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The RESISTER ------ The Official Publication of the Special Forces Underground

                     Volume I, Number 4. Spring 1995

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                          JOINT TASK FORCE - 6

                    Subversion of the Third Amendment

                          -by- William Sheppard

 

     The Third Amendment to the Constitution is usually ignored during

constitutional debates about the federal government's unchecked abrogation of

the rights of individuals. The tendency to overlook the Third Amendment is

due, largely, to its wording. The Third Amendment states:

 

          No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any

     house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but

     in a manner to be prescribed by law.

     

     On the surface, the prohibition against quartering troops in houses

seems firmly anchored in the 18th century, and apparently involves none of the

fundamental issues of individual liberty inherent in the other amendments. In

fact, the philosophical premise of the Third Amendment was firmly grounded in

the founders' recognition that government is institutionalized force; that a

government's instrument of force is a standing army, and that unless

government is bound by strict, well defined constitutional constraints, a

standing army becomes an instrument of domestic tyranny, rather than one of

national defense.

     Patrick Henry affirmed antifederalist reservations about unchecked

federal control of both standing and militia forces under Article I, section

8, of the proposed constitution, when he stated:

 

     To me this appears a very alarming power, when unlimitted. They

     are not only to raise, but to support armies; and this support is

     to go to the utmost abilities of the United States. If Congress

     shall say, that the general welfare requires it, they may keep

     armies continually on foot. There is nocontroul on Congress in

     raising and stationing them. They may billet them on the people at

     pleasure. This unlimitted authority is a most dangerous power: Its

     principles are despotic. If it be unbounded, it must lead to

     despotism. For the power of the people in a free Government, is

     supposed to be paramount to the existing power.

 

                                   Virginia Convention, 1788

 

     Particularly significant is the fact that, during the constitution

ratification debates in the state legislatures, proposed bills of rights

universally juxtaposed the individual right to bear arms; the militia as the

armed forces of the state and posse comitatus; the prohibition of federal

quartering, and declarations that standing armies in time of peace are

dangerous to liberty. These declarations were not arbitrarily derived. They

were based on the fact that, at the time, standing armies were used

domestically to enforce unpopular laws and keep the population subjugated to

the dictates of the central government.

     In context, therefore, the premise underpinning  the Third Amendment

dealt with the unalienable right to be free from the exerise of arbitrary,

capricious and despotic compulsion by armed forces under the exclusive control

of the federal government. The quartering of troops was simply the expression

of that premise.

     The Reconstruction Acts imposed on the rebel states after the Civil War,

and their martial law enforcement, amply demonstrated earlier antifederalist

fears of unchecked federal use armed forces to enforce arbitrary law. Only the

passage of the Posse Comitatus Act in 1878 ended these outrages. The Posse

Comitatus Act stated, in part:

 

          From and after the passage of this act it shall not be

     lawful to employ any part of the Army of the United States as a

     posse comitatus, or otherwise, for the purpose of executing the

     laws, except in such cases and under such circumstances as such

     employment of said force may be expressly authorized by the

     Constitution or by an act of Congress...

 

     The Posse Comitatus Act was, in fact, a reflection of the intent of the

founders. It is noteworthy that, for over 100 years, this act served to

constrain federal government use of its armed forces in law enforcement. Also

noteworthy is that, as the forces of statism and socialism spread within the

federal government following the Civil War, so did the establishment,

multiplication and expansion of inherently unconstitutional federal law

enforcement, regulatory, and social agencies.

     Today, the increasing militarization of federal, state, and local law

enforcement agencies, aided by the duplicity of the Department of Defense, has

created the very beast feared by the founders generally, and the

antifederalists specifically; an armed force under the exclusive control of

the executive branch of the federal government. These federal agencies have no

purpose other than enforcement of arbitrary, undefined, whim-based federal

"laws." These militarized federal agencies now constitute the functional

equivalent of a standing army in time of peace the founders warned against as

dangerous to liberty, which the Second and Third Amendments were intended to

prevent.

 

     In the early 1980's, president Reagan announced the "War on Drugs." (How

war can be declared and waged on inanimate objects has yet to be determined;

but it is typical socialist rhetoric.) Debate on the use of federal armed

forces in this "war" and the assistance they could provide to law enforcement

began soon thereafter. Significantly, there was opposition in the Department

of Defense, particularly within the Army, to the obvious implications of using

active duty forces to enforce drug laws. The prevailing arguments were

twofold. First, the involvement of federal armed forces in law enforcement

violated the letter and intent of the Posse Comitatus Act. Second, placing

federal armed forces in close proximity to the drug trade, because of its

proposed enforcement duties, would ultimately lead to corruption within the

military. Both objections to military involvement in law enforcement have

since proven true. 

     During the mid 1980's, while Operation Alliance was being organized, a

compromise was reached. If, during the execution of normal training, a member

of the armed forces witnessed activities that could be reasonably construed to

indicate activities involving drugs, or drug trafficking, it was his duty to

report it through his chain of command, for forwarding to the appropriate law

enforcement agencies. On face value, this compromise was neither unreasonable

nor onerous. The consequences of this compromise were.

