That is all they were interested in.
Like TEA Party=violence/racist, with no facts whatsoever.
I guess not divulging the evidence in court is transparency
Once again the FBI is used as a political tool
Ask Bill Clinton!
"But the judge said the agent's appearance was appropriate because the burden is on defense lawyers to show their clients won't be a threat to the public if released."
I thought it was up to the prosecution to prove they were dangerous not the other way around.
Boy is this case thin, for a SWAT team action. Good Grief.
As I recall .. I think it was Franklin who said .. (something like), "Our Republic is designed for a truthful and moral people"
Since I've REALLY started paying attention (around 1997/8 .. ), I have been amazed at the lack of response from people that could simply and quickly right a wrong .. ie, Secret service .. CIA .. etc.
I mean ... SOMEone could have told Janet Reno to pound sand .. or even arrested her.
I knew this was a Ruse when I first read about it, would a class action lawsuit against the FBI and whoever else helped be out of the question?
Ping.
She [the lead FBI agent] said that because they were still being examined, she didn't know if weapons seized by investigators last month were illegal.
OMG, how dumb. It only takes a quick look at the receiver to see if a weapon is capable of full auto fire. For barrel length, it just takes a tape measure. This monstrosity is turning into a modern vesion of a typical Janet Reno mass satanic child sex abuse case, where there was no abuse at all.
Failure to do those simple steps = incompetence or obstruction.
Federal law enforcement appears to be as decrepit and incompetent as government in general.
Its going to become obvious that the only threatening words were those spoken by the FBI undercover agent. Bet ya.
Exactly.
Man these people are corrupt.
Most likely, there was some bar room tough talk to impress someone, then the black clads grabbed hold and pumped it up into seditious conspiracy.
Exactly. All they wanted was the headline. So far absolutely no proof has been given that these people were anything but a bunch of somewhat inbred survivalists; they may have had a wacky ideology, but they don’t seem to have been planning anything violent.
It strains credulity that the FBI agent didn’t bother to review her notes even though she knew that she was going to be called upon by the court. But what could she say? Clearly there was nothing in them that justified the charges.
Curiously absent, also, is the Muslim individual who claimed to be a member of the Michigan militia and was the one who called the Feds on this Huttaree group (which was not affiliated with but was known to the Michigan militia).
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An FBI agent who led the investigation of nine Michigan militia members charged with trying to launch war against the federal government couldn't recall many details of the two-year probe yesterday during questioning by defense lawyers. Even the judge who must decide whether to release the nine until trial was puzzled. "I share the frustrations of the defense team … that she doesn't know anything," U.S. District Judge Victoria Roberts said after agent Leslie Larsen confessed she hadn't reviewed her notes recently and couldn't remember specific details of the case.Thanks FreedomPoster.