Eric McDavid (born October 7, 1977) is an American green anarchist who was convicted of conspiring to use fire or explosives to damage corporate and government property and sentenced to 20 years in prison.
[2] On January 8, 2015, after he spent eight years and 360 days in prison, McDavid's conviction was overturned after the prosecution conceded that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had withheld thousands of pages of potentially exculpatory evidence.
[3] Together with Zach Jenson, Lauren Weiner, and "Anna" (Zoe Elizabeth Voss, a paid FBI informant)[4] McDavid planned acts of arson and sabotage to the Nimbus Dam, United States Forest Service, and nearby utilities.
[7] Reichel stated at the trial, "the crisp $100 bills and a Dutch Flat cabin where the group lived in the days leading up to the trio's arrest—all supplied by 'Anna' thanks to her FBI sponsors ... That's the creation of a case ...
[7] Within the anarchist, environmental and animal rights movements in the United States, "Anna"'s unmasking contributed to internal divisions and snitch-jacketing.