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		<title>Sovereign ‘President’ Sentenced to 18 Years in Federal Prison for Tax Crimes</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/07/31/sovereign-president-sentenced-to-18-years-in-federal-prison-for-tax-crimes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/07/31/sovereign-president-sentenced-to-18-years-in-federal-prison-for-tax-crimes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2013 21:07:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Lenz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[James Timothy Turner, the president of the largest antigovernment “sovereign citizen” group in the country, was sentenced to 18 years in federal prison on Wednesday for tax crimes. Turner was convicted in March of every count he faced, including conspiracy to defraud the United States; six counts related to fake financial instruments; obstructing the Internal [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Colorado Man Shot Dead by Police May Have Been ‘Sovereign’</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/06/20/colorado-man-shot-dead-by-police-may-have-been-%e2%80%98sovereign%e2%80%99/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/06/20/colorado-man-shot-dead-by-police-may-have-been-%e2%80%98sovereign%e2%80%99/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 19:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hatewatch Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Antigovernment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Extremist Crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sovereign Citizens]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lewis Pollard The investigation continued Thursday into another violent confrontation between authorities and a suspected antigovernment  “sovereign citizen,” a 61-year-old Navy veteran who was shot and killed by police early Saturday morning in the small Colorado town of Fruita. Authorities say Lewis Pollard, a longtime Fruita resident, brandished a handgun and pointed it at a [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>Another ‘Sovereign’ Sentenced in Tax Fraud Scheme</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/06/18/another-%e2%80%98sovereign%e2%80%99-sentenced-in-tax-fraud-scheme/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/06/18/another-%e2%80%98sovereign%e2%80%99-sentenced-in-tax-fraud-scheme/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:31:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Morlin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Antigovernment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Extremist Commerce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sovereign Citizens]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A federal judge in Seattle had a short, simple message for a 70-year-old “sovereign citizen” accountant who persuaded other antigovernment activists to file fraudulent tax returns that called for refunds equal to their personal debts. The tax fraud cost the government $700,000 in erroneous payments. For his work, Bell received a 10 percent cut of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sovereign Citizen Sentenced for Filing False Liens</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/05/31/sovereign-citizen-sentenced-for-filing-false-liens-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/05/31/sovereign-citizen-sentenced-for-filing-false-liens-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 16:46:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Morlin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Antigovernment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sovereign Citizens]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Even the steel doors and isolation of a federal prison can’t seem to stop some antigovernment “sovereign citizens” from continuing to file frivolous legal documents and liens against government officials and judges. But, as a recent case in Seattle shows, a relatively new federal law is being used by prosecutors to punish inmates and other [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Slain California Cop-Killer Held ‘Sovereign Citizen’ Beliefs</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/03/28/slain-california-cop-killer-held-sovereign-citizen-beliefs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/03/28/slain-california-cop-killer-held-sovereign-citizen-beliefs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 13:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Morlin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Antigovernment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Extremist Crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sovereign Citizens]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A 36-year-old software engineer who shot and killed a California Highway Patrol (CHP) officer last fall was bipolar and held antigovernment “sovereign citizen” views, an investigation by the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office has concluded. Christopher Lacy’s ideological ties to the sovereign citizen movement, whose adherents generally believe they are immune to federal tax and [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>President of ‘Sovereign Citizens’ Group Convicted of Tax Crimes</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/03/22/10492/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/03/22/10492/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 22:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Lenz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Antigovernment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sovereign Citizens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax Protesters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trial Updates]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A federal jury on Friday convicted James Timothy Turner, one of the nation’s most prominent antigovernment “sovereign citizens,” on 10 tax fraud charges stemming from seminars he held between 2007 and 2009 that purported to teach people how to tap into “secret” government accounts to pay their tax bills. Turner, 57, of Ozark, Ala., gave [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/03/22/10492/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>34</slash:comments>