     Operation Alliance was organized in 1986 under Vice President George

Bush as head of the National Narcotics Border Interdiction System and Attorney

General Edwin Meese III, the Chairman of the National Drug Policy Board. Joint

Task Force-6 was established by the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, on 15

September 1989, at Fort Bliss Texas.

     Operation Alliance responds to requests for operational support from all

law enforcement agencies in the Southwest border region. Its principal focus

is securing military support from its coordination center located on Fort

Bliss, Texas, adjacent to JTF-6 which is located on Biggs Army Airfield. A

significant development in the relationship between Operation Alliance and

JTF-6 is that, prior to 1993, the JTF-6 mission was to provide direct support

to only "Drug Law Enforcement Agencies." Since January 1993 the word "drug"

has been dropped from the "Law Enforcement Agencies" to be supported.

Operation Alliance's primary function is to bring together state and local law

enforcement agencies, and their supporting Active, Reserve, and National Guard

forces, with federal agencies to provide coordinated support to counterdrug

operations along the U.S. southwest border. Alliance operates under the policy

guidance of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). The ONDCP

manages both the international and domestic counterdrug functions of all

executive agencies. The Chairman of ONDCP answers to the National Security

Council.

     Operation Alliance operates under the policy guidance of the ONDCP

Southwest Border Committee and the Operation Alliance Joint Command Group

(OAJCG), which is under the directions of the Southwest Border High Intensity

Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) coordinator, who is also the Director of

Operation Alliance. The OAJCG functions under the Director, Operation Alliance

as a coordinating and planning group. Its members include over 20 federal.

state and local law enforcement agencies. Group meetings are chaired by the

Senior Tactical Coordinator, which is a position which rotates among

representatives of the DEA, the Border Patrol, and the Customs Service.

 

     JTF-6 serves as the planning, coordinating, and operational headquarters

providing Department of Defense support to federal, state and local law

enforcement agencies along the southwest border. The stated objective of this

support is to assist law enforcement agencies in their mission to detect,

deter, and disrupt drug trafficking. JTF-6 supports Operation Alliance by

planning and coordination all requested DOD (Title 10) support. National Guard

(Title 32) support to Operation Alliance is coordinated directly between

Operation Alliance and the respective state National Guard organizations.

     JTF-6 provides both operational and intelligence support to Operation

Alliance. Operational support is provided using "total force" support packages

drawn from a variety of military sources and guided by priorities established

by Operation Alliance. All military operations in the Operation Alliance area

of responsibility are conducted in support of a lead law enforcement agency.

This results in joint active duty military - law enforcement operations. For

the duration of the operation, active duty military forces are placed under

operational control (OPCON) of the supported law enforcement agency.

     JTF-6 routinely provides four types of operational support to Operation

Alliance. The first is reconnaissance support. Ground reconnaissance support

includes sensors, listening posts, observation posts, ground surveillance

radar, and ground patrols. Aerial reconnaissance support includes Forward

Looking Infrared (FLIR), Side-looking Airborne Radar (SLAR), photographic

imagery, and Remotely Piloted Vehicles (RPVs).

     The second type of operational support is training. Training support

includes patrolling, helicopter insertions and extractions, sniping,

operations and intelligence, and Advanced Military Operations on Urbanized

Terrain (AMOUT). (AMOUT cannot be functionally differentiated from Close

Quarter Combat (CQC) regardless of nit-picking official attempts to do so.

Officially, CQC deals with linear targets--planes, trains, busses. The

training and operational techniques of AMOUT and CQC are identical. BORTAC is

specifically authorized to receive CQC training.).

     The third type of operational support is logistics. Logistical support

includes engineer projects and air and ground transportation. Engineer

projects include barrier erection, road repair, and range construction. Air

transportation includes MH-60 and CH-47 helicopters, as well as the provision

for fire support from helicopter gun-ships. Ground transportation support

includes loans of military vehicles, and the use of tactical vehicles (such as

Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles--BIFVs), upon application. Logistical

support also includes loans of surveillance equipment; primarily passive and

thermal night observation devices, and day optics.

     The fourth type of operational support is Research. Development and

Acquisition (RDA). This involves identifying and demonstrating technologies

appropriate to combining military and law enforcement capabilities and

operations.

     JTF-6 also provides extensive intelligence support to Operation

Alliance.  JTF-6 provides fused and analyzed data from DOD and law enforcement

sources to DOD forces deployed in suort of law enforcement agencies

operating in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. Intelligence support

to law enforcement agencies consists of providing the techniques, systems and

procedures that facilitate the analysis, fusion, and sharing of drug related

intelligence in response to specific requests from law enforcement agencies.

Intelligence support is provided by seconding DOD intelligence personnel to

law enforcement agencies--specifically to the FBI and DEA, by aerial imagery,

intelligence instructors, and translators.

     This "fusion" of military intelligence support to law enforcement

agencies is reflected in the operations of the DEA established El Paso

Intelligence Center (EPIC). EPIC provides operational and tactical

intelligence to the law enforcement community. It has its own proprietary

database, as well as access to other proprietary intelligence databases. EPIC

provides information to authorized DOD, federal and state law enforcement

agencies. EPIC is a full service intelligence operations center, whose primary

mission is to provide tactical intelligence support to federal, state and

local law enforcement agencies with information related to weapons, drugs and

aliens. In addition to DEA, eleven other federal agencies are members of EPIC.

 

     In theory, Operation Alliance and JTF-6 were intended to exercise the

joint integration of the United States military and federal law enforcement to

fight the alleged "war on drugs." In practice, this integration has been

exploited by federal, state and local law enforcement agencies to militarize

the forces at their disposal. Indeed, given the natural proclivities of the

myriad unconstitutional federal law enforcement agencies, Operation Alliance,

and JTF-6 support of this integration, the armed, badge wielding thugs of the

statist Department of Justice have made themselves the de facto internal

security army of the United States.

     There is no single atrocity that illustrates this obscenity better than

the BATF assault on the Seventh Day Adventist, Branch Davidians, at Waco

Texas, on 28 FEB, 1993. This operation was directly supported by Company C, 3d

Battalion, 3d Special Forces Group (Airborne), then serving as the Rapid

Support Unit for JFT-6 at McGreggor Range Complex, Fort Bliss, Texas.

     Message traffic indicates that the operational parameters of this

assault were known to the Special Forces unit involved as early as December

1992. Operation Alliance, in an attempt to secure DOD support and training

prior to the raid, forwarded a completely fictitious report through military

channels that there was a suspected methamphetamine lab at the Waco compound.

This was enough for JTF-6 to secure the commitment of Special Forces ODA 381

(then attached to Co.C), to provide pre-mission training to BATF forces

dedicated to the attack. (See: Soldier of Fortune, May 1994, and May 1995, for

complete and accurate details).

 

     The single most noteworthy result of active duty military integration

into the so-called "war on drugs," has been the abject perversion of the once

honorable Judge Advocate General Corps (JAG). JTF-6 spared no expense to hire

civilian lawyers who specialize in law related to the Posse Comitatus Act. JAG

officers who object to specific missions parameters related to the employment

of federal troops in support of Operation Alliance and JTF-6 are given notice

by military liaison officers to OAJCG that their objections are "...not career

enhancing."

     Prior to October 1989, counterdrug enforcement belonged exclusively to

law enforcement agencies. The Department of Defense provided limited

assistance to involved agencies but did not become directly involved in police

functions. As part of the 1989 National Defense Authorization Act, DOD was

directed to fully integrate its command, control, communications, and

intelligence functions with those of federal law enforcement agencies.

     This integration was a deliberate, willful violation of the intent of

the Third Amendment to the Constitution. Since the establishment of Operation

Alliance and JTF-6,  law enforcement agencies at all levels have used the

increasingly insupportable pretext of "drugs" to secure increasing levels of

direct military training and support. The result has been the increasingly

authoritative, abusive, and arbitrary enforcement of so-called "laws" by an

increasingly militarized "police." Stripped of its window-dressing and

obfuscating rhetoric, the law enforcement agencies of today are no different

than the standing armies of the 18th century.

     If the federal government was serious about the "threat to national

security" posed by the drug trade; if the federal government was serious about

"interdicting" the drug trade into the United States; it would invaded,

reduced to rubble, and occupied as subject colonies, the drug trafficking

states of Mexico, Columbia, Peru, and Bolivia.

     It causes you wonder who is benefiting by not doing so. The abrogation

of individual rights resulting from the logarithmic expansion of arbitrary

legislation, and the integration of the Department of Defense with the

Department of Justice is justified in the name of the "war on drugs." Or is it

the War on the Constitution?

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                         Actions DO Reflect Values

 

          As this issue was going to press we received the following

     report from a source close to BATF. The information contained in

     this report is raw data, and is for reporting purposes only. This

     information has not been analyzed, and is not finally evaluated

     intelligence. The content of the message is reproduced as

     received. This material is unedited. The source of this

     information is rated A2.

 

Reference: Cummins ((BEATTY)); subject was ATF SAC in Nashville, TN. He was

having child pornography delivered to his office. He also was having visitors

come to his office believed to be homosexual partners, although it is unclear

whether actual homosexual acts took place at the office or at another

location. What is clear is that ((BEATTY)) was watching kiddie porn movies in

his office with the door closed and his pants open, masturbating as he

watched. Apparently, a secretary unintentionally walked-in on him. When she

did so, ((BEATTY)) made no attempt to hide himself and , in fact, exposed

himself to her. She complained and the Office of Inspector General (OIG) got

involved. The OIG's surveillance report--much of which was omitted from the

IG's final report--stated that ((BEATTY)) was observed "...hanging around a

child's playground..." and other "unsavory" places.

     The upshot was; ((BEATTY)) was confronted and his Assistant Special

Agent in Charge (ASAC) Jerry ((RUDEN)) also got in trouble when it was

determined that he knew of ((BEATTY))'s proclivities and had not reported them

to Headquarters. John ((MCGAW)) commented on this semi-publicity, although not

mentioning any names, by saying that he had to appoint a female SAC for the

Nashville office because the females in the office had been "extremely

traumatized."

