PIML 96050605 / Posted to Patriot Information Mailing List: Date: Sun, 05 May 1996 20:55:06 -0700 From: jon.roland@the-spa.com (Jon Roland) Subject: Letter to editors on GA, Worst Nightmare The following message was sent to every significant U.S. newspaper known to have an email address (the list sent previously to this distribution list). ============================================================================ The main reason the American people are losing confidence in the integrity of mainstream newspapers and journalists is the willingness of these media to relay disinformation from government sources without making any effort to challenge its veracity or offer alternative information that might portray a very different picture, information that many people now seek in alternative media such as the Internet. A good example is provided by the recent reporting on the arrest of two Georgia militia activists for alleged bombmaking activity, and of a call for attacks on federal assets by militias if there is an assault on the Montana Freemen. Investigations by militia activists reveal that in the case of the Georgia activists, they not only were not engaged in any kind of bombmaking activity, but were in fact engaged in an independent investigation of illegal activities by federal officials, and their arrest appears to be an attempt to stop their investigation and obtain their evidence so that it can be destroyed and the illegal activities of the government agents thereby covered up. Further details on this can be found on the WWW at http://constitution.org/mil/ga/mil_usga.htm. The call for attacks appeared in the form of a fax, known as the "Worst Nightmare" fax, that is unsigned and lacking in a phone number in the banner that would permit its origin to be traced. Investigations by militia activists can find no source for that fax, either from some misguided person within the militia movement or from any of the known hate groups who are adversaries of the militia movement. The way it is being played up by the government and the media indicates, however, a federal source, and the crude, artless language of the fax supports this thesis. For the time being, it should be regarded as probable federal disinformation. Responsible militia activists reject any such call for retaliatory attacks. Defensive action against illegal and abusive attacks on citizens by government agents, yes, but not retaliation. Jon Roland Constitution Society http://constitution.org/ 916/927-4935 ======================================================================= If you haven't visited the Constitution Society Web site lately, there are a few additions you might like to know about: (1) A complete set of links to U.S. State Web sites. Completed before NASIRE or Piper did. (2) The most complete set of U.S. State Constitutions online, including some on the CS site not elsewhere available. We are working with some states on converting their constitutions to HTML. (3) The most complete set of national constitutions. Almost 100 nations, plus an entry for the U.K. explaining their non-constitutional legal system. (4) The first completely correct version of the U.S. Constitution. (5) Numerous additions in the Organizations, Publications, and References pages. Some works in progress, in various stages of completion: (1) First correct version of The Federalist Papers. Previous versions contain errors, use all caps for italics, and use some strange punctuation. (2) An HTML version of the U.S. Jurisdiction over Federal Areas report. (3) An indexed HTML version of Aristotle's _Nichomachaean Ethics_. (4) Prototype Web sites for Alabama, Georgia, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, and Texas. More to come. Each contains a table of counties. I would appreciate comments on these. I want to develop pages that militiamen in each state will appreciate. The county tables may have other uses. You might consider setting up promotional Web sites for your counties if they don't already have one, featuring their products and tourist attractions. Consider the impact of the county first getting its Web site from the militia instead of from its Chamber of Commerce. ;-) --Jon ======================================================================= Visit our Web site under its new domain name - http://constitution.org/ If you need help setting up your own Web site, call us at 916/927-4935. ======================================================================= * Patriot Information Mailing List * 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.