PIML 96052308 / Forwarded to Patriot Information Mailing List: From: ray@strategicsw.com (Ray Gano) Subject: GOVERNMENT IN DOMESTIC TERRORISM Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 13:59:56 -0700 From: Mike Johnson <102052.3716@CompuServe.COM> Subject: MJN: Government terror An editorial in the Washington Weekly. Must read. - Mike/North Central Florida Regional Militia It is safe to assume that any traffic going to or from this address is being recorded, stored and analyzed somewhere by government employees. Any other assumption is *not* *safe*. ----Forwarded Message(s)---- #: 939635 S8/LIBERTY [OUTFORUM] 13-May-96 17:12:07 Sb: Government Terrorism? Fm: Bruce "Loz" Schoenfelder 72162,1174 To: all THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN DOMESTIC TERRORISM Editorial Question: is there any domestic terrorist attack in which the federal government was not involved? The answer is that we don't know, because the Oklahoma bombing has yet to go to trial. But in all other terrorist attacks we find government involvement. In the most recent example, the alleged bomb making by Georgia Militia members, the government involvement became clear in a Macon, Georgia courtroom last Monday. Several federal informants had participated in the plans to make pipe bombs, and the attorney to the defendant Robert Starr claimed that Starr was the only conspirator not working for the government. In fact, his attorney claims that bomb making parts were buried on his property by federal agents without his knowledge. Two days before his arrest, Starr appeared on a talk radio show saying that there was a government conspiracy against him and that he was going to expose it. A BATF agent also admitted in court that Starr's co- defendant, William James "Jimmy" McCranie, had said, "I don't want to know anything about it" and walked away when the government informant was talking about building bombs. Strangely, CBS news reported on the day of Starr's arrest that it had been a plot to bomb the Olympic Games in Atlanta this summer. Who told them that and why did they believe it? Who is CBS news working for? The uncritical attitude with which the mainstream media repeats everything the government tells it is distasteful. As for previous terrorist attacks, we know that at the very least, World Trade Center bombers were trained by a federal agent, and we know that a government informant inspired the New York harbor tunnel attacks that were averted at the last moment. The residents of Oklahoma City were not that fortunate. Was it a government sting operation gone awry? The federal government shows surprising little interest in the John Doe #2 who was seen in the truck with McVeigh. Was he working for the federal government? If that were the case the government would be likely to cover up that fact rather than face the ensuing public outrage. The question that presents itself, then, is whether any of these terrorist plots would have materialized without the involvement and assistance of the federal government? The new antiterrorism bill is designed to allow the Clinton administration to better control and monitor the American people. Perhaps what we need more is a bill to keep a better check on what the government is doing. We obviously cannot depend on the mainstream media for that. The Washington Weekly (http://www.federal.com) excellent publication, strongly suggest that you subscribe! * Patriot Information Mailing List * http://constitution.org/piml/piml.htm * A service to help inform those who have an active interest in * returning our federal and state governments to limited, * constitutional government * Send messages for consideration and possible posting to * butterb@sagenet.net (Bill Utterback). * To subscribe or unsubscribe, send message with subject line * "subscribe patriot" or "unsubscribe patriot" * Forwarded messages sent on this mailing list are NOT verified. * See World's Smallest Political Quiz: www.self-gov.org/quiz.html * Libertarian is to LIBERTY as librarian is to library (DePena) * PIML grants permission to copy and repost this message * in its entirety with headers and trailers left intact.