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Breaking: Militia group (Hutaree) charged with "seditious conspiracy" by FBI
Fox News ^ | Mar 29, 2010 9:25 am | Foxnews (Live broadcast)

Posted on 03/29/2010 7:51:38 AM PDT by BP2


No link yet, only from live broadcast:

In a press release just handed to Fox by the FBI, the six Michigan residents, two from Ohio, one from Indiana are charged with “seditious conspiracy.”

Reportedly, Hutaree is accused of attempted use of weapons of mass destruction. Charges range from August 2008 to today.

The militia group Hutaree are said to have conspired to oppose by force the authority of the US Government.

The members viewed local, state and federal law enforcement as "the brotherhood," also known as their enemy, and have been preparing, the FBI says, to engage them in armed conflict.

According to one plan released by the FBI, the group was to kill a law enforcement officer, then during the funeral precession, hit again with IEDs to kill more LEOs.


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To: Sarajevo; Candor7; SunkenCiv; Admin Moderator
I know about Ruby Ridge, but I don't believe that MOST people employed by the FBI are any more pleased with Ruby Ridge than I am.

YMMV

Like Candor7, I won't trust any of what is being reported about this group's alleged activities in the MSM, that same MSM which initially reported that a Christian militia was targeting American Muslims.

Like Candor7 states, the total loss of the presumption of innocence in regards to the accused is extremely distressing; in past decades, no matter how one felt, there was at least a facade that EVERYONE is presumed innocent until PROVEN otherwise.

Anyway, if you happen to believe that I am going to "convict" ALL F.B.I. AGENTS on the basis of what happened at Ruby Ridge & Waco, then you are most mistaken, and I wish nothing to do with Any.American.Whatsoever who happens to believe that the entire FBI is filled with corrupt individuals. I demand that YOU never post to me again. Save your patroninzing comments for the DU Volk you evidentally resonate with.

>>>> "Both of you need to read about the debacle at Ruby Ridge and how the government set that operation up. Pay special attention to the trials and how the FBI acted there. I'd wager that you both will change your tune." <<<<

581 posted on 03/30/2010 5:55:12 AM PDT by hennie pennie
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To: chilltherats
Armed insurrection CAN be used to suspend Posse Comitatus.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Thats exactly right. And that is their game.If we have to take up arms, we had better be in for the long haul.

582 posted on 03/30/2010 5:57:36 AM PDT by Candor7 (Now's the time to ante upagainst the Obama Fascist Junta ( member NRA))
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To: xzins
All I ask is details. What did they do so that you know that you know that this isn’t simply one man’s interpretation versus another’s.

Have any more details been provided at this point, xzins? According to this article, Christian militia accused of plotting to kill cops , there was a plan to kill law enforcement and that it was scheduled for sometime in April.

It could be that this small group was actually planning a specific event in the near future that has now been avoided. That would be a very good thing. However, it could also be a matter of "intrepretation", as you note, A group could talk about general, "what-if" scenarios to subvert LE, should LE become the enforcers of a rogue govt forcing its citizenry into illegal/immoral actions. It will be interesting to see what more comes out, as far as what the group actually had in their possesion.
583 posted on 03/30/2010 6:04:02 AM PDT by Girlene
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To: Candor7; All

I am breaking my Passover to post this, but it is important. I posted this on the other thread. And Candor, you know me. I am very worried about how all of this is going down.
I am asking anyone who has vids up to get them gone, asap.
This is an all out on FREEDOM. It started here, but it will not end here.
Here is my previous post:
WHEN and WHERE did they attempt to use weapons of mass destruction in the commission of a crime?