     PUNISHMENT:  ASAC ((RUDEN)) lost his supervisory status and was

transferred to an ATF office in Bowling Green, KY. But he was not forced to

move, so he commutes from his home in Nashville. ATF management felt they

could not punish ((RUDEN)) too harshly or he would "spill the beans" about

((BEATTY))'s exile to his home state of Alabama. ((MCGAW)) made a statement

that ((BEATTY)) had a tough life with a "history of mental problems and

related incidents spanning eight years." ATF responded by creating a job for

((BEATTY)) at Fort McLellan, AL, where ATF runs its academy for Special

Response Teams--the same SRT's responsible for Mt. Carmel. The position

((BEATTY)) holds at Ft. McClellan is unsupervised. [Source embellishes his

report at his point with references to unsupervised homosexual senior federal

law enforcement agents retaining their badges and guns while awaiting

retirement. Source's language was unprintable. Editor]. ((MCGAW)) told a

reporter after the 23 March Senate subcommittee hearing on Waco: "If I didn't

want ((BEATTY)) to have a badge and a gun, he wouldn't have a badge and a

gun."

 

Reference: William M. ((REECE)); former head of ATF's aviation operations, was

named as chief suspect in the alleged embezzlement of $1.5 million through

falsified travel vouchers. ((REECE)) was allowed to retire without punishment

as part of a deal  to protect supervisors who had allowed ((REECE))'s deeds to

go unpunished. These supervisors were subsequently promoted by Undersecretary

of the Treasury Ron ((NOBLE)). ((REECE))'s immediate supervisor at the time

was Margaret ((MOORE)).

     Reference: Margaret ((MOORE)); she is now SAC in Baltimore, MD.

((MOORE)) was recently investigated for pistol-whipping her live-in homosexual

lover at their Baltimore area apartment. A threat was communicated by

((MOORE)) to her victim, who is an area supervisor for ATF, over the victim's

casual affair with a female computer software contractor working for ATF. The

alleged motive for ((MOORE))'s threat was jealousy. ((MOORE)) is also under

scrutiny for taking a government car on a trip to Mexico. ((MOORE))'s

supervisor at the time of ((REECE))'s embezzlement was Dick ((GARNER)).

     Reference: Dick ((GARNER)); he is ATF liaison officer to the Pentagon.

In the hours immediately after the Waco raid, ((GARNER)) filed a request,

(which bypassed Operation Alliance and JTF-6) with the DOD, for 10 Bradley

Infantry Fighting Vehicles (BIFVs), supposedly to be used to set-up a

defensive perimeter to evacuate wounded, but with the ominous postscript that

"...if the vehicles are to be used in an assault role, U.S. Army markings are

to be obscured." After ((REECE))'s unpunished embezzlement, ((GARNER)) was

promoted to be SAC in Nashville, where he replaced Cummins ((BEATTY)).

     Reference: WACO. ATF management is not only unwilling to punish poor

management, it actually rewards poor management and, in the cases of

((BEATTY)) and ((REECE)), criminal behavior, among managers. Another example

of this would be the firing--and then rehiring--of Waco raid commanders

Phillip ((CHOJNACKI)) and Charles ((SARABYN)). Both deny altering the raid

plan to divert blame from themselves. The Treasury  Report on Waco said such

alterations were made. Now Treasury is withdrawing its claim of the

alterations, and even on the existence of a raid plan. The alleged absence of

such a plan for an operation of such scale constitutes criminal negligence.

Regardless, numerous Pentagon documents prove the claim there was no raid plan

is a lie. In fact, ((CHOJNACKI)) and ((SARABYN)) reclaimed their jobs because

they know--and promised not to tell--that final approval to go ahead with the

compromised raid was given only minutes before the shooting, which was started

by Ron ((NOBLE)). Cellular telephone records prove this.

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                        OPEN LETTER TO OUR READERS

 

On Militia     

 

In May 1993, the Coordinating Staff of the Special Forces Underground met to

discuss our degree of cooperation with the various patriot and militia

organizations. The operations officer was directed to complete a staff study,

and to present his advise no later than 01 October 1993. On that date, during

the quarterly command and staff meeting, we made the decision to avoid any

unqualified direct contact with the patriot movement in general, and the

militias in particular.

     Our decision was grounded in part on my intelligence officer's

assessment that most of the various militia groups were riddled with both

recruited and opportunity informants, federal and state undercover operatives,

and agents provocateur; that any direct involvement with the militias would

ultimately contaminate the security of our own organization.

     This is not an indictment of the unorganized militias which, in our

view, are exercising their common law and constitutional rights of self

defense and voluntary association. It is a simple statement of fact. However,

the very openness of most militia groups--their careless recruitment methods

and inherent lack of rudimentary personnel screening and operational security

measures--leaves these groups open to infiltration, subversion and

manipulation. Should the federal government decide to act against the militia

groups, and the militia groups stand and fight, they will not, in their

current configuration, last one month. That is our assessment. Out of this

meeting, however, the idea of The RESISTER was born.

     The inherent weakness of any underground organization is its limited

ability to communicate its message in a non-permissive environment to a

potential support base and thereby generate  sympathizers, adherents, and

recruits. If the Special Forces Underground consisted of homosexuals,

Marxists, new age dirt-worshipers, and New World Order Quislings, and we had

simply let it be known that we were being repressed by so-called right-wing

"extremists" in the military establishment we could have generated no end of

support from the mainstream media and their Marxist support apparatus. It is

even possible we could have received the tacit blessing of our military chain

of command for our "progressive" stand on current issues.

     We are none of those things. We believe in the primacy of the

individual--as an end unto himself. We believe in the inalienable rights of

man--life, liberty and property. We believe in the incomparable expression of

man's rational faculties in action, the source of all true rights-- laissez

faire capitalism. We believe that the Constitution is the logical expression

of our beliefs. We believe that our current federal, state, and local

governments represent the antitheses of everything we hold true. The only

secure way to communicate our beliefs within the military is by the

historically proven means of clandestine publishing. Thus The RESISTER.

     One uncontrollable consequence of publishing The RESISTER was its spread

outside Special Forces into the patriot movement. This put the Special Forces

Underground in indirect contact with the militia movement which, by conscious

policy, we originally intended to avoid. (If this sounds contradictory you

need to re-examine your premises regarding clandestine organizations and

operations). Our support for the concept of the unorganized militia in general

is unqualified. Our support for particular militia groups is very much

qualified.

     Socialists argue that the necessity for an unorganized militia has been

negated by the de facto select militia, the National Guard. The establishment

of the National Guard in 1917 was a deliberate effort on the part of

socialists (then called "progressives") to subvert both the letter and intent

of the Uniform Militia Act of 1792, and the Second Amendment. The National

Guard is the very embodiment of the concept of a select militia in that it is

armed, equipped, organized, trained and paid for by--and therefore loyal

to--the federal government. Regardless of a state's nominal control over its

national guard, it is subject to federalization by presidential decree and

thus little more than an auxiliary of the standing army. The national guard is

a twisted socialist mockery of the principle stated in 1791 by Rep. James

Jackson, Georgia, that, "In a Republic every man ought to be a soldier, and be

prepared to resist tyranny and usurpation, as well as invasion, and to prevent

the greatest of all evils--a standing army .

     Today the militia concept exists within an irreconcilable paradox. In a

republic the militia is the armed citizenry. The unalienable natural and

common-law right of individuals to form, join, drill, and if necessary fight

as an organized body of armed citizens in defense of their common interests

(by voluntary association) against the forces of either foreign or domestic

tyranny is therefore unquestionable. This is, in fact, the true intent of the

Second Amendment. The paradox is that the natural right of self defense and

the common law right (indeed, obligation in your own self interest) to oppose

tyranny, by force of arms if necessary, has been rendered questionable, if not

in some cases illegal, by the slow but persistent forces of socialism and

Marxism within the federal and state governments.

     In 1917, the federal government assumed control over the various states'

organized militias by means of establishing the National Guard. The stated

reason was national security. The true intent was to eliminate resistance to

Woodrow Wilson's socialist design to cement this nation's descent into the

political gang warfare of democracy. The result was government security.

     In 1934, the National Firearms Act was passed without so much as a

whimper of protest from the unorganized militia. The stated purpose was public

safety. The true intent was to interdict potential resistance to the logical

results of  Roosevelt's Marxist economic and social policies. The result was

greater government security.

     The 1968 Gun Control Act and the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets

Act passed without much notice or opposition from the unorganized militia.

Their stated purpose was, again, public safety. Their true purpose was

population control by means of prohibiting the undocumented transfer of

firearms, and they broadened the scope police powers. The end result was even

greater government security.

     During the 1980's the states passed laws prohibiting paramilitary

training without a whisper of dissent from the unorganized militia. The stated

purpose of these laws was, again, public safety. Their true purpose was to

prevent the militia from drilling. This means government security.

     In 1994 both the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection

Act and the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act passed. Their stated

purpose was, yet once again, public safety. Their true purpose was, again,

population control by limiting ready access to firearms, prohibiting military

style small arms without documentation, and federalizing most "crimes:" which

means; government security.

     Where was the unorganized militia when all these anti-militia laws were

being passed? Waiting for someone else to "do something?" Whom, exactly? The

NRA? The NRA has been compromising away your rights for over 60 years.

     Returning to the militia paradox mentioned previously, the formation and

exercising of a militia is now, for all intents and purposes, of dubious

legality. Not unconstitutional, given that rights antedating the Constitution

are "reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." Merely

questionable. And the reason the formation and exercise of a militia today is

questionable, is because the unorganized militia of previous generations,

wishing they could have their cake and eat it, did nothing while their

so-called representatives appealed to their irrational whims and sold them

down the socialist river.

     Where was the militia when the Supreme Court usurped the power to

interpret the Constitution? Where was the militia when the Anti-Trust laws

were passed? Did the militia mobilize to oppose any of the following?

Democracy; the Federal Reserve Bank; direct taxation; popular election of

Senators; universal suffrage; compulsory education; prohibition; the formation

of federal law enforcement, regulatory, or social agencies; the War Powers

Act; labor laws; social security; the formation of the U.N.; the Marshal Plan;

so-called 'civil rights;' Lyndon Johnson's blatantly Marxist "Great Society"

programs; environmental laws; lowering the voting age; equal opportunity;

affirmative action; forfeiture laws; or any other statist, socialist, or

Marxist legislation? The answer is: NO.

