In a message dated 96-05-02 07:50:26 EDT, you write: << Yesterday, I read in the paper (Atlanta) there were NO bombs found. Is that true? Conrad >> Yes there were no bombs found on either of these men's property. According to the ATF agent who testified using information from his Confidential informant, Starr, McCrainie and others were to assemble these devices on Saturday. Why the ATF arrested them on Friday is anyone's quess. The Confidential informant told Mr. Gillis of the ATF that they were to make chemical tipped bottle rockets as some kind of wepon. The ATF agent actually testified to this in court.Needless to say the thirty or so militia people and a few of the press had a good laugh. On Starr property the found pipes, cannon fuse, and potassium pechlorate and Aluminum powder burried in the ground and wrap in plastic bags. Upon cross examination of the ATF agent Gillis it was learned that the confidential informant was present when they burried this materal on Mr. Starrr's property, Mr. Starr was not present. When Starr's, attorney Ms Lord ask Mr. Gillis of the ATF, if he knew for a fact that Mr. Starr new that this materal was on his property his answer was NO. So was this planted on Mr. Starr's property without his knowledge by the confidentail informant? This whole thing to me seems like a set up job from the ATF, using a Confidential set up man. It is clear to me that no one had any intention of building any bombs if they did they would have arrested them with the bombs. As I said before the ATF arrested them the day before they were supposed to make bombs, the ATF's confidential informant was in on the whole thing and would have been in on the bomb making if it was going to happen. So again why were they arrested on Friday. The ATF at this point do not have much of anything. If there was anything to have in the frist place. Also yesterday they searched the home of Bob Starr's parents looking for evidence and or documents that Nancy Lord has pretaining to the case, they found nothing. A pretrail hearing will be Next Monday at 3pm in Macon. Also a militia rally will take place. I had so much fun taking pictures of all the FEDS and watching them run form the camera I'm going back. You do get many second chances in life so if you did not go last Monday don't miss this again. Harry P. Bibee III Tennessee Volunteer Militia ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- Statement from Don Beauregard St. Petersburg FL (77th Militia) RE: Bob Starr Georgia Militia/ ATF/ Bomb Constructing Activities 4/29/96 Initial court Date Arrived : Federal Court building Macon, Georgia at 0730 hrs, met up with Jeff Randal (Alabama Militia) and J J Johnson (Ohio Militia) and many other militia personal, approximately sixty (60), and Bob Starr's lawyer Nancy Lord. When starting to prepare for the case we noticed a large number of Federal agents watching and following, taking pictures of licence plates and personal. They were also employing weapons detections dogs around vehicles. At this point we started following and taking pictures of them and their vehicles. At this time the federal agents did not know how to respond to us since we were well armed (radios and cameras) and caught them off guard. The media circus started with over 20 television stations including CNN and six radio stations and a unnumbered amount of newspaper reporters. As they tried to keep the "racial " issue going with reference to the militia they were unsuccessful due to the point that J J Johnson was the spokesman for the day and the media could not cope with the fact that Johnson is black and they are trying to present a "white supremist attitutide" for all the militia. Even with the anger of these bogus charges against Mr. Starr, we had fun using the Feds and the media to our advantage. For example, after we the militia invited the media to this circus the feds would start to hassle a single individual doing security around the vehicles, and at that point several other security (militia) would surround the agents and call for the media to embarrass and humiliate the feds for what they really are, a bunch of over bearing warmongers with no authority to be in the Georgia Republic. At 13:45 hrs they (court room) started allowing the family and other personal (militia) into the courtroom and the security was intense as nothing was allowed into the court except your wallet and your person. Court room was packed to the point of over flowing into the hallways. There were at least 15 federal agents (us marshalls) in the courtroom (sic, talk about paranoid). At 1400 hrs Mr. Starr entered the court room. As he looked around the courtroom the look of encouragement upon his face upon seeing many friends from all over the country was worth the trip itself. As the bond hearing started, the prostitution started with its only witness a "and unprepared ATF agent" who Nancy Lord made look like the fool he was and tore him apart after she tried to get the case dismissed under precedent of a supreme court ruling which the judge threw out. After the cross exam of the ATF agent Nancy Lord started with her defence of character witness which ranged from myself to his lifelong Pastor totalling the number of ten which made Robert Starr look like the model citizen that he is. The Federal black-robed traitorous judge continued to violate his own court procedures and his sworn oath by stopping Ms. Lord form asking certain questions during her examination of her witness and personally discrediting and objecting to certain witness such as Jeff Randall for the Alabama militia. This travesty of Justice all ended approximately 1730 hrs on a very sad note with the Master of the vessel (judge) arbitrarily deciding to wait till Friday to grace us with his opinion on the bond while an Innocent man (he has not been convicted) sits in the prison camp of his accusers as a common criminal while the real criminals (ATF and prosecutors) are free to go about the country side to damage other civic minded Americans. AS Nancy Lord stated, she believes that bond will be denied due to the nature of the black robbed criminal's but on the other note Ms. Lord without a doubt knows that she can win this case due to the lack of evidence. note: At this time all we can do is to keep Bob and his family in our prayers. Thank you Don Beauregard _______________ Commander 77th.