I read that thing, (the indictment,) over and over and it never says where or when this was attempted. If it is true that these guys were planning to kill a police officer and there is proof of this, why all the peripheral stuff?
PLANNING to defend oneself against a government run amuck is no crime.
IF they planned to murder a police officer in cold blood, where did that information come from? This seems to be a very tight group.
It also refers to a “militia summit.” Why are there no other militias charged in this if they knew of this plan? Is this an excuse to descend on other militia groups?
I am having trouble with this.
Having lawful arms and medical supplies is not a crime but this is part of the charges.
The Survivalists do this as routine. Most of us have first aid kits in our homes and vehicles.
I am witholding judgment until I hear the other side of the story. This is overcharging from what I can see. These guys might be off the wall, but I want to see the specific evidence that this plan was going forward. And I also want to know if this is a prelude to further raids on militias using these kinds of charges that would apply to ANY militia anywhere.
Anything in this indictment beyond the INTENDED murder of a police officer is an overreach and could be applied to anyone who speaks in defiance of fed gov, and if upheld in a court of law damns us all.

249 posted on Monday, March 29, 2010 1:01:11 PM by MestaMachine
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Today, I am adding this, because everything I have seen even remotely connected to this smacks of an onslaught.
DO USE COMMON SENSE AND ALLOW FOR SELF PRESERVATION! WE ARE UNDER ATTACK. ACT ACCORDINGLY.
THIS is the real skivvy. Pay attention, PLEASE!:
Excerpt:
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100329/D9EOISE80.html

Christian militia accused of plotting to kill cops
SNIP
FBI agents moved quickly against the group because its members were planning an attack sometime in April, prosecutors said. Authorities seized guns in the raids but would **not** say whether they found any explosives.

The arrests have dealt “a severe blow to a dangerous organization that today stands accused of conspiring to levy war against the United States,” Attorney General Eric Holder said.
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Authorities said the arrests underscored the dangers of homegrown right-wing extremism of the sort seen in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168 people.

In an indictment unsealed Monday, prosecutors said the group began military-style training in the Michigan woods in 2008, learning how to shoot guns and make and set off bombs.
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Prosecutors said Stone had identified certain law enforcement officers near his home as potential targets. He and other members **discussed** setting off bombs at a police funeral, using a fake 911 call to lure an officer to his death, killing an officer after a traffic stop, or attacking the family of an officer, according to the indictment.
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The charges against the eight include seditious conspiracy - plotting to levy war against the U.S. - possessing a firearm during a crime of violence, teaching the use of explosives, and attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction - homemade bombs. The defendants were jailed, awaiting bail hearings Wednesday.
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The nature of the organization’s alleged grudge against law enforcement and the government was unclear. The Web site does not list any specific grievances.

The site features a picture of 17 men in camouflage, all holding large guns, and includes videos of armed men running through the woods. Each wears a shoulder patch that bears a cross and two red spears.

David Cid, executive director of the Oklahoma City-based Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism, said there has been a resurgence in the past year or two of “domestic militancy” similar to what was seen before the Oklahoma City bombing.

“It’s issues like eminent domain and immigration, and apparently national health care in some quarters,” said Cid, a former FBI counterterrorism agent. “It’s increasing these people’s ire and their discomfort with their own government.”

The wife of one of the defendants described Hutaree as a small group of patriotic, Christian buddies who were just doing survival training.
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Sickles said she came home Saturday night to find her house in Sandusky, Ohio, in disarray. Agents seized the guns her husband collected as a hobby and searched for bomb-making materials, she said, but added: “He doesn’t even know how to make a bomb. We had no bomb material here.”

She said she couldn’t believe her 27-year-old husband could be involved in anything violent.

“It was just survival skills,” she said. “That’s what they were learning. And it’s just patriotism. It’s in our Constitution.”

One of the defendants expressed anti-tax views during his Monday court hearing.

Thomas W. Piatek, a truck driver from Whiting, Ind., told a federal judge he could not afford an attorney because he was “getting raped on property taxes.”
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Silent running.


584 posted on 03/30/2010 6:45:21 AM PDT by MestaMachine (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2426869/posts SUPPORT RINO FREE AMERICA)
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To: BP2

Once again, the alleged blight, and socially demagogged “militias” are under attack...

