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FBI investigating Rush County home for artifact collection
wrtv ^ | Apr 02, 2014 | Jeremy Brilliant

Posted on 04/02/2014 8:38:44 PM PDT by digger48

RUSH COUNTY, Ind. - The FBI says a 91-year-old Indiana man who collected thousands of archeological artifacts over his lifetime may have acquired some of them improperly.

At a news conference Wednesday, the FBI could not say if Donald Miller would face charges for his collection in Waldron. Dozens of agents were at Miller's farm to collect and process the artifacts.

It happened in Waldron, a classic, quiet, one-stoplight Indiana town

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Several people in Waldron said the house was like a museum, that school groups and Scout troops would go on regular tours.

The FBI has around 100 agents at the farm and they say it could take them up to a week to figure out what all the artifacts are. They've brought in a team of outside experts of archeologists and anthropologists to help.

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"Over the last several months a FBI investigation has determined Mr. Miller may have knowingly or unknowingly collected artifacts relics and objects which may have been a violation of several treaties, federal, and state statues," said FBI Special Agent in Charge Robert Jones.

(Excerpt) Read more at wthr.com ...


TOPICS: Local News; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: aafascism; alreadyposted; confrontationwatch; donaldmiller; donutwatch; drmiller; fbi; fbiraid; feos; godsgravesglyphs; guiltyuntilinnocent; indiana; policestate; rushcounty; waldron
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To: Paladin2

Y’know, come to think of it, his “easy pieces” lectures are around here somewhere, audiobook.


61 posted on 04/02/2014 9:35:46 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Obama is now making Jimmy Carter look like Attila the Hun. /focus/news/3138768/posts)
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To: ebersole

Remember the whole san fransisco art gallery loaning out art to politicians.....


62 posted on 04/02/2014 9:38:52 PM PDT by GraceG
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To: VanShuyten

He is 91 years old. A lot of those laws were passed in the 70’s on up. A friend of mine had a collection of all sorts of old farm and ranching stuff. You would be amazed at the stuff people would give him to add to his collection.


63 posted on 04/02/2014 9:39:26 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin
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To: SunkenCiv

I’m willing to stipulate that I greatly benefited from taking a course in EE where we went though the content of the four semesters of basic Electrical Engineering in a largely qualitatively way, but had a Lab.


64 posted on 04/02/2014 9:43:54 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: digger48

Probably some indian mound stuff.


65 posted on 04/02/2014 9:44:56 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: madison10

I used to live in Indiana. The field next door was once the site of a significant trading village. Every spring we would walk the field and find all kinds of Indian items. Everyone I knew back then had a collection of some type.


66 posted on 04/02/2014 9:45:00 PM PDT by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: Paladin2
Richard Feynman - The.Character of Physical Law - Part 1 The Law of Gravitation (full version)

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67 posted on 04/02/2014 9:48:07 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Obama is now making Jimmy Carter look like Attila the Hun. /focus/news/3138768/posts)
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To: SunkenCiv

I agree! Just goes to prove that there’s no stroke of fortune that can happen to us that govt can’t ruin


68 posted on 04/02/2014 9:58:57 PM PDT by HeartlandOfAmerica (An army of deer led by a lion is more to be feared than an army of lions, led by a deer.)
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To: digger48
The FBI has around 100 agents at the farm...

Thank God that these agents are on the job protecting us from domestic enemies like this who are definitely a threat to all Americans. < /s>

91 year olds who have stones and bones are a threat to society. Good thing these agents were here instead of Fort Hood today.

69 posted on 04/02/2014 9:59:12 PM PDT by Doomonyou (Let them eat Lead.)
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To: digger48
Oh for cripes sake!

100 agents hassling a old coot junk collector..errr...artifacts..

70 posted on 04/02/2014 10:00:22 PM PDT by Cold Heat (Have you reached your breaking point yet? If not now....then when?)
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To: digger48

“He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance.”


71 posted on 04/02/2014 10:01:54 PM PDT by kiryandil (turning Americans into felons, one obnoxious drunk at a time (Zero Tolerance!!!))
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To: Vermont Lt
Not saying he did any of that....but that is the type of thing they mean. I am willing to be the has Native American stuff from reservations. That is a big no no.

Yes, but ONLY 100 Fibbies for a 91-year-old guy?

Perhaps they could have mobilised the 101st Airborne, several SEAL teams, and a couple of brigades from an armored division.

Oh, and the entire Indiana National Guard.

72 posted on 04/02/2014 10:10:25 PM PDT by kiryandil (turning Americans into felons, one obnoxious drunk at a time (Zero Tolerance!!!))
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To: BradyLS
These days...hang on to your receipts!

In a tyranny, everyone is a criminal, except for the government, and anyone who is part of the government.

73 posted on 04/02/2014 10:15:27 PM PDT by kiryandil (turning Americans into felons, one obnoxious drunk at a time (Zero Tolerance!!!))
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To: digger48

Did they shoot his dog?


74 posted on 04/02/2014 10:17:43 PM PDT by ElkGroveDan (My tagline is in the shop.)
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To: equalator

If it’s true , then they must really feel like f troop or should!

If they’ve got so many pencil neck geeks on staff that they can send 100 on a lousy snark hunt like this then it’s time for mgmt to start laying people off.


75 posted on 04/02/2014 10:37:06 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: Vermont Lt

If displaying Indian bric-à-brac is this big of a deal then the laws need to be rewritten. Too much deference is given to the Indians in law already.


76 posted on 04/02/2014 10:41:10 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

In Central KY there was a large Indian burial ground off limits to diggers. Over one weekend it was the site of a massive dig. I knew my friends hobby was Indian artifacts. Putting 2 + 2 together called his house spoke to the wife and he was gone, gone, gone. Never heard from him or of him again. Still wonder what happened to him. Heard the stuff that went amiss was worth a ton. Several newspaper articles at the time.
Sometimes a mans got to do what a mans got to do.


77 posted on 04/02/2014 10:49:41 PM PDT by Foundahardheadedwoman (God don't have a statute of limitations)
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To: digger48

I wonder if this is really about nuclear material? The tent structures include an interesting ventilation system.


78 posted on 04/02/2014 11:08:03 PM PDT by XHogPilot
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To: digger48

Government goons jealous somebody actually did something. There in droves to dismantle it completely. Effing ghouls. Once they remove him of his ‘possibly potentially maybe likely conceivably stolen/improperly obtained’ material, the place will be Waco’d.


79 posted on 04/03/2014 2:32:18 AM PDT by Gaffer (Comprehensive Immigration Reform is just another name for Comprehensive Capitulation)
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To: HMS Surprise

It was on the news last night but didn’t make much sense because there were many gaps in the story. They did say that he had more than American Indian artifacts. There were Italian & others but if he was letting people tromp through his home & look @ the stuff he obviously didn’t understand it wasn’t legal to have in his possession.

Now I have to wonder about our Gov’t when they raid & confiscate the home of a 91 yr old man? Why not wait until he passes on except now he probably will in the middle of all this. Maybe this was a death panel decision.


80 posted on 04/03/2014 2:43:33 AM PDT by grame (May you know more of the love of God Almighty this day!)
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