Criminal charges were being considered against former FBI Deputy Director Larry Potts and Danny Coulson, Potts' deputy back in 1992.

"The available evidence does not support further criminal prosecution of FBI officials," the Justice Department stated. (Anyone surprised?)

"The available evidence doesn't support further criminal prosecution of the FBI..."??? Has anyone at the Justice Department read FBI Director Louis Freeh's testimony before the Senate, October 19, 1995, concerning the FBI's actions at Ruby Ridge?

We printed excerpts of Freeh's comments in a previous Newsletter, but they bear repeating in light of the current decision by the Justice department:

*At Ruby Ridge, the FBI did not perform at the level which the American people expect or deserve from the FBI...

*Ruby Ridge was a series of terribly flawed law enforcement operations with tragic consequences.

*We know that law enforcement over-reacted at Ruby Ridge...

*There was a trail of serious operational mistakes that went forth from the mountains of northern Idaho to FBI Headquarters and back out to a federal courthouse in Boise, Idaho. Today, there are allegations that a cover-up occured--allegations that, if proven, shake the very foundations of integrity upon which the FBI is built.

*I am sincerely disappointed with the FBI's performance during the crisis and especially in its aftermath.

*Now, with all of the benefits of hindsight, the FBI's response clearly was an overreaction.

*Those rules of engagement were contrary to law and FBI policy.

*Indeed, the constitutionality of Special Agent Horiuchi's second shot is a close and very difficult question.

*At the time I disciplined Larry Potts, he was the Acting Deputy Director. Shortly thereafter, I sought to promote him to be Deputy Director of the FBI. (Note: Only a bureaucrat could "discipline" and "promote" at the same time). In pressing for Mr. Potts' appointment as Deputy Director, I was not trying to minimize or downplay the significance of the punishment that I had imposed upon him. I did not appoint him simply because he was a friend." (Translation: Freeh promoted Potts trying to downplay the punishment he imposed because he was a friend).

Let a militia group who has been hammered by the Feds for far lesser offenses than what was committed at Ruby Ridge use the same excuses in court that Freeh used before the Senate and see how far it gets them. Claiming an "error in judgment" or "over reaction" after shooting someone in the head is reserved for government officials--not for us.

No sooner had the Justice Department announced that there was no crime committed at Ruby Ridge than Reuters released a story which read:

"Boundary County prosecutor Denise Woodbury said Weaver's friend Kevin Harris was charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing Deputy U.S. Marshall William Degan 'willfully and with malice aforethought.'"

The prosecutor's charge against Harris is totally ridiculous. When Striker, the Weaver's family dog, started barking Harris and Sammy Weaver ran into the woods thinking he was chasing down a deer. They were met with gun fire from trespassing camouflaged U.S. Marshalls--how much "aforethought" could Harris possibly have? Two, maybe three seconds? How much "aforethought" did sniper Lon Horiuchi have?

There is also compelling evidence that Deputy Degan may have been shot accidentally by another marshall when he ran into his line of fire.

Another problem is double jeopardy. Scott McKay, Harris' attorney, said Harris had been tried and acquitted in federal court on the same charges. Reuters reported, "Weaver and Harris were tried and acquitted [July 8, 1993] on federal charges in the case, but the U.S. Constitution's ban on double jeopardy does not prevent state charges from being brought."

Gerry Spence, Weaver and Harris' lawyer in the federal trial, commented on the double jeopardy issue on CNN. He said, "Well, it is double jeopardy, but legally--the loophole is that since he was tried in the federal court that it's not double jeopardy under the Constitution if he's now tried in the state court. It's only when the state tries him a second time or the federal government tries him a second time. The state gives comity to the federal government and the federal government to the state. Rarely do we see this. This woman [Prosecutor Woodbury] is doing it for reasons that I can't understand. That boy is out on a $10,000 bond in a murder case. That's almost unheard of. The judge himself must understand that this kid isn't guilty of anything. It's a real American tragedy." Spence commented that perhaps Prosecutor Woodbury wants to be another Marcia Clark and sign on to a $4 million book deal.

