Posted on 05/13/2010 4:46:43 AM PDT by marktwain
Members of the Hutaree militia accused of conspiracy to commit sedition must remain behind bars pending pretrial release arguments. From The Associated Press:
The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, in Cincinnati, said Monday that it was continuing a temporary stay of a Detroit federal judge’s decision to free members of the militia pending trial.
For how long?
Per the Detroit Free Press:
Federal prosecutors, who appealed the decision of U.S. District Judge Victoria Roberts, have until May 17 to file arguments and defense lawyers have until May 24. Lawyers on both sides also can request to orally address the court if they cite sufficient reason.
After that, who knows?
As we've seen in recent accounts, a federal judge ordered group members free on bond following an astonishing performance by the FBI agent leading the investigation who could not recall details.
We then saw the release blocked, with prosecutors claiming the group posed a danger.
This was followed with an "unprecedented" affidavit filed by the Chief Pretrial Services Officer, along with claims that the government had "misrepresented" the conditions of release.
What the court decides to do after arguments from both sides are heard will certainly be interesting, and possibly indicative of how compelling the government's case really is.
(Excerpt) Read more at examiner.com ...
If they had actually murdered anyone and were Islamic
the DOJ and Holder would be all over this — freeing them,
lawyering them up, protecting them, protecting their
leaders, so as to protect the real enemy of America.
For those who haven’t seen it. Here is the 36 page opinion of the judge who ordered them released last week. (pdf)
http://www.mied.uscourts.gov/Opinions/robertspdf/Order%20on%20Detention%20in%20Militia%20Case.pdf
MI ping
Why can’t their wives/SOs bring their to-do lists to court and get these ne’er-do-wells sprung to get some work done at home?
My impression is that the Hutaree militia are a bunch of “goobers”.
And the agent-in-charge with the FBI has really fouled this up. The charges brought simply do not pass the smell test. Evidently the judge thought so too.
Now the government is doing damage control.
I am expecting it to come out that the “informant” is a Muslim who was working with the FBI to infiltrate the group.
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Note his quote in FBI release:
http://detroit.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/de032910.htm
“.. Andrew Arena, FBI Special Agent in Charge, said, “This is an example of radical and extremist fringe groups which can be found throughout our society. The FBI takes such extremist groups seriously, especially those who would target innocent citizens and the law enforcement officers who protect the citizens of the United States...”
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Here is a lengthy article about Agent Arena’s history:
March 9, 2007, - 2:56 pm
Special SuperModel in Charge: Federal Bureau of Islamists Gets a New Detroit Chief
By Debbie Schlussel
“By the way, Andrew “Andy” Arena has a history of brown stuff at the end of his nose when it comes to Islamists. Wearing brown nose make-up for Muslims was his job at the FBI in New York. “
Its amazing to me that the realease was orginally stayed because of the shooting of a Detroit cop that had absolutely nothing to do with the case whatsoever.
The Left is frantic to find a weapon to disarm the Tea Party and anyone who opposes their radical agenda.
I was amazed to read about the FBI agent-in-charge. The article I referenced goes back to 2006. Locals were criticizing him for his biases back then. I hope I am wrong, but it looks to me that this is a totally bogus set of charges, with political motivation.
That said, I think the Hutaree militia are a bunch of “goobers”. But harmless goobers. Unlike the stealth Muslim terrorists.
All I know is that FReepers better take a long hard look at what the Hutaree are accused of vs the evidence against them.
They’re accused of being domestic terrorists but the evidence shows that they did little more than what FReepers do on a daily basis.
The feds say they were engaging in “live fire training” but judge Roberts pointed out that they were shooting at cardboard targets on a private range.
The feds accuse them of a “seditious act” for burning a flag but the flag was a UN flag. Roberts also points out that this was NOT a seditious act.
They were accused of using firearms in the commission of a felony but Roberts points out that no felony was committed and they all surrended peacefully despite having easy access to multiple weapons.
There are accused of making bombs but Roberts points out that no evidence of bomb making was found.
This really looks like an attept on the part of the feds to see what they can get away with.
If you would like to be added or dropped from the Michigan ping list, please freepmail me.
Yes, and it was done before and worked. Under Slick Willie.
The Left is frantic to find a weapon to disarm the Tea Party and anyone who opposes their radical agenda-—————wouldn’t the TEA party have to be armed to be disarmed? You’re sentence is based on what exactly?
Ping.
I think I posted the first article about their being granted release via bail before trial. As I said at the time, the gov’t got their headline.
It will be interesting to see how the prosecutor’s appeal here plays out.
It needs a lot more media attention which makes it kind of interesting that the media seems to have forgotten about them.
You didn’t post this one but it is a good informative thread.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2505635/posts
First they came for the Hutaree and I said nothing because I was not a Hutaree . . .
Really?
I take it back. Mine was an article about the hearing testimony that ultimately led to the judge saying they could be released on bail.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2502130/posts
QED.
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