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		<title>Militia-Leading Penn. Police Chief Suspended After Videos Go Viral</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/08/01/militia-leading-penn-police-chief-suspended-after-videos-go-viral/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/08/01/militia-leading-penn-police-chief-suspended-after-videos-go-viral/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2013 22:08:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Lenz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Antigovernment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birther Extremism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Militias]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New World Order]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[patriot]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Video: Mark Kessler rants on YouTube The police chief of a tiny borough in Pennsylvania’s coal country, who also heads a militia formed to oppose any new federal gun control measures, has been suspended for 30 days after he posted a series of profanity-laced videos to YouTube in which he angrily fires several automatic weapons [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Reported Minnesota Militia Member Arrested in Terror Plot</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/05/07/reported-minnesota-militia-member-arrested-in-terror-plot/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/05/07/reported-minnesota-militia-member-arrested-in-terror-plot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 19:34:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Morlin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Militias]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 24-year-old Minnesota man with ties to an antigovernment militia group is under arrest for what now appears to be a plot to bomb a local police department. Buford “Bucky” Rogers, of Montevideo, Minn., only has been charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm, but other federal charges – and possibly other [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>19</slash:comments>
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		<title>Man with Militia Ties Accused of Obama Assassination Threat</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/03/15/man-with-militia-ties-accused-of-obama-assassination-threat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/03/15/man-with-militia-ties-accused-of-obama-assassination-threat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:55:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Morlin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Extremist Crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Militias]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Federal prosecutors are attempting to block the pre-trial release of a Pennsylvania man with militia ties who faces a charge in Texas that he threatened to kill President Obama before or during the president’s inauguration. William Mose Tucker, 20, was arrested in Oklahoma on Jan. 20, a day before inauguration. A Jan. 16 federal indictment [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Second Amendment Vigilantes</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/01/24/second-amendment-vigilantes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/01/24/second-amendment-vigilantes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:16:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Antigovernment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Militias]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[White Supremacist]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Editor’s note: The author of this guest column, Ron Carver, is a former field organizer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. He is currently an associate fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies (IPC). This piece was distributed via OtherWords, a nonprofit editorial service operated by the IPC. I don’t hunt, but I have nothing [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>68</slash:comments>
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		<title>Army Veteran Pleads Guilty in Fort Stewart Militia Case</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/01/23/army-veteran-pleads-guilty-in-fort-stewart-militia-case/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/01/23/army-veteran-pleads-guilty-in-fort-stewart-militia-case/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:37:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Terry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Antigovernment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Extremist Crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Extremists in the Military]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Militias]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Another former soldier has pleaded guilty for his role in an anti-government militia authorities say is responsible for the execution-style murder of two teenagers in the Georgia woods in late 2011. Timothy Joiner, a 22-year-old Iraq War veteran, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Liberty County, Ga., to more than 30 charges of burglary, financial-transaction-card thefts, and [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>‘Delusionally Dangerous’ Alaska Militia Leader Gets 26 Years</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/01/09/delusionally-dangerous-alaska-militiaman-gets-26-years/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/01/09/delusionally-dangerous-alaska-militiaman-gets-26-years/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 22:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Morlin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Militias]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Alaska Peacemaker Militia founder and gun-rights advocate Francis Schaeffer Cox — described by federal investigators as a “delusionally dangerous man” — will serve almost 26 years in federal prison, despite his show of last-minute contrition. The 28-year-old defendant, who became a modern-day poster boy of sorts for the militia movement, was convicted by an Alaska [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Eleventh Person Charged in Fort Stewart Militia Plot</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/11/15/eleventh-person-charged-in-fort-stewart-militia-plot/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/11/15/eleventh-person-charged-in-fort-stewart-militia-plot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:37:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Terry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Antigovernment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Extremist Crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Extremists in the Military]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Militias]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As the investigation continues into a murderous Georgia-based militia group led by American military personnel who were plotting to overthrow the federal government, a former Navy recruit has become the 11th person charged in the case that includes allegations of burglaries and car break-ins to support the group and at least two homicides to keep [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Second Suspect Pleads Guilty in FEAR Militia Murder</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/10/15/second-suspect-pleads-guilty-in-fear-militia-murder/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/10/15/second-suspect-pleads-guilty-in-fear-militia-murder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 21:25:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Terry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Antigovernment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Extremist Crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Extremists in the Military]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Militias]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9830</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[FEAR was afraid. Hours after four members of FEAR, an anti-government militia largely made up of active-duty and recently discharged American soldiers, shot to death two teenage sweethearts in the Georgia woods last December, the group gathered around a backyard bonfire, desperately trying to destroy evidence of the crime. “That didn’t work out so well,” [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>30</slash:comments>
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		<title>Feds: Teen Militia Leader in Nevada Planned &#8216;Mass Killings&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/10/12/feds-teen-militia-leader-in-nevada-planned-mass-killings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/10/12/feds-teen-militia-leader-in-nevada-planned-mass-killings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 20:13:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Morlin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Antigovernment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hate Crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Militias]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9828</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Authorities in Nevada may have just aborted another mass shooting with the arrest of an 18-year-old, self-professed militia leader who authorities say planned to “conduct mass killings” and “bragged about plans to shoot people on the Las Vegas strip.” Steven Matthew Fernandes, who claimed to be a member of the Southern Nevada Militia, was arrested [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/10/12/feds-teen-militia-leader-in-nevada-planned-mass-killings/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>41</slash:comments>
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		<title>Co-Defendant in Alaska Militia Case Gets Five-Year Sentence</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/25/co-defendant-in-alaska-militia-case-gets-five-year-sentence/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/25/co-defendant-in-alaska-militia-case-gets-five-year-sentence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 20:46:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Morlin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Antigovernment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Extremist Crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Militias]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9749</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As he sits in jail awaiting sentencing in November, Alaska Peacemaker Militia leader Francis Schaeffer Cox may now be a bit more worried about his fate.

