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genieroze Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-07-06 10:33 AM
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Old article. Pre Patriot Act under Clinton?
"Public Servants" Going After "Constitutional Terrorists"?

by Angel Shamaya

November 14, 2001

KeepAndBearArms.com -- The Phoenix Federal Bureau of Investigation created a flyer some time back during Clinton's Presidency, asking the recipients to help them fight domestic terrorism. I received one of these flyers this past weekend at the Arizona "Freedom in the 21st Century" gathering. The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (Greater Phoenix, Arizona) and the Maricopa County Attorney were placed on the flyer, as well -- before they saw the actual wording of the flyer -- in an effort by the FBI to "work jointly with local law enforcement."

Called the Joint Terrorism Task Force, the program was created, presumably, to help preserve the American way of life. This flyer was created -- by the feds -- to disseminate information about who the bad guys might be. However, its wording made it look like a disinformation campaign to paint at least a few groups of Real Americans as domestic terrorists. Among other things, the FBI was asking people:

"If you encounter any of the following, Call the Joint Terrorism Task Force":

"defenders of the US Constitution against federal government and the UN"



"Groups of individuals engaging in para-military training"


lso being sought are "Common Law Movement Proponents" who

"Request authority for a stop"



"Make numerous references to the US Constitution"



"Attempt to 'police the police'"




more and the flyer here

http://www.keepandbeararms.com/newsarchives/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=2126
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Sinti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-07-06 12:12 PM
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1. Kinda scary, huh. This is FBI overkill, IMO. If you look at the repeated
Sundance Festival raids (killing Indians), Ruby Ridge, Waco, etc., you can see they were already overly aggressive. The wording is disturbing, even if they didn't mean for it to come off that way.
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