While Harris could face the death penalty for Degan's death, Prosecutor Woodbury said, "Sammy Weaver's death had been found to be a justified homicide based on self-defense." Self-defense is, or should be, a two-edged sword and Harris, if he really shot Degan, should be allowed the same defense as the marshals. More so in Harris' case because the marshals were there without a warrant and never identified themselves. This is a case of "equal justice for me, but not for thee."

Spence, commenting on Horiuchi, said, "Horiuchi shot Randy Weaver in the arm, he shot Kevin Harris through the lung, nearly killing him, and he shot Mrs. Weaver--accidently he claims--through the head. Well, he intended to kill Randy Weaver, and he intended to kill Kevin Harris. So that's an intentional attempt to commit a felony, and when you kill accidentally in the process of attempting to commit a murder, the intent is transferred, and he could have been charged with first-degree murder. Why he wasn't I don't know."

Some members of law enforcement have come to the defense of Horiuchi. "I don't think a federal official can get a fair trial in Boundary County, to be honest with you," said Gene Glenn, the FBI chief in charge at Ruby Ridge. It was Glenn who told Bo Gritz that Vicki Weaver was "taken out" because she was a strong matriarchal type. The Fed's figured, erroneously, that once she was out of the way resistance would collapse. Bo Gritz has often told this story on his short-wave radio show.

The Spokane-Review asked members of the jury who acquitted Harris about a re-trial. "That's no good. I liked Kevin, I felt sorry for Kevin. He was a good kid in a bad situation," said one juror.

"Doggone it, it was self-defense. They shouldn't make that kid go through that again," said Jerry Anderson.

"How much evidence was destroyed? I want to know," said Jack Weaver. (No relation.)

One juror described Horiuchi as "a robot."

The best defense Harris could bring to court is a transcript of Louis Freeh's comments before the Senate--and put Louis Freeh on the stand to read it.

Brown's attorney, John Thompson, in a letter to Starr said that Brown, "...wishes to provide you with sworn testimony that he has been approached by individuals with connections to the Clinton administration offering him a large sum of money in order to influence his testimony about Clinton's illegal activities."

FIRST: Religious humanists regard the universe as self-existing and not created.

SECOND: Humanism believes that man is a part of nature and that he has emerged as the result of a continuous process.

THIRD: Holding an organic view of life, humanists find that the traditional dualism of mind and body must be rejected.

FOURTH: Humanism recognizes that man's religious culture and civilization, as clearly depicted by anthropology and history, are the product of a gradual development due to his interaction with his natural environment and with his social heritage. The individual born into a particular culture is largely molded by that culture.

FIFTH: Humanism asserts that the nature of the universe depicted by modern science makes unacceptable any supernatural or cosmic guarantees of human values. Obviously humanism does not deny the possibility of realities as yet undiscovered, but it does insist that the way to determine the existence and value of any and all realities is by means of intelligent inquiry and by the assessment of their relation to human needs. Religion must formulate its hopes and plans in the light of the scientific spirit and method.

SIXTH: We are convinced that the time has passed for theism, deism, modernism, and the several varieties of "new thought."

SEVENTH: Religion consists of those actions, purposes, and experiences which are humanly significant. Nothing human is alien to the religious. It includes labor, art, science, philosophy, love, friendship, recreation--all that is in its degree expressive of intelligently satisfying human living. The distinction between the sacred and the secular can no longer be maintained.

EIGHTH: Religious humanism considers the complete realization of human personality to be the end of man's life and seeks its development and fulfillment in the here and now. This is the explanation of the humanist's social passion.

NINTH: In place of the old attitudes involved in worship and prayer the humanist finds his religious emotions expressed in a heightened sense of personal life and in a cooperative effort to promote social well-being.