A co-defendant, Coleman Barney – found by an Alaska federal jury to be the least culpable in a murder-conspiracy plot hatched by Schaeffer and members of his militia – was sentenced Monday to five years in prison.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Meet Steve Klein, the Hate Group Leader Who ‘Consulted’ on ‘The Innocence of Muslims’</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/12/meet-steve-klein-the-hate-group-leader-who-consulted-on-the-innocence-of-muslims/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/12/meet-steve-klein-the-hate-group-leader-who-consulted-on-the-innocence-of-muslims/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 21:38:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah Nelson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anti-Muslim]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christian Right]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Extremist Propaganda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intelligence Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Militias]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9697</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Steve Klein, the leader of a California hate group, says that Islam is a “penis-driven religion” whose followers have “no choice but to hunt Jews and Christians down, torture us and murder us.”

Klein of Hemet, Calif., who has a long history of ties to militant Christian organizations, has been identified as one of the brains behind the anti-Muslim film that <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/news-agencies-us-ambassador-to-libya-killed-in-attack-outside-consulate/2012/09/12/665de5fc-fcc4-11e1-a31e-804fccb658f9_story.html">triggered violence in northern Africa</a>, including a rocket attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, and the murder of Chris Stevens, the U.S. ambassador to Libya.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/12/meet-steve-klein-the-hate-group-leader-who-consulted-on-the-innocence-of-muslims/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>63</slash:comments>
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		<title>Consultant for Anti-Muslim Film Provided Combat Training for Hate Group</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/12/consultant-for-anti-muslim-film-provided-combat-training-for-hate-group/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/12/consultant-for-anti-muslim-film-provided-combat-training-for-hate-group/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 19:43:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hatewatch Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anti-Muslim]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christian Right]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9694</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Steve Klein, who served as a consultant for the Islam-bashing film that sparked the deadly assault on a U.S. Consulate in Libya, is a longtime religious-right activist who has helped train paramilitary militias at a secretive church in California. Four American citizens, including U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens, were killed by mobs enraged by the depiction [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>48</slash:comments>
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		<title>Five More Suspects Indicted in FEAR Militia Terror Plot</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/11/five-more-suspects-indicted-in-fear-militia-terror-plot/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/11/five-more-suspects-indicted-in-fear-militia-terror-plot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 21:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Morlin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Militias]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9687</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Three former U.S. Army soldiers are among five additional suspects indicted Tuesday in Georgia for their alleged roles in a secret militia plot that led, allegedly, to a double homicide. The group, calling itself the FEAR Militia, was secretly formed by soldiers stationed at Fort Stewart. Its members armed themselves with $87,000 in assault weapons [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Two ‘Sovereigns’ Plead Guilty in Alaska Murder Plot</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/08/28/two-sovereigns-plead-guilty-in-alaska-murder-plot/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/08/28/two-sovereigns-plead-guilty-in-alaska-murder-plot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 18:45:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Morlin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Extremist Crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Militias]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sovereign Citizens]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9644</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An Alaska couple who are antigovernment “sovereign citizens” face lengthy prison terms after pleading guilty Monday to charges they plotted to kill a federal judge and an IRS agent involved in a tax case against them. Lonnie Vernon, 56, a member of Schaeffer Cox’s Alaska Peacemakers Militia, and his wife, Karen Vernon, 66, admitted conspiring [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Prosecutors: Secret ‘Militia&#8217; in Army Planned to Blow Dam, Poison Apples</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/08/27/prosecutors-secret-militia-in-army-planned-to-blow-dam-poison-apples/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/08/27/prosecutors-secret-militia-in-army-planned-to-blow-dam-poison-apples/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 20:48:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Morlin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Militias]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Four members of a secret militia group, now facing murder charges in Georgia, operated inside the ranks of the U.S. Army and discussed blowing up a dam and poisoning fruit crops in Washington State, authorities said Monday. The motives of the alleged plotters remained murky. The revelation came as Army Pfc. Michael Burnett, 26, struck [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>60</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bulletin: Four Soldiers in &#8216;Militia&#8217; Said to Plot Government Overthrow</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/08/27/bulletin-four-soldiers-in-militia-allegedly-plotted-government-overthrow/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/08/27/bulletin-four-soldiers-in-militia-allegedly-plotted-government-overthrow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 17:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Potok</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Extremist Crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Militias]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9616</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Update: The AP is reporting that members of the militia &#8220;wore distinctive tattoos that resemble an anarchy symbol,&#8221; according to a prosecutor. Prosecutors today said that