begun was released either in the FOIA or to the media.
She was one of two persons who disrobed publicly in protest of the proposed “baggy pants ban” in Atlanta in 2007, creating a media row that helped to stall the legislation in committee. She is a former employee of The Chamber and The Clermont Lounge
Clermont Lounge
The Clermont Lounge is Atlanta's first and longest continually operating strip club, opened in 1965. Located in the basement of the Clermont Motor Hotel at 789 Ponce De Leon Avenue, in the Poncey-Highland neighborhood...
. She is a street medic
Street medic
Street medics, or action medics, are volunteers with varying degrees of medical training who attend protests and demonstrations to provide medical care such as first aid. Unlike regular emergency medical technicians, who serve with more established institutions, street medics usually operate in a...
, a member of the IWW
Industrial Workers of the World
The Industrial Workers of the World is an international union. At its peak in 1923, the organization claimed some 100,000 members in good standing, and could marshal the support of perhaps 300,000 workers. Its membership declined dramatically after a 1924 split brought on by internal conflict...
#690 (sex trade workers), a former stripper
Stripper
A stripper is a professional erotic dancer who performs a contemporary form of striptease at strip club establishments, public exhibitions, and private engagements. Unlike in burlesque, the performer in the modern Americanized form of stripping minimizes the interaction of customer and dancer,...
, a former dominatrix
Dominatrix
Dominatrix or mistress is a woman or women who takes the dominant role in bondage, discipline and sadomasochism, or BDSM. A common form of address for a submissive to a dominatrix is "mistress", "ma'am", "domina" or "maîtresse"...
, a bartender
Bartender
A bartender is a person who serves beverages behind a counter in a bar, pub, tavern, or similar establishment. A bartender, in short, "tends the bar". The term barkeeper may carry a connotation of being the bar's owner...
, a former fetish club
Fetish club
A fetish club is a nightclub, bar or other entertainment hub which caters to clientele interested in some of fetish fashion, bondage, dominance/submission, and/or sadism and masochism...
promoter in Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
with Agoraphobia Productions, a vegan, and web designer.