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		<title>‘Sovereign Citizen’ Leader Goes on Trial for Tax Fraud</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/03/20/sovereign-citizen-leader-goes-on-trial-for-tax-fraud/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/03/20/sovereign-citizen-leader-goes-on-trial-for-tax-fraud/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Lenz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Extremist Crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sovereign Citizens]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=10453</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Federal prosecutors opened the trial of one the nation’s most prominent “sovereign citizens” leaders by portraying him as nothing more than a con man who used antigovernment ideology to peddle illegal debt- and tax-relief scams to the financially troubled. But James Timothy Turner, delivering his own opening statement at the trial that began Monday in [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/03/20/sovereign-citizen-leader-goes-on-trial-for-tax-fraud/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
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		<title>Florida ‘Sovereign Citizen’ Killed After Allegedly Threatening Police</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/03/14/florida-sovereign-citizen-killed-after-allegedly-threatening-police/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/03/14/florida-sovereign-citizen-killed-after-allegedly-threatening-police/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Morlin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Extremist Crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sovereign Citizens]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=10435</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An armed “sovereign citizen,” accused of printing his own currency and defying government authority, was shot and killed in Florida last weekend after a four-hour standoff with a police SWAT team. Like so many law enforcement encounters with sovereign citizens, the case involving Jeffrey Allen Wright began with a routine traffic stop before quickly escalating. [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/03/14/florida-sovereign-citizen-killed-after-allegedly-threatening-police/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Convicted Extortionist a Key Figure in Idaho Citadel ‘Patriot’ Project</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/01/18/convicted-extortionist-a-key-figure-in-idaho-citadel-patriot-project/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/01/18/convicted-extortionist-a-key-figure-in-idaho-citadel-patriot-project/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:33:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Morlin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA['Patriot' Groups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antigovernment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sovereign Citizens]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=10263</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you’re a band of antigovernment “Patriots” pitching a plan to build a walled city in North Idaho and manufacture handguns and assault rifles there, you might expect raised eyebrows, a little criticism. But potshots from other Patriots? Potshots, indeed, are flying at III Arms Co. and its sister land development company, Citadel Land Development, [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/01/18/convicted-extortionist-a-key-figure-in-idaho-citadel-patriot-project/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>25</slash:comments>
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		<title>Another &#8216;Sovereign&#8217; Leader Indicted on Tax Crimes in Major Crackdown</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/01/08/another-sovereign-leader-indicted-on-tax-crimes-in-major-crackdown/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/01/08/another-sovereign-leader-indicted-on-tax-crimes-in-major-crackdown/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 22:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Lenz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Extremist Crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sovereign Citizens]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=10187</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In what appears to be yet another sign that the federal government is cracking down hard on key figures in the antigovernment “sovereign citizens” movement, officials in upstate New York last week unsealed a grand jury indictment of Glenn Richard Unger, who goes by the alias of Dr. Sam Kennedy, on charges that he filed [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/01/08/another-sovereign-leader-indicted-on-tax-crimes-in-major-crackdown/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Idaho Suspected ‘Sovereign’ Arrested After Nationwide Manhunt</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/12/06/suspected-sovereign-arrested-in-north-dakota-after-nationwide-manhunt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/12/06/suspected-sovereign-arrested-in-north-dakota-after-nationwide-manhunt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 18:05:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Morlin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Antigovernment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Extremist Crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sovereign Citizens]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=10052</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A kidnapping suspect with suspected extremist connections and a history of assaulting police was arrested Wednesday after attempting to hijack a tractor-trailer rig at a truck stop in Bismarck, N.D. Mitchell L. Walck, wanted for shooting at an Idaho state trooper last weekend and later kidnapping a North Idaho woman, hid in the sleeper cab [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/12/06/suspected-sovereign-arrested-in-north-dakota-after-nationwide-manhunt/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Suspected ‘Sovereign Citizen’ on Run After Shooting at Idaho Officer</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/12/03/10022/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/12/03/10022/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 22:31:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Morlin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Antigovernment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Extremist Crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sovereign Citizens]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=10022</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A nationwide manhunt is under way for an antigovernment fugitive who shot at an Idaho State Police officer over the weekend before kidnapping a woman and taking her from Idaho to Montana. Mitchell Lee Walck, who served prison time in Montana for assaulting a police officer, released the 62-year-old kidnap victim unharmed 580 miles away [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
