UK Daily Mail ; Guitar maker accused of making instruments from endangered plants.
"Federal agents have now raided Gibson facilities in Nashville and Memphis, Tennessee, on Wednesday, seizing wood imported from India, and workers were sent home.
"Mr Juszkiewicz said in a statement yesterday that the company has worked with environmental groups such as the Rainforest Alliance to ensure its wood imports are from sustainable sources."
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(The government) has suggested that the use of wood from India that is not finished by Indian workers is illegal, not because of U.S. law, but because it is the Justice Department’s interpretation of a law in India.'
This action was taken without the support and consent of the government in India. "Press Release from Gibson:
The Federal Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. has suggested that the use of wood from India that is not finished by Indian workers is illegal, not because of U.S. law, but because it is the Justice Department’s interpretation of a law in India. (If the same wood from the same tree was finished by Indian workers, the material would be legal.)"
Terrorism of this sort will not be condoned.
Not about illegal logging, not about conservation, not about the environment "Yet, the Federal Government raided Gibson's facilities on August 24, 2011, without warning or communication of any kind. Had the Government simply communicated with Gibson, Gibson would have cooperated without having to stop its production and send workers home."
Update on Obama's Raid on Gibson Guitar "So this breaks down to three issues:"
Arrogance. Stupidity. Overreaching regulation. Anti-business. ....
Somewhere in the bowels of the DOJ, something about Gibson set this vendetta off, even though we feel this company is fully in sync with the Obama Administration. We are very interested to see what were the origins of all this. TD
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