Another 'isolated incident': Alaska militiamen arrested in conspiracy to kill state troopers, judges

[Skip_In_Boulder]

Schaeffer Cox, center, with some of his fellow Alaska militiamen

Gee, I wonder if Bill O'Reilly is still so certain that the radical right isn't the country's most significant domestic-terrorism threat:

Five people in the Fairbanks area were arrested Thursday by state and federal law enforcement on charges connected with an alleged plot to kidnap or kill state troopers and a Fairbanks judge, according to the Alaska State Troopers.

Francis "Schaeffer" Cox, Lonnie Vernon, Karen Vernon, Coleman Barney and Michael Anderson are accused of conspiring to commit murder, kidnapping, and arson, as well as weapons misconduct, hindering prosecution and tampering with evidence, according to trooper spokeswoman Megan Peters in a written statement late Thursday.

An investigation "revealed extensive plans to kidnap or kill Alaska state troopers and a Fairbanks judge," the statement said. The plans included "extensive surveillance" on the homes of two Fairbanks troopers, the statement said.

"Investigation also revealed that extensive surveillance on troopers in the Fairbanks area had occurred, specifically on the locations of the homes for two Alaska state troopers," the statement said. "Furthermore, Cox et. al. had acquired a large cache of weapons in order to carry out attacks against their targeted victims. Some of the weapons known to be in the cache are prohibited by state or federal law."

U.S. Attorney Karen Loeffler said Lonnie Vernon, 55, was arrested for threatening to kill a federal judge. She said more information about federal charges would be released today Fairbanks Police Chief Loren Zager said the operation involved multiple police actions related to Fairbanks-area members of the "sovereign citizen" movement.

http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/another-isolated-incident-alaska-mil

[get the red out]

1. You think somebody named "Todd"

Is on one of their cell phones as a contact? Just a thought.

[Skip_In_Boulder]

2. It's probably code named "First Dude"

[Blue_In_AK]

3. Sadly, we've got a bunch of these wackos up here.

We've got some militia guy down on the Kenai Peninsula who was kicked out of the Michigan Militia for being too radical. Fortunately, we've also got some really dedicated lefties to balance them out.

[roguevalley]

19. we have a lot of weirdos here. Other states shake their quilts

and the goof balls land here. :)

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

4. .

[Scuba]

5. Don't you just hate it when the libruls try to politicize the assassinations?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8ouBFh04DU&feature=relmfu

[JuniperLea]

11. That's awesome!

Thanks for the link!

[stlsaxman]

21. A modern day Tom Lehrer with a guitar... thanks for that link!

[Scurrilous]

6. K & R

:thumbsup:

[malaise]

7. Friends of Sarah?

:evilgrin:

[DainBramaged]

8. Gee, they weren't going to use wet noodles?

:sarcasm:

[muriel_volestrangler]

9. The 'Sovereign Citizen' movement - just like Scott Roeder, the murderer of Dr. George Tiller

and Jared Loughner, the Arizona shooter, and Joe Stack, the man who flew his plane into the tax office, had similar ideas:

Jared Loughner, the suspect in the Feb. 8 shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 18 others in Tucson, Ariz., used "sovereign citizens" talking points, and two well-known sovereign citizens shot to death two West Memphis, Ark., police officers in May 2010.
...
Joe Stack, who piloted a Piper Dakota airplane into an Austin, Texas, IRS building in February 2010, was a sovereign citizen who left a convoluted manifesto.

The Guardians of the Free Republic, a sovereign-citizen group that has tried to set up an alternative US government, last year sent subtly threatening letters to all 50 US governors.

Scott Roeder, convicted of fatally shooting late-term abortion doctor George Tiller at a Sunday church service in Wichita, Kan., in May 2009, has links to the sovereign-citizen movement.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20110309/ts_csm/367935

They seem to be the most active terrorist movement in the US, but I don't see Pete King investigating them.

[GodlessBiker]

10. Are you listening, Congressman King? You fucking asshole.

[onethatcares]

12. that story led our evening news

just kiddin.

[toddwv]

13. When they nab a couple Muslims doing this

it's a terrorist event.

They nab a bunch of militiamen and the right just shrugs it off as freedom of speech. I mean, they didn't actually kill anyone yet...right? To the right, that makes it a "thought" crime.

[walldude]

14. State Troopers? Too many traffic tickets?

Why the fuck would someone want to kill what amounts to a traffic cop? Fucking idiots.

[Blue_In_AK]

15. Schaeffer Cox has had many legal problems

including beating up on his wife. I'm sure he feels like the Troopers are out to get him.

[jwirr]

16. Little boy pretending he is a man.

[madamesilverspurs]

17. Creepy resemblance

to Tim McVeigh. Really creepy.


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[Blue_In_AK]

18. I was just commenting to my husband

on that resemblance. Personally, I am far more worried about home-grown, right-wing "Christian" terrorists than I am of the Muslim variety. I think there are a lot more of them.

[Zephie]

20. K&R.

[malaise]

22. Rachel covered this last night

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#42041804

[ck4829]

23. Dang Muslims at it again

Oh wait...

[hobbit709]

24. Were any of them on Joe Miller's security team?

[Blue_In_AK]

25. No, but Schaeffer Cox does consider Joe Miller a "friend,"

although he didn't support his run for senator since Schaeffer doesn't believe in government.

[Buddyblazon]

26. Guy in the back with glasses looks like...

Dale Gribble: