Vol. 71/No. 12      March 26, 2007

David Gletty, 39, was a prominent organizer of the march by 22 NSM supporters in February 2006. The demonstrators, protected by a large police escort, carried signs saying, “White pride” and “White people unite.”

About 500 people mobilized to protest the NSM march. Some 300 cops were on hand to protect the neo-Nazis and arrest and harass the anti-fascist protesters. The police blocked off streets to make it difficult for many people to join the antiracist mobilization.

At the court hearing of two NSM members on drug charges, Gletty testified as an informant who participated in the alleged drug deal wearing a wire. FBI officials indicated they had paid Gletty at least $20,000 over the past two years.

The court allowed the FBI to describe Gletty as “Mr. X” or “CW” (cooperating witness), but a public defender used Gletty’s full name several times. Uncomfortable with the revelation, FBI agent Kevin Farrington testified that Gletty “participated in [the march]. He did not organize it,” he claimed. This statement was contradicted by the city parade permit that listed Gletty as “on scene event manager.” Gletty also appeared speaking at the rally in photos posted on a neo-Nazi web site, where he wrote, “On 1/17/06 I got the permits and started the ball rolling” for the NSM event.

Daisy Lynum, an Orlando city councilor whose district includes the area the NSM march passed through, called for a “full-scale investigation.”

In a February 16 statement the FBI said, “By the nature of its investigative mission, the FBI … must aggressively pursue intelligence avenues that bring it into contact with individuals and/or organizations in unsavory and/or illegal activity.” The statement was released, however, only after Gletty’s role was exposed, a full year after he acted in a visible and public manner as an organizer of the neo-Nazi march.  
 
 
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