I just can't help but to be skeptical of this whole Hutaree charade. After all, an undercover federal agent played the lead character.
Seditious Conspiracy
“We basically set up a scenario where we were able to draw them all to one location,” Andrew Arena, the FBI’s special agent in charge in Detroit, told The Associated Press. “And the reason we did that was to obviously get them away from their weapons.”
I live in Michigan, and had never heard of Hutaree until what was described as "battalion" of federal agents "flooded the Bayshore Estates neighborhood" a little over a week ago.
Have I seen this movie before?
The Manufactured Menace from Michigan
When the stranger materialized a few years ago, nobody really knew much about him. He seemed like a suitably sympathetic figure and quickly ingratiated himself by offering whatever help he could. No task was too menial for him, and he had a way of finding just what the group needed right when it was required.
Most importantly, he seemed to share the group's antipathy toward the government. If anything, he was just a bit more emphatic than the rest in denouncing official corruption and endorsing violent "direct action" against the state. He seemed eager to shepherd the group in a more militant direction, eagerly out-bidding every expression of outrage and hostility. One of his favorite recurring themes was the idea that a criminal state could only be fought through the use of criminal means.
When the Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) staged an armed raid to arrest several members of the group, the helpful stranger was nowhere to be found. He did leave a parting gift, however, in the form of detailed allegations recorded in a federal indictment alleging that the group he had infiltrated on behalf of the JTTF was involved in extensive criminal activity -- most of which was either suggested or directly facilitated by him -- and an ambitious plot to wage war against the United States Government.
Not to mention that police would drive by alleged Hutaree leader David Brian Stone Sr.'s house shining lights, creating paranoia.
And of course, if there isn't any serious threat out there, the people responsible for "keeping us safe," must do something to justify their tax-eating jobs. Right?
Traditionally, an agent provocateur (plural: agents provocateurs, French for "inciting agent(s)") is a person employed by the police or other entity to act undercover to entice or provoke another person to commit an illegal act. More generally, the term may refer to a person or group that seeks to discredit or harm another by provoking them to commit a wrong or rash action.
Eight U.S. militia members enter not guilty pleas
Attorneys for the eight sought to fight government efforts to have the defendants detained for the duration of the proceedings, a court case that one of the lawyers predicted would be "a mega-trial that will take years to unfold."
People with Gadsden flag and Ron Paul bumper stickers might be terrorists