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		<title>California Man Caught With Explosives May Be ‘Sovereign Citizen’</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/10/30/california-man-caught-with-explosives-may-be-sovereign-citizen/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/10/30/california-man-caught-with-explosives-may-be-sovereign-citizen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2012 22:17:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Lenz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Antigovernment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Extremist Crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sovereign Citizens]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9931</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A man who was found with more than 145 pounds of explosives in Brisbane, Calif., might have connections to the antigovernment “sovereign citizens” movement, an extremist ideology whose adherents believe they don’t have to obey most laws or pay taxes.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/10/30/california-man-caught-with-explosives-may-be-sovereign-citizen/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#8216;Sovereign&#8217; President: ‘I Am in Jail Because I Stood for Righteousness’</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/10/24/sovereign-president-i-am-in-jail-because-i-stood-for-righteousness-and-truth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/10/24/sovereign-president-i-am-in-jail-because-i-stood-for-righteousness-and-truth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 21:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Lenz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Antigovernment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Extremist Crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sovereign Citizens]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9898</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[James Timothy Turner, the enigmatic president of the antigovernment “sovereign citizens” group Republic for the united States of America (RUSA), has told his followers that despite his incarceration on federal tax charges, he is still very much their leader. And as for his legal problems? That’s simply the federal government squashing the “righteous” truth. “The [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/10/24/sovereign-president-i-am-in-jail-because-i-stood-for-righteousness-and-truth/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
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		<title>Texas ‘Sovereign’ Charged in Murder-for-Hire Scheme Targeting Judge</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/10/02/texas-sovereign-charged-in-murder-for-hire-scheme-targeting-judge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/10/02/texas-sovereign-charged-in-murder-for-hire-scheme-targeting-judge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 21:04:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Terry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA['Patriot' Groups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Extremist Crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sovereign Citizens]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9771</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you can’t beat them in court, kill them in the street. At least that seems to have been the legal strategy of an elderly Texas tax protester and suspected “sovereign citizen,” who authorities charged Monday with trying to hire a hit man to kill the federal judge presiding over his upcoming trial for filing [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/10/02/texas-sovereign-charged-in-murder-for-hire-scheme-targeting-judge/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>Federal Judge Rules RuSA President a Flight Risk, Denies Bail</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/10/02/federal-judge-rules-rusa-president-a-flight-risk-denies-bail/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/10/02/federal-judge-rules-rusa-president-a-flight-risk-denies-bail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 19:36:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Lenz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Antigovernment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Extremist Crime]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9769</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A federal judge on Monday determined that James Timothy Turner, the self-declared president of the nation&#8217;s largest antigovernment “sovereign citizen” group, was a flight risk and ordered him held until his trial next year. Turner is the founder of the Republic for the united States of America (RuSA), an intricately organized network of supporters united [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/10/02/federal-judge-rules-rusa-president-a-flight-risk-denies-bail/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sovereign Citizen ‘President’ Indicted for Tax Crimes</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/18/sovereign-citizen-%e2%80%98president%e2%80%99-indicted-for-tax-crimes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/18/sovereign-citizen-%e2%80%98president%e2%80%99-indicted-for-tax-crimes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:33:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Lenz</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9724</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[James Timothy Turner, the self-styled “president” of the Republic for the united States of America (RuSA), was indicted today on charges of conspiracy to defraud the federal government and several other tax charges, including attempting to pay taxes with a fictitious financial instrument and attempting to obstruct an Internal Revenue Service investigation.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</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>Alleged ‘Sovereign’ Cop-Killer Tried for Federal Gun-Dealing License</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/08/20/alleged-sovereign-cop-killer-tried-for-federal-gun-dealing-license/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/08/20/alleged-sovereign-cop-killer-tried-for-federal-gun-dealing-license/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:17:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Morlin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Extremist Crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sovereign Citizens]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9585</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of two antigovernment “sovereign citizens” tied to last week’s fatal shootings of two sheriff’s deputies and the wounding of two others near New Orleans had applied for a federal license to sell firearms, authorities now confirm. The man, Terry Lyn Smith, 44, appears to be the leader of a loose-knit group of seven people [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Suspects in Louisiana Cop Killings May be ‘Sovereign Citizens’</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/08/17/suspects-in-louisiana-cop-killings-may-be-sovereign-citizens/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/08/17/suspects-in-louisiana-cop-killings-may-be-sovereign-citizens/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2012 19:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Morlin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sovereign Citizens]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9581</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[State and federal investigators believe at least two of the five suspects arrested in connection with a shoot-out Thursday that killed two sheriff’s deputies near New Orleans have ties to the sometimes violent, antigovernment “sovereign citizens” movement. If so, that would mean that sovereigns have now killed four law enforcement officers since May 2010 and [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>25</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sovereigns Arrested After Police Stand-off Near Spokane</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/08/09/sovereigns-arrested-after-police-stand-off-near-spokane/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/08/09/sovereigns-arrested-after-police-stand-off-near-spokane/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 20:21:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Morlin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Antigovernment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Extremist Crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sovereign Citizens]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9550</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Two antigovernment “sovereign citizens” who refused to get out of their truck – only to be surrounded by SWAT teams near Spokane, Wash. –  ultimately were arrested Wednesday by the only authority they truly recognize: the county sheriff. Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich told Hatewatch today that he excused himself from an afternoon meeting at [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>31</slash:comments>
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		<title>‘Sovereign’ Money Launderer Convicted After Two Years on Run</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/07/25/sovereign-money-launderer-convicted-after-two-years-on-run/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/07/25/sovereign-money-launderer-convicted-after-two-years-on-run/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2012 21:24:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zachary Conn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Antigovernment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sovereign Citizens]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9457</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Federal prosecutors in Las Vegas have obtained the second conviction in a case involving  two “sovereign citizen” extremists who laundered $1.3 million provided by undercover FBI agents investigating a network of sovereigns. After a two-day nonjury trial that ended yesterday, Shawn Talbot Rice, 49, was found guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit money [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Iowa Senate Candidate Drops Out, Becomes ‘Senator’ in Sovereign Group</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/07/17/iowa-senate-candidate-drops-out-becomes-senator-in-sovereign-group/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/07/17/iowa-senate-candidate-drops-out-becomes-senator-in-sovereign-group/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:16:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Lenz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sovereign Citizens]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9395</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A state Senate candidate in eastern Iowa has abandoned her campaign and released an astounding statement that she has become a “U.S. Senator” in the Republic for the united States of America (RuSA), the largest antigovernment “sovereign citizens” group in the country. “Let me now announce to everyone in Iowa, I have become aware of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>25</slash:comments>
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		<title>Texas Pipeline Bomber Held Radical-Right Views</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/06/27/texas-pipeline-bomber-held-radical-right-views/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/06/27/texas-pipeline-bomber-held-radical-right-views/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 21:47:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zachary Conn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sovereign Citizens]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9344</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The man accused of trying to bomb a Dallas-area natural gas facility last weekend appears to be a sympathizer of the antigovernment “sovereign citizens” movement who for years has used the Internet to espouse hatred and suspicion of the federal government. Anson Chi, 33, faces federal charges for possessing the homemade bomb used in the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>‘Sovereign’ Tax