four active-duty soldiers in Georgia formed what was described as an &#8220;anarchist militia&#8221; and took steps aimed at overthrowing the U.S. government, The Associated Press reported. One of the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ruby Ridge Carved Niche in History</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/08/21/ruby-ridge-carved-niche-in-history/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/08/21/ruby-ridge-carved-niche-in-history/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2012 13:26:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Morlin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Antigovernment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Extremist Crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Militias]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[White Supremacist]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9594</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Editor’s Note: This article was first published on Aug. 19 in The Spokesman-Review, based in Spokane, Wash. The 11-day siege at Ruby Ridge began 20 years ago today, on Aug. 21, 1992. The author of this post covered the Aryan Nations and other extremist groups during his 37-year career as a reporter with The  Spokesman-Review. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>51</slash:comments>
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		<title>Convicted Alaska Militia Leader Fires Attorney</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/07/10/convicted-alaska-militia-leader-fires-attorney/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/07/10/convicted-alaska-militia-leader-fires-attorney/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 17:12:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Morlin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Antigovernment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Domestic Terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Extremist Crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Militias]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9375</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Alaska militia leader Francis Schaeffer Cox has fired his attorney, likely laying the groundwork for an appeal of his nine convictions, which include conspiring to kill a judge and law enforcement officials. In a two-sentence document filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Anchorage, the 28-year-old leader of the Alaska Peacemakers Militia said he had [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>Alaska Militiamen Convicted in Antigovernment Murder Conspiracy</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/06/19/alaska-militiamen-convicted-in-antigovernment-murder-conspiracy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/06/19/alaska-militiamen-convicted-in-antigovernment-murder-conspiracy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 13:49:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Morlin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Extremist Crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Militias]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9305</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the end, a federal jury in Alaska didn’t believe militia leader Francis Schaeffer Cox’s claim that he was just a free-speech loudmouth — more like Gandhi than Rambo — and convicted him of heading a conspiracy to murder a judge and law enforcement officials. The jury also convicted Lonnie Vernon, a member of Cox’s [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Alaska Militia Trial Opens With Former Defendant as Key Witness</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/05/09/alaska-militia-trial-opens-with-former-defendant-as-key-prosecution-witness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/05/09/alaska-militia-trial-opens-with-former-defendant-as-key-prosecution-witness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 13:41:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Morlin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Militias]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9145</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Justice Department has cut a deal with a former member of the Alaska Peacemaker Militia to bolster its case against the group’s leader Schaeffer Cox and two others on trial in U.S. District Court in Anchorage. Michael O. Anderson, who was arrested with Cox and co-defendants Lonnie Vernon and Coleman Barney in March 2011, [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/05/09/alaska-militia-trial-opens-with-former-defendant-as-key-prosecution-witness/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Key Members of Georgia Militia Plead Guilty in Terror Plot</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/04/10/leader-of-georgia-militia-accomplice-plead-in-terror-plot/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/04/10/leader-of-georgia-militia-accomplice-plead-in-terror-plot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:16:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Morlin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Militias]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=8997</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Two members of a Georgia militia — arrested late last year in a plot to bomb federal buildings, assassinate public officials and attack cities with deadly ricin — pleaded guilty today to conspiracy charges in a Gainesville, Ga., courtroom. Accused ringleader Frederick W. Thomas, 73, and Emory Dan Roberts, 67, both entered guilty pleas to [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hutaree Case Ends as Two Plead to Weapons Charges</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/03/29/hutaree-case-ends-as-two-defendants-plead-to-weapons-charges/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/03/29/hutaree-case-ends-as-two-defendants-plead-to-weapons-charges/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:59:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Morlin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Militias]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=8931</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The two remaining defendants in the government’s case against members of Michigan’s Hutaree Militia pleaded guilty today to federal firearms charges, just two days after a judge dismissed antigovernment conspiracy charges against the pair and five others. David Stone Sr., 47, and his son Joshua Stone, 23, pleaded guilty to possessing machine guns. They admitted [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/03/29/hutaree-case-ends-as-two-defendants-plead-to-weapons-charges/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Most Charges Dismissed Against Hutaree Militia Members</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/03/27/most-charges-dismissed-against-hutaree-militia-members/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/03/27/most-charges-dismissed-against-hutaree-militia-members/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:39:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Morlin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Militias]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=8921</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A federal judge in Detroit today dismissed charges against seven members of the Hutaree militia who have been on trial for allegedly plotting to kill police officers in hopes of igniting a revolution against the government. “The government’s case is built largely of circumstantial evidence,” U.S. District Judge Victoria Roberts said in a 28-page order [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>Trial Begins for Hutaree Militia Members Accused of Plotting Attack</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/02/13/trial-begins-for-hutaree-militia-members-accused-of-plotting-attack/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/02/13/trial-begins-for-hutaree-militia-members-accused-of-plotting-attack/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:33:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Morlin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Militias]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=8698</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A jury in Detroit today began the task of attempting to determine whether a heavily armed Christian militia group was embarking on an armed confrontation with the federal government or merely living in a fantasy world of “recreation” and protected free speech. Seven members of the Hutaree militia arrested in an FBI sweep last March [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Alaska Militiamen Again Charged With Murder Conspiracy</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/01/24/alaska-militiamen-again-charged-with-murder-conspiracy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/01/24/alaska-militiamen-again-charged-with-murder-conspiracy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:43:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Morlin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Militias]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=8563</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Like this winter’s near-record snowfall in Alaska, federal criminal charges keep piling up against imprisoned militia leader Francis Schaeffer Cox. With six additional federal charges filed in a superseding indictment just last Friday, the trial for Cox and Alaska Peacemaker Militia co-defendants Coleman L. Barney and Lonnie G. Vernon has been postponed from Feb. 6 [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hutaree Militia Member is First to Plead in Cop-Killing Plot</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/12/06/hutaree-militia-member-is-first-to-plead-in-cop-killing-plot/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/12/06/hutaree-militia-member-is-first-to-plead-in-cop-killing-plot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 23:18:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Morlin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA['Patriot' Groups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Extremist Crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Militias]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=8284</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A man whose nickname is “Mouse” is the first member of the Hutaree Militia to strike a plea deal with the Justice Department to avoid the possibility of a lengthy federal prison sentence. Joshua John Clough, 29, of Blissfield Township, Mich., pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court in Detroit to use of a firearm [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Additional Charges Filed in Alaska Militia Case</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/11/23/additional-charges-filed-in-alaska-militia-case/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/11/23/additional-charges-filed-in-alaska-militia-case/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:58:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Morlin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Militias]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=8235</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Heavily armed members of the Alaska Peacemaker Militia, equipped with live grenades and assault rifles, stopped private citizens, demanded identifications and prevented some from traveling to their homes and jobs, a new indictment alleges. The indictment includes serious additional federal charges against militia leader Francis Schaeffer Cox and commanders Coleman L. Barney and Lonnie G. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Feds Hope to Deny Bail to Alaska Militia Suspect</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/11/07/feds-hope-to-deny-bail-to-alaska-militia-suspect/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/11/07/feds-hope-to-deny-bail-to-alaska-militia-suspect/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Morlin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Militias]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=8168</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Why would a 53-year-old woman be carrying around recipes for homemade  explosives and information on the deadly poison ricin? Federal authorities in Alaska say they aren’t sure. And they don’t know where Mary Ann Morgan was heading when she was arrested in late October as she attempted to enter Canada, possibly en route to the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Oath Keeper Convicted on Weapons Charge, Attempted ‘Citizen’s Arrest’</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/10/25/oath-keeper-convicted-on-weapons-charge-tried-to-make-citizens-arrest/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/10/25/oath-keeper-convicted-on-weapons-charge-tried-to-make-citizens-arrest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Booth Gunter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Militias]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=8060</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[All Darren Wesley Huff wanted to do was arrest some county officials in Tennessee who refused to indict President Obama for using a fraudulent birth certificate. The problem is, that’s not really a criminal offense. And Huff had no authority anyway. But he was a member of the Georgia Militia and the Oath Keepers, both [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Alaska Judge Dismisses Electronic Surveillance in Alaska Militia Case</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/10/18/alaska-judge-dismisses-electronic-surveillance-in-alaska-militia-case/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/10/18/alaska-judge-dismisses-electronic-surveillance-in-alaska-militia-case/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Lenz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Militias]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=8025</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A state judge in Alaska has ruled that more than 100 hours of audio and video surveillance is inadmissible in the trial of Schaeffer Cox, the boyish militia leader who was arrested last year after stockpiling weapons in connection to a plot to kidnap or kill state troopers and a Fairbanks judge. Superior Court Judge [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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