     The recent federal crackdown on the unorganized militia and their

related activities was not only predictable, it was inevitable, because the

unorganized militia of past generations sanctioned their own--and by

default--your, victimization. If there is one ray of hope on the horizon it is

that Americans have begun to understand the logical consequence of their

ancestor's irrational compromise between liberty and democracy; tyrannical

government.

     What recourse is there when government--federal, state or

local--demonstrates its illegitimacy by the passage of socialist and Marxist

inspired legislation which, by definition, abrogates individual rights and

compels individuals to act against their rational self interest? There appear

to be only two choices: rebellion or slavery. But there is a third.

Resistance.

     The militias, such as they are, need to carefully consider their

position. You cannot reasonably expect to form a militia, voice your

opposition to the federal government and its rights abrogating domestic

policies and expect to remain untargeted by its internal security apparatus.

Any attempt to restore the Constitution, as written, threatens extinction to

the federal bureaucracy and the pull-politics beast it rides. The federal

government's eradication of the Seventh Day Adventists in Waco had nothing to

do with religion, alleged firearms laws violations, or alleged child abuse. It

was a message to the American people from our socialist federal government,

delivered by their errand boys in the BATF and FBI. It is the universal

message of all tyrannies; if you are defiant, we will kill you.

     We are raising this issue to point out that the patriot movement in

general, and militia groups in particular, need to get a firm grip on the

realities of resistance and underground operations. Most militia groups, as

they now exist (there are a very few exceptions), have all the clandestine

subtlety and operational sophistication of the Kenyan Mau Mau movement of the

early 1960's. In contrast, the federal government has, at its immediate

disposal--if it chooses to put it to full use--an internal security and

population control apparatus that would have made Hitler and Stalin weep with

envy. There is nothing preventing the federal government from exercising its

unlimited power since all they have to do when confronted with constitutional

constraints is redefine the parameters of those constraints, as the recent

passage of HR 666 demonstrates.

     During the debates on ratification of the Constitution, antifederalists

argued that the militia clause contained the seeds of tyranny by granting to

Congress control over the militia as to deprive the states effective control

over their militia.

     Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution delegates to Congress the

authority: 

 

          To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the

     Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in

     the Service of the United States, reserving to the States

     respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority

     of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by

     Congress.

 

The obvious (to an antifederalist) flaw in this section is that if Congress

has the authority to arm the militia it also has the authority to disarm them.

Indeed, a militia thus armed by Congress (called a Select militia), would be

liable to serve as a force to disarm the rest of the populace. This was

corrected by the Uniform Militia Act of 8 May 1792, which required every "free

able bodied white male citizen" between the ages 18 to 45 to enroll in local

militia units and "provide himself with a good musket or firelock..." (which

means: a rifle suitable for military service), ammunition and accoutrements.

In passing this act Congress rejected federal control over arming and

exemptions, and specifically rejected presidential power to call out the

militia, thus reserving to the states questions of organization and

discipline. The very notion of the militia falling under federal authority

(Select militia) was considered a violation of  the intent of a militia (an

armed citizenry), organized, trained and disciplined by state legislatures.

     Objective reading of the Militia Act makes it clear that a legitimate

organized militia falls under control of the State government, which is

responsible for its organization, discipline and the appointment of its

officers. The unorganized militia is the armed citizenry at large. This

arrangement is not only rational, it is essential, for without legitimate

authority any demagogue could form a "militia," which in practice would be

little more than a local armed gang. Therein lies an inherent danger of the

militia movement and the reason the Special Forces Underground will not commit

its assets indiscriminately.

     We stated above that our support of the militia movement in general is

unqualified, but that our support of particular militias is very much

qualified. To put it bluntly, we judge. If the philosophy of your organization

rests upon any premise we find contradictory to the principles of unalienable

individual rights, laissez faire capitalism, and limited constitutional

republicanism, you are on your own.

     If your decision to join your state approved organized milita is based

upon a rational, objective belief that your state government has consistently

demonstrated it is the guarator of your liberties as a free man, then by all

means do so. If your state governemnt fails this objective test, you--as an

individual acting is your own rational self interest--as a member of the

unorganized militia by virtue of citizenship in a constitutional republic,

have the unalienable right to voluntarily associate with whomever you choose

for any moral, ethical, non-compulsory purpose.

     We have stated in the past that when the time comes, we will find you.

The RESISTER is the vehicle. Your voluntary association is the means. If you

do not know how this works, pay attention. We will teach you.

 

J.F.A.Davidson

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                                  Reality

 

Clandestine publishing involves certain inescapable realities that some of our

less experienced readers fail to recognize and account for when requesting

information or publications from us. The majority of people who request

information about the Special Forces Underground, or desire to subscribe to

The RESISTER, are accustomed to prompt responses and services from the

businesses they deal with. This is a reasonable expectation when dealing with

a business.

     However, Special Forces Underground is not a business. It is a

resistance movement. The RESISTER is the official publication of that

resistance movement. True, by virtue of publishing The RESISTER, and the

occasional book, we are engaged in business-like activity.  But, what everyone

who desires to subscribe to The RESISTER, or obtain our other publications,

must understand, is that by virtue of being a clandestine organization, and by

virtue of publishing clandestinely, we cannot reasonably be held to

conventional standards of prompt service.

     When conducting business with us we ask you to take the following facts

into account:

 

1.   We do not have a business office with secretaries processing orders.

2.   We do not maintain stocks. When you order something from us it has to be

     reproduced from a master.

3.   We cannot adhere to rigid production schedules. We must assemble those

     personnel who have volunteered to assist in that quarter at one place,

     at one time, to commence production. This is not as easy, or secure, as

     it sounds.

4.   We cannot adhere to rigid distribution schedules. (The opposition would

     _love_ that).

5.   Incoming mail passes down a rat-line staffed by an auxiliary comprised

     of both witting volunteers and unwitting accomplices. It is now 29

     March, 1995. We are still receiving mail postmarked in February. Our

     security is more important than a direct mailing address.

6.   Outgoing distribution must be smuggled to an auxiliary volunteer. 

     All this takes time. Six weeks on average.

 

Special Forces Underground and The RESISTER conducts its business honestly.

Those who have overpaid for requested publications have received cash refunds

with their order. Those who have underpaid have received what they asked for

along with an order blank. Almost without exception, compensation has been

returned (there is always that 1% who are thieves). On rare occasions

something "slips through the cracks." Sometimes that is due to mail-crossing,

sometimes to mistakes on our part. Have patience with our operational

constraints. If you have a complaint let us know, and we will make good on

your request.

     No underground organization or resistance movement can conduct its

activities without a reasonably secure source of income. Our firm belief,

based on our considerable experience, is that resistance movements which

resort to crime to support their activities (bank robberies, drug dealing,

etc.), were never anything other than criminal organizations to begin with.

The Special Forces Underground will not raise money for its activities by any

means other than honorable means, and the voluntary contributions of our

supporters.

     The blood that precipitated the first American Revolution was ink. The

Special Forces Underground pays homage to that tradition via The RESISTER and

its ancillary publications. Together we will wrest our constitutional republic

away from the democracy worshipping mob; and we will pry our lives, liberty,

and property from the death grip of Marxist usurpers.

 

                                        The Staff

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                                Hitch-hiker

 

     On 04 February 1995, Mr. Frank Elena, a member of the Freemen, and

alleged member of the Militia of Montana, spoke for 28 minutes 17 seconds

before the Arizona Breakfast Club. Mr. Elena's somewhat disorganized and

(apparently) hastily prepared presentation ranged across a number of topics,

including his personal life and the movement and disposition of ex-Warsaw Pact

military vehicles in the United States.

     13 minutes 55 seconds into his presentation, Mr Elena announced;

 

     Right now, The Resister, which is another group of...ahh...retired

     special forces, who have inside information all the time...we get

     information on faxes...on the intel hot-line, and...ahh...right

     now we have about 60% of our military 'gonna back us...we've got

     probably the same amount of national guard.

 

     Mr. Elena's liberal juxtaposition of "The Resister," with "we," in the

samesentence, in his capacity as spokesman for the Militia of Montana, is a

gross misrepresentation.

     Mr. Elena has no connection, direct or indirect, with  Special Forces

Underground or The RESISTER. We deny emphatically Mr. Elena's assertions that

he, or any organization he purports to represent, speaks knowledgeably about

Special Forces Underground, The RESISTER, our activities or our support base.

Mr. Elena's indiscretion appears to be an isolated incident.

     For the record, there are only four individuals outside the underground

who know how to contact us directly. Mr. Elena is not one of them.

 

                                        M.O. Warren

                                        PAO, SFU

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                                EDITORIALS

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                         Anti-capitalist Treaties.

      

NAFTA and GATT have exactly nothing to do with "free trade." These treaties

are deliberate assaults on the last remaining vestiges of capitalism. The

degree to which the American public at large has, through its willful

indolence and ignorance, accepted the unconscionable socialist premise that

the purpose of government is to "promote the general Welfare," is reflected in

fact that, at no time during the debates on NAFTA and GATT, did a single

main-stream media "conservative," either in print, on television, or on radio,

point out two simple facts. First, that any government control, legislation,

regulation, or manipulation of an economy, is socialism. Second, that

government negotiated "free trade" treaties must, by definition, give

government control of that trade. The federal government has accomplished with

two scraps of paper what they could not accomplish in two centuries of

compromising away the ideal of capitalism; socialism by  international treaty.

The economy of the United States is now tied, by default, to the economies of

quasi-communist Mexico, socialist Canada, and the socialist economic block of

the EEC.

     The preamble to the Constitution provides for the federal government to

"...promote the general Welfare..." of the United States. In objective terms

specifically related to the economy the phrase "...promote the general

Welfare..." can mean nothing less than simply leaving the economy alone.

However, the meaning of this provision has been intentionally subverted by

altruists, socialists, and Marxists within the government, to enslave the

means of wealth creation in service to domestic and international parasites.