TENTH: It follows that there will be not uniquely religious emotions and attitudes of the kind hitherto associated with belief in the supernatural.

ELEVENTH: Man will learn to face the crises of life in terms of his knowledge of their naturalness and probability. Reasonable and manly attitudes will be fostered by education and supported by custom. We assume that humanism will take the path of social and mental hygiene and discourage sentimental and unreal hopes and wishful thinking.

TWELFTH: Believing that religion must work increasingly for joy in living religious humanists aim to foster the creative in man and to encourage achievements that add to the satisfactions of life.

THIRTEENTH: Religious humanism maintains that all associations and institutions exist for the fulfillment of human life. The intelligent evaluation, transformation, control, and direction of such associations and institutions with a view to the enhancement of human life is the purpose and program of humanism. Certainly religions institutions, their ritualistic forms, ecclesiastical methods, and communal activities must be reconstituted as rapidly as experience allows, in order to function effectively in the modern world.

FOURTEENTH: The humanists are firmly convinced that existing acquisitive and profit-motivated society has shown itself to be inadequate and that a radical change in methods, controls, and motive must be instituted. A socialized and cooperative economic order must be established to the end that the equitable distribution of the means of life be possible. The goal of humanism is a free and universal society in which people voluntarily and intelligently cooperate for the common good. Humanists demand a shared life in a shared world.

FIFTEENTH AND LAST: We assert that humanism will (a) affirm life rather than deny it; (b) seek to elicit the possibilities of life, not flee from it; and (c) endeavor to establish the conditions of a satisfactory life for all, not merely for the few. By this positive morale and intention humanism will be guided, and from this perspective and alignment the techniques and efforts of humanism will flow. So stand the theses of religious humanism. Though we consider the religious forms and ideas of our fathers no longer adequate, the quest for the good life is still the central task for mankind. Man is at last becoming aware that he alone is responsible for the realization of the world of his dreams, that he has within himself the power for its achievement. He must set intelligence and will to the task.

Purposefully avoiding child support payments (i.e., fraud) is punishable, but if non-payment is a result of an honest lack of funds--and based upon some of the stories we've heard, that's a distinct possibility--then we have a conflict with Article 1, Section 13 of the N.J. state constitution.

"No person shall be imprisoned for debt in any action, or on any judgment found upon contract, unless in cases of fraud; nor shall any person be imprisoned for a militia fine in time of peace."

N.J. Administrative Office of the Court's brochures defines child support as debt, as does 42 U.S.C. 656 (b).

If it can be proven that anyone is currently imprisoned for non-payment of child support, or any other fine-related offense, because of lack of funds, then we have debtors prisons here in New Jersey.

Closing Note: Members of NJM have sat in on court proceedings and have personally witnessed individuals being led away in handcuffs because they didn't have the money to pay the fines imposed by the courts. Make no mistake about it, we have debtors prisons in N.J. --Ed.

We sent 10 issues of the NJM Newsletter to one inmate who was told by a "gang expert" that our Newsletters were "gang related" material and would not be allowed in the prison. We ordered 10 copies of the Citizen's Rule Book from Aid and Abet to be sent to the same inmate and they were refused also--seems they are "gang related" as well. A lawsuit is being considered by the inmate (now free), on First Amendment grounds.

We contacted Aid & Abet and they've told us that the Citizen's Rule Book is not allowed into many prisons.

(1) Anti-Government Oppression

(2) Anti-Government Corruption.

(3) Anti-government Tyranny.

(4t Anti-Government Slavery.

(5) Anti-Government Control.

(6) Anti-Government Take-Over.

We have to have government, but we want to keep the one that is for the people, of the people and by the people. Not the one we see forming: Take from the people, trample the people, become masters over the people.

"And after all this, John Huang says, 'Hey, behind every good man is a good woman. I did nothing wrong.'

"Jane Huang says, 'I did nothing wrong.'