Cheat Bilked Millions from Treasury; Gets 12 Years</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/06/25/sovereign-tax-cheat-bilked-millions-from-treasury-gets-12-years/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/06/25/sovereign-tax-cheat-bilked-millions-from-treasury-gets-12-years/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2012 19:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Morlin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sovereign Citizens]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9328</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An antigovernment “tax-cheat guru” who claims the federal government has no authority over him found out differently last week when a judge ordered him to spend 12 years behind bars and pay $6.2 million in restitution. Ronald L. Brekke, 55, of Orange County, Calif., helped nearly 1,000 people in three countries file for a total [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>19</slash:comments>
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		<title>Two Charged in New Cases of Alleged ‘Sovereign’ House Theft in Georgia</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/04/24/two-new-cases-of-alleged-sovereign-house-theft-in-georgia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/04/24/two-new-cases-of-alleged-sovereign-house-theft-in-georgia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:05:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Morlin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Extremist Crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sovereign Citizens]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9051</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Buying a home can cause big headaches and quickly empty your wallet. Just ask an estimated 20 buyers in Atlanta who purchased vacant homes from two antigovernment “sovereign citizens” who are now accused of selling residences they didn’t own. Edgar Lee Rodgers and Diana Rowe were arrested last week on charges of racketeering and theft-by-deception [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/04/24/two-new-cases-of-alleged-sovereign-house-theft-in-georgia/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>New Georgia Law Targets Antigovernment Sovereign Citizens</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/04/18/new-georgia-law-targets-antigovernment-sovereign-citizens/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/04/18/new-georgia-law-targets-antigovernment-sovereign-citizens/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah Nelson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sovereign Citizens]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9033</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Aiming squarely at the antigovernment “sovereign citizens” movement, Georgia’s governor on Monday signed a law that will make it a felony to file fraudulent liens against public officials or employees, a tactic known as “paper terrorism.” Sovereign citizens, extremists who believe they don’t have to obey most laws or pay taxes and have been known [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>25</slash:comments>
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		<title>Pot, Meet Kettle: JBS Rips Sovereigns as &#8216;Paranoid&#8217; Conspiracists</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/03/02/pot-meet-kettle-jbs-denounces-sovereigns-as-paranoid-conspiracy-theorists/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/03/02/pot-meet-kettle-jbs-denounces-sovereigns-as-paranoid-conspiracy-theorists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 19:55:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah Nelson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sovereign Citizens]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=8810</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A note to right-wing extremists: When the John Birch Society (JBS) condemns your movement as a “fringe group” whose followers are “paranoid” “conspiracy theorists” who “occasionally go off the deep end … when confronted with reality,” it’s time for some serious soul-searching. An article published yesterday in The New American, JBS’s magazine, used exactly those [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>44</slash:comments>
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		<title>Alabama ‘Sovereign’ Kingpin Loses Land, Prompting Worries</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/03/01/alabama-sovereign-kingpin-loses-land-prompting-worries/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/03/01/alabama-sovereign-kingpin-loses-land-prompting-worries/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 22:42:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Lenz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sovereign Citizens]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=8805</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Not even antigovernment “sovereign citizen” James Timothy Turner, who has made a living teaching people sovereign tactics he claims will allow them to beat the banks, can save himself when it comes right down to it. On Feb. 22, Hatewatch has learned, the People&#8217;s South Bank in Ozark, Ala., foreclosed on two parcels of rural [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mental Exam Ordered for Arizona &#8216;Sovereign&#8217; Double Murder Suspect</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/02/28/arizona-murder-suspect-sounds-like-a-sovereign-citizen/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/02/28/arizona-murder-suspect-sounds-like-a-sovereign-citizen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:23:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah Nelson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Extremist Crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sovereign Citizens]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=8782</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Arizona officials say a murder suspect who used language reminiscent of that employed by antigovernment “sovereign” citizens during court appearances must undergo a mental competency exam before returning to court, the Arizona Republic reported yesterday. Michael Lee Crane, 31, of Mesa, Ariz., pleaded not guilty yesterday to three counts of first-degree murder, two counts of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>39</slash:comments>
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