Maybe rightfully so, if you “really” make it known that your intent and the intent of your “militia” group is to “instigate” an illegal act, then yup, you be screwed if you catch the attention of the government...

But I noticed how much faster (the misinformation parade) occurs during a time where our government is in a condition where the majority are liberal-statists who are calling the shots...And the pursuit is relentless, almost driving the groups into these situations where they do get noticed...

I’m all for the reasons behind “militias”, not the ones, and the ideals, that are portrayed by the government and the media mouthpieces that support the left leaning cycle of representation we have now...

I guess it just bothers me that it is obvious that the intent of the government is to say that anyone who is a gunowner, who may also be a conservative, who is also very in tune with the BS going on in the government and its intrusive policies are a bunch of people who want to simply kill people who oppose them??? And are willing to instigate these situations...

I find that to be, at the least, insulting...

I think we are smarter than this...And we have cooler heads in situations where things might get out of hand...And when they do get out of hand, it won’t be because of what we do...

That to me is the key to most of our angst we feel these days...

Just my morning rant...


585 posted on 03/30/2010 6:49:56 AM PDT by stevie_d_64 (I'm jus sayin')
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To: MestaMachine
Happy Seder, my love. Photobucket

We will protect each other. Let them come.Their vile attempt to traduce a free nation is not succeeding.We will never let them take our Jewish brothers and sisters.NEVER!

586 posted on 03/30/2010 6:53:36 AM PDT by Candor7 (Now's the time to ante upagainst the Obama Fascist Junta ( member NRA))
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To: Candor7

No troll. Gun owner and all my children know how to use (and own) firearms responsibly. Liberal on some things, Conservative on others, most particularly support 2nd Amendment Rights. I support the RESPONSIBLE militia movement. I would have NO problem defending my country or my home should it under attack by Right Wing, Left Wing or foreign radicals.

The point I’m trying to make here is that I have absolutely NO truck with movements that mix guns or violence with religion. That is anathema to me, under any circumstances.


587 posted on 03/30/2010 7:15:43 AM PDT by aberistwith
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To: Just Lori
Doing great, Lori!

How are you? :-)

588 posted on 03/30/2010 7:25:06 AM PDT by Allegra (SEIU delenda est)
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To: hennie pennie
I demand that YOU never post to me again.

You are on a public forum. Take it up with the Mods or hit the "Abuse" button.

Save your patroninzing comments for the DU Volk you evidentally resonate with.

So, I'm a troll, yet you're the one who has been pegged with the Troll Radar......Heh-heh!

Loser.

589 posted on 03/30/2010 7:37:37 AM PDT by Sarajevo (You're jealous because the voices only talk to me.)
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To: aberistwith; Candor7

Your point is noted as is your naivete. IF you cannot see that this is a FIRST step to the government declaring that NO militias are “responsible,” then you are either being very disingenuous, or you are selectively blind.
The charges in the “indictment” are so vague that, as I said, if upheld in a court of law, can be attributed to ANY group or militia, whether organized or not, and whether you train at a gun club, a shooting range, on your own property, or anywhere TWO or more gather...even if your weapons are legal and you have NEVER uttered a single word against this government. YOU are NOW the enemy.


590 posted on 03/30/2010 7:43:33 AM PDT by MestaMachine (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2426869/posts SUPPORT RINO FREE AMERICA)
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To: hennie pennie; Sarajevo

hennie, you are aiming at the wrong enemy. Letter agencies do what they do. Truth is, they do what the government tells them to do and if this administration, like the clinton administration, sets up a false flag for provocation, it would not be the first time they have not acted in the interests of freedom.
Remember Elian Gonzales. Ruby Ridge. Waco. Kosovo. The aspirin factory in Sudan. Massive temporary deployments offshore around election time so military votes would not be counted.
I could fill volumes.