"Tell it like it is. Two Huangs do not make a right. If there is any consolation, my colleagues, John Huang could have blamed Jane Doe, not Jane Huang.

"I yield back the balance of this Communist intrusion into our political process." -- Rep. James Traficant, (D-Ohio)

As you are aware, our country is headed for troubled times with the federal bureaucracy headstrong at destroying our Constitutional form of government. (A government our forefathers built so that we should all remain free). This, compounded by an uncontrollable crime wave in our streets, forms a volatile mixture for our future. We believe hat through the education of our fellow Americans, a real catastrophe may be avoided in the future. This is the purpose of the Somerset County Militia. Our goal is to awaken the public to the natural and unalienable rights guaranteed us by the Constitution, Bill of Rights, and GOD. Rights, as we are all aware, that are being stripped from us on a daily basis.

We sincerely hope that you can attend the meeting of the Somerset County Militia.

Thomas Ambler (908) 781-1499
Michael Reed (908) 302-9821

*Excessive postage
*Incorrect titles
*Titles but no name
*Misspelling of common names
*Oily stains or discolorations
*No return address
*Excessive weight
*Rigid envelope
*Lopsided or uneven envelope
*Protruding wires or tin foil
*Visual distractions
*Foreign mail, air mail and special delivery
*Restrictive markings such as confidential, personal, etc.
*Handwritten or poorly typed address
*Excessive securing material such as masking tape, string, etc.
--Source: FBI

"It's time for the government to admit defeat, stop wasting our money, and leave the struggle to those who might actually win it. Imagine how many of those Americans (550,000 deaths per-year) might be alive if private laboratories, rather than politicians, had decided how to spend that $30 billion," said Libertarian Party spokesman Steve Dasbach.

John Bailar, who conducted a study on cancer , said that cancer could be reduced 33% if Americans ate healthier food.

Should a right, benefit or privilege be denied you when you decline to provide your social security number, you may file suit and are guaranteed to win judgment of $1000.00 plus costs and attorney's fees.

This is paid by the individual, business or government agency who wronged you. I would suggest that you take someone with you when you assert your rights under the Privacy Act. They will witness the incident and testify (if necessary) to the facts.

Courts have ruled that there are only four instances when social security numbers must be used. These are:

1) For tax matters
2) To receive public assistance
3) To obtain and use a driver's license
4) To register a motor vehicle

In any situation not listed above, when you refuse to give your social security number, simply present this flyer to any person who seems to need one. Invite them to make a copy. Point out the $1000.00 penalty which is guaranteed upon showing that your rights were violated under this act. Point out that an individual may be personally required to pay the $1000.00 if he is aware of the Privacy Act and refuses to follow it. So far, I have never heard of anyone who was informed in this manner who still insisted upon knowing the social security number. --J.C. Printing

The probability exists that the Shot Blocker or similar instrument installed in ground or air units could be used to sweep an area and ignite small arms primers. Therefore, keep ammunition in a metallic case, and if possible, ground the case to prevent any buildup of electrical charge on it. Copper plumbing affords a good ground, and the grounding screw on a 3-prong electrical outlet will be as good as the ground connection at the electrical service. --Aid and Abet Police Newsletter, Vol. 3, No. 4 [July, 1997]

*Most of the workers at Michigan's Bill Mfg. Co. furniture plant lost their $5.65 an hour jobs when state prison inmates getting 56 to 80 cents an hour were hired in their stead.

*Some 100 Texas state prisoners being held at a privately owned jail in Lockhart are now doing jobs taken from computer circuit board assembly workers in Austin, TX., whose plant was closed. The prisoners get the federal minimum wage and no benefits. The work is for computer industry giants such as IBM, Dell and Compaq.

*In Ohio, before the United Auto Workers was able to stop it, prisoners in the Ross County jail were assembling auto parts for Honda. To this day, prisoners are making toys and rakes, doing data entry and other tasks.

Prison officials in Pendleton, OR, run the Oregon Corrections Industries trade company, Unigroup, which manufactures convict-made designer jeans labeled "Prison Labor," and other clothing. A recent ballot initiative in Oregon would force all prisoners to work--presumably in competition with honest citizens. *Prison inmates have stocked shelves at a Toys r' Us outside Chicago. Juvenile offenders take phone reservations for TWA near Santa Barbara. San Quinten convicts do data entry work for private companies. --Information supplied by Bob Witanek

Interviewer: So, Mr. Jones, what are you going to do with these children on this adventure holiday?
Mr. Jones: We're going to teach them climbing, sailing, canoeing, archery, shooting...
Interviewer: Shooting! That's a bit irresponsible, isn't it?
Mr. Jones: I don't see why, they'll be properly supervised on the range.
Interviewer: Don't you admit that this is a terribly dangerous activity to be teaching children?
Mr. Jones: I don't see how, we will be teaching them proper range discipline before they even touch a firearm.
Interviewer: But you're equipping them to become violent killers.
Mr. Jones: Well, you're equipped to be a prostitute but you're not one, are you?
The interview was quickly terminated.

"It's scary. You don't want to look them in the eye or else they'll yell at you," said one Pinelands Commission employee, who asked to remain anonymous. "They use harsh words and raise their voices. They call us communists and Nazis," said Thomas Darlington, a long time member of the Pinelands Commission.

"No one that I have met or spoken with is in the terrorism business. We all know that murder is wrong and we're not going to kill anyone or destroy buildings. That's not what we're about. We want to tell government and non-government officials that we have a God-given right to be left alone if we're not bothering anyone," said Bob Figueroa, who is a member of the NJ Militia and the Committee of Safety.

The problem with the Pinelands Commission, which was created back in 1978, is that 15 appointed commissars dictate to property owners in Southern New Jersey what they can and can not do with their property--despite that fact that members of the Commission are not elected and answer to no one for their decisions. "Commission critics are most angry about Pinelands regulations that restrict construction on private property without compensation from the state. Anderson [Ida Anderson, a long time opponent of the Commission and chairwoman of ASPIRE] is now demanding compensation for a lot she owns in Medford after being denied permission to subdivide it," reported the Times. Anderson also commented, "We're new and we're trying to get people who are concerned about property rights to join."

"The long-term goal of the Committee of Safety is complete abolition of the Pinelands Commission. Short-term, it wants to remove the Pinelands from the International Biosphere--a grouping of the world's environmentally sensitive regions as designated by the United Nations," the Times reported.

Executive Director of the Pinelands Commission, Terrence Moore, said, "The biosphere has no regulatory impact at all on the Pinelands. It's just a recognition that it is a special place. We operate solely on state and federal regulations." --Ever hear of the camel getting its nose under the tent?

The ultimate goal of the N.J. Committee of Safety is to return property rights to the owners and to totally dismantle the Pinelands Commission itself.

Ed.: 17.9% of the SDPD wants to violate your rights.

We cannot in our generation reject the cause and retain the result.

If the institutions they adopted are to survive, if the governments they founded are to endure, it will be because the people continue to have similar religious beliefs. It is idle to discuss freedom and equality on any other basis. It is useless to expect substantial reforms from another motive. They cannot be administered from without. They must come from within. That is why laws alone are so impotent. To enact or to repeal laws is not to secure real reform. It is necessary to take these problems directly to the individual. There will be obedience to the law when the individual feels that the government represents a divine authority.

It is these beliefs, these religious convictions, that represent the strengths of all civilized society. It is religiousness alone which will exalt the nation. --President Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933)

After explaining their mission, Mattis said, he grants them permission to proceed if he is convinced they are operating within the legal parameters and authority limitations set forth in the U.S. Constitution.

The sheriff grants permission on a case-by-case basis only. When asked what, if any, repercussions he had gotten from the Feds, he quickly and confidently replied, "None whatsover...They know they do not have jurisdiction in my county unless I grant it to them."

Mattis clarified his position by saying the federal court had ruled the state of Wyoming is a sovereign state and the state constitution plainly states that a county sheriff is the top law enforcement official in the county.

Additionally, Sheriff Mattis contends the U.S. Constitution, Art. 1, Sec. 8, clearly defines the geographic territories where the federal government has jurisdiction. Amendment X, he said, states the "powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States, respectively, or to the people."

Therefore, Mattis thoroughly believes the Feds have very limited powers in any state unless the local high-sheriff allows them to exercise power beyond that which the Constitution provides.

"Put another way," Mattis said, "if the sheriff doesn't want the Feds in his county, he has constitutional power and right to keep them out or ask them to leave."

Accompanied with other legal interpretations Mattis stands on the definition of the word "sovereign", which is defined by Webster's as "paramount, supreme. Having supreme rank or power. Independent: a sovereign State."

Mattis said he grew weary of the Feds coming into his county and running roughshod over county residents i.e., illegally searching, seizing property, confiscating bank accounts, restricting the free use of private lands and other abuses, without a valid warrant and without first following due process of law as guaranteed by the Constitution to every citizen.

As long as Mattis remains sheriff he says he will continue to see to it that the citizens of his county get their day in court.

Mattis went on to say that, to his knowledge, even the IRS has not attempted to seize any citizen's real property, bank account or any other private possessions since he ran the Feds out of his county.

Sheriff Mattis emphasized that he is not a radical man. He said he is only dedicated to protecting the constitutional rights of the citizens of his county.

He added that ordinary citizens are not the only ones bound by and expected to obey laws. Elected officials and government employees at all levels of government are also bound by and should be expected to obey certain laws.

As long as Sheriff Mattis is the high-sheriff of Big Horn County, he seems determined to make sure private citizens and government officials alike act within the law and their designated powers.

Sheriff Mattis came across as a soft-spoken, polite man whose only interest is protecting the citizens he was elected to serve. That being the case, he might be the sheriff for as long as he wants to be.

Sheriff Mattis is hopeful that other sheriffs will assume the same stance.

Dear Sheriff Hayes:

I am writing this letter to remind you of the situation in your county facility in regards to a prisoner, Mike Kemp. Although you are already well aware of this situation, I sense the need to remind you again, as the inhumane conditions under which Mr. Kemp is being forced to endure have not changed. A lack of urgent response on your part may very well result in Mike being permanently injured or killed, and I urge you to take action now, before this situation becomes much worse.

At this point it appears that you have no desire to correct obvious, abusive treatment in your facility, even after being made well aware of it. Your inaction to correct this situation indicates to me that Mike is being tortured in retaliation for events of the past which have shed bad light, and rightly so, on certain law enforcement persons and agencies, namely in Etowah county.

Let this letter serve as a notice to you, Sheriff Hayes, that I will work relentlessly at exposing to the public and all media any and all inhumane treatment being directed towards Mike Kemp. This barbaric treatment of human life can not, and will not be tolerated any longer.

Sincerely,
K. B.
Union County

(Editor: Mike Kemp is an Alabama militiaman who helped expose the racist BATF and other "law enforcers" at their notorious "Good Ole Boys Roundup".)

I noticed that C.H. from Ocean County mentions that Kathy Boudin was Louis Boudin's granddaughter. As far as I know he had only two daughters, Eleanor and Vera, both well known lawyers. They were born before 1906 which is when his wife died. They may have kept their father's name but that was rarely done back then. One of his daughters married Eliot Cohn. There are still a few Boudins in the legal profession, probably no relation. You can find stories about Kathy Boudin on the web. I believe her father was a well known attorney in Chicago.

Mike Brown
Springfield, MO

"In the beginning of change, the patriot is a scarce man, brave, hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot." --Mark Twain

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