Texas Militia Correspondence Committee 6900 San Pedro #147-230 1201 W Arbrook #109933 San Antonio, TX 78216 Arlington, TX 76015 210/224-2868 214/641-7107, 647-4147F Email: jdr@usa.net 95/02/20 To: All militia units and other patriots By this time we have all heard the many rumors of planned federal actions against militia leaders and other patriots. A number of dates have been mentioned, and many units are on yellow alert. We have also heard that conspiracy charges are planned under RICO, presumably for conspiracy to commit offenses that the feds will provoke local militias into doing. The response to these rumors has been encouraging. Far from being intimidated, patriots are responding and preparing. The media is being alerted. Elected officials are being aroused. Law enforcement and military personnel are lending us support and information. At this point, there are several possibilities. Let us review them: (1) There may be no substance to the rumors. Just patriot paranoia. (2) The rumors may be disinformation, intended to discourage our growth and lower our morale, and to discredit us and our concerns. (3) The rumors may be intended to measure our strength, identify and plug leaks, and provide the information needed for further plans. (4) The plans may be real, but subject to being called off if we show too much strength prior to their execution. (5) The plans may be real, but the dates subject to change. Could be moved up, or postponed until we relax our guard. (6) They may actually be committed to carrying out their plan on a certain date. We need to prepare for all these possibilities. We also need to consider our strengths and weaknesses. Up to now, we have been depending on making use of telephone communications for voice, fax, and email. However, many of us have been experiencing apparent interference with our transmissions lately, in ways that indicate that our adversaries are prepared to interrupt service for any or all of us on a call by call basis. That means we must develop an alterative means to communicate with one another nationwide that is not subject to interdiction. Shortwave can be jammed. Sirens and flares are too short range and depend on people being within range. We must think in terms of mobilization points, couriers, short-range two-way radio, pirate broadcasting to radio and TV channels, and lists of alternate contact points in each area that can be tried to re-establish broken communications links. Unless or until telecomm is broken, however, it is essential that everyone remain accessible. Keep those faxes, computers, and ham radios turned on, and monitor them. Be prepared with cameras, camcorders, audio recorders, and spare batteries. The model we must use for our comm network is the Internet: a dense store-and-forward system that can withstand major disruptions without losing its ability to get messages to their destinations. Such a system already exists as a wireless adjunct to the Internet. It should be expanded, and soon. It is time for the militias to come out of the shadows and go public. There is no security in obscurity. Our adversaries know who you are. You are only hiding from other militias who may need to contact you. I have been hammering on this for more than a year now, and much of what I have been saying seems to fall on deaf ears, but it will save us a lot of unnecessary hassle if we observe certain formalities. They are going to try to hang us on having "private armies". The answer to that is to have all militia musters in response to a public notice. That is important, folks. The law may differ from state to state, but in most states to be a public notice it needs to be posted on the courthouse door or bulletin board at least three weeks in advance, and/or published in the local newspaper of record for some similar period of time. The notice should say something like PUBLIC NOTICE. All members of the Militia of County, being all the residents thereof, are hereby called up to muster on at