591 posted on 03/30/2010 7:56:34 AM PDT by MestaMachine (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2426869/posts SUPPORT RINO FREE AMERICA)
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To: Sarajevo

Thank you for your service.


592 posted on 03/30/2010 7:57:26 AM PDT by MestaMachine (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2426869/posts SUPPORT RINO FREE AMERICA)
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To: MestaMachine
then you are either being very disingenuous, or you are selectively blind.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

I smell troll pucky.

593 posted on 03/30/2010 8:27:25 AM PDT by Candor7 (Now's the time to ante upagainst the Obama Fascist Junta ( member NRA))
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To: aberistwith

I agree...having lost two relatives who were wonderful cops to violent crime, I am disgusted by any group that would target law enforcement officials who, in general, protect people.


594 posted on 03/30/2010 8:51:42 AM PDT by megapatriot
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To: Candor7

Since the mods appear to all be asleep on the job, you are doing a good service to make them public. Not everyone reads everything!

So the asshat is saying that “relgious people shouldn’t have guns”.


595 posted on 03/30/2010 8:52:31 AM PDT by little jeremiah (Asato Ma Sad Gamaya Tamaso Ma Jyotir Gamaya)
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To: chilltherats

Exactly. It’s a practice foray.


596 posted on 03/30/2010 8:54:38 AM PDT by little jeremiah (Asato Ma Sad Gamaya Tamaso Ma Jyotir Gamaya)
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To: aberistwith; Candor7

The point I’m trying to make here is that I have absolutely NO truck with movements that mix guns or violence with religion.


Still, your meaning is 100% murky. Just WHAT do you mean by “mixing” religion and guns? Or “movement”? (I hope you had one this morning!).

Please, be clear. Many people want to know what you mean. So far, it looks as though you are attempting to slander anyone who holds religious beliefs and is a gun owner, to paint them with “nutjob gap toothed evil militia insurgent”.

You are also intimating that someone who is a gun owner is also “violent”.

Make your case.


597 posted on 03/30/2010 9:01:48 AM PDT by little jeremiah (Asato Ma Sad Gamaya Tamaso Ma Jyotir Gamaya)
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To: little jeremiah; aberistwith
Oh? We are feeding the trollees today? They will shite all over the place then!Guess we need some compost?

Does religion include the religion of the liberal left: That all religion is subsumed by the state, that state can BE the ONLY religion? Sounds a bit like only the state can be the religion of the people.

Of course statism is NOT a religion in the eyes of leftists even though it fulfills all those fuctions otherwise provided by religion. Therefore armed religion is a threat to the state , and a threat to the only religion there should be....the state.

Lots of softy touchy feely folks do not realize that by taking this position that religion and guns do not mix are actually becoming fascists.The same process happenened in Germany in the late 1920s and was successful in displacing the Catholic church, just as Obama is attempting to do now in the health care bill/abortion issue. Now the Obama state religion will displace the Roman Catholic Church.

Religion and guns do mix. and they always will. That prevents the state from becommeing a religion like Obama wants right now.

I think Obama should be beatified.

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He sure as hell has a gun and is using it.

598 posted on 03/30/2010 9:40:35 AM PDT by Candor7 (Now's the time to ante upagainst the Obama Fascist Junta ( member NRA))
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To: BP2

All the charges could be true or none of the charges could be true it doesn’t change what I believe or my commitment to this country. It doesn’t make those who would tie this broadly to all opposition of Obama’s agenda and less intellectually dishonest.

The authorities have a duty to arrest people who are making plans like this. That’s the end of the story there. There’s no reason on Earth to think this is the first step in some sort of coup.


599 posted on 03/30/2010 10:05:01 AM PDT by MattAMiller
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To: mnehring
If they act like Muslim terrorists, there is nothing Christian nor patriotic about this group.

AFAIK, Muslim terrorists generally tend to go after civilians rather than members of the security apparatus. This is more like an armed revolt than terrorism.

600 posted on 03/30/2010 11:08:56 AM PDT by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always)
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