During the ratification debates antifederalists pointed out that this clause

must, as a logical consequence of its vagueness, must inevitably result in

despotism and tyranny. In 1787, Samuel Bryan remarked:

 

          ...and moreover, the absolute controul over the commerce of

     the United States and all objects of revenue, such as unlimited

     imposts upon imports, &c. --they (Congress) are to be vested with

     every species of internal taxation;--whatever taxes, duties and

     excises that they may deem requisite for the general welfare,

     ...distributed through every district in America; and the

     collection would be enforced by the standing army, however

     grievous or improper they may be. The Congress may construe every

     purpose for which the state legislatures now lay taxes, to be for

     the general welfare, and therefore seize upon every object of

     revenue.

 

                    "Centinel" I, Independent Gazetter, 5 Oct 1787

 

As mentioned elsewhere in this issue, the myriad unconstitutional federal law

enforcement and regulatory agencies have become the "standing army" the

antifederalists warned against. These agencies are now, by default of the

NAFTA and GATT treaties, organs of the World Trade Organization.

There is no such thing as a "world economy." The very notion of such is the

fabrication of one-world socialists. Since the end of World War II,

internationalists have been passing economic legislation which has no other

goal than the conversion the United States into a slave nation in the service

of the pathetic Third World irrelevancies that make up the body of the United

Nations.

     Better tens-of-millions of Third World savages live in abject poverty

and starve, as a logical result of their socialist government policies, than a

single American business be amalgamated into a "world economy" managed by

Mexican, Congolese, and French bureaucrats.

 

                                        John Smilie

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                           The RESISTER Targeted

 

     We have been informed by a previously reliable source, that during a

recent officers call at Fort Devens, MA, Major General Harley Davis,

Commander, United States Army Special Forces Command (Airborne), remarked to

several senior officers present, including COL Lambert, Commander, 10th

SFG(A), that he considered The RESISTER "treasonous and disloyal." He, (or COL

Lambert, it is unclear which), further stated that he intended to, "find each

and every one of those disloyal (individuals) involved with 'that'

publication." Two questions come immediately to mind. "Treason," against what?

"Disloyal," to whom? 

     Article III, section 3 of the Constitution defines treason thus:

"Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against

them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort." Is MG

Davis infering that defending the Constitution, and adhering to the philosophy

it represents--self-interest, limited republicanism, and

capitalism--constitutes treason? Is he also infering that publicly adhering to

our sacred oath to defend the Constitution "...against all enemies, foreign

and domestic,"--against the inherently evil forces of democracy, socialism,

and communism--constitutes disloyalty? Apparently, since he did not define his

terms, he is.

     The RESISTER does not advocate "overthrow of government" (18 USC s

2385); we advocate restoration of the Constitutional Republic. The RESISTER is

not engaged in activity that "advises, councils, urges, or in any manner

causes or attempts to cause insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny, or refusal of

duty by any member of the military or naval forces of the United States," (18

USC s 2387(a)(1)); we are expressing our own beliefs, on our own time, and

with our own resources; nor does anybody associated with The RESISTER tolerate

discussion of "insubordination, mutiny, disloyalty, or refusal of duty," in

defense of the Constitution. The RESISTER is not "distributed" as defined in

AR 210-10; subscribers are free to do with it as they desire.

     Special Warfare, the Army's official publication of special operations

forces, is implicitly Marxist in political philosophy and explicitly pro

United Nations. The RESISTER is explicitly pro Constitution and vehemently

anti U.N.. Which of these publications, General Davis, do you imagine is most

popular within Special Forces? Which of these publications, General Davis, do

you imagine thousands of patriotic Americans--Americans who have come to fear

their own government and what it has come to stand for--subscribe to, or read

bootleg copies of?

     This incident, and its implications, raises an issue that is of deadly

importance to the future of this nation. Officers do not become senior

officers by adhering to principle and never compromising their personal

integrity. They will jump on each political bandwagon, regardless of which

direction it is headed, that will further their careers. Who, exactly, is

being treasonous and disloyal? The RESISTER, and its uncompromising support

and defense of the Constitution, or those adherents of socialism, Marxism and

one-world government who are shredding the Constitution? 

     At least our words and our actions are consistent with our beliefs.

 

                                   J.F.A. Davidson

 

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             Official Communist Policy Yields Expected Results

 

     As reports continue to filter in from our observers in Haiti it is

apparent that the official U.S. policy of disarming the Haitian middle and

upper class is beginning to pay off with the desired results. Middle and upper

class business people, former FAd'H officials, and current members of the

Interim Security Police Force (ISPF), are being targeted for murder by the

democracy loving, communist, Organization Populair Lavalas (OPL).

     The United States Army, under the direct control of the United Nations,

deliberately set about to disarm the very segment of Haitian society which

could have pulled that country back from the brink of African savagery. As a

result of this policy of population disarmament, the communists, deliberately

placed into power in Haiti by the federal government and the United States

Army, have begun a systematic campaign of terror and murder to cement their

hold on that country.

     As United States forces revert to the direct operational control of the

United Nations you can expect more of the same. The only people who are safe

and secure in Haiti are the communists. This is because the United States

Army, adhering to deliberate policy dictated by the United Nations, disarmed

everyone who would oppose communism.

 

                                        Samuel Nasson 

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                            Statement of Policy

 

     The philosophy of the Special Force Underground and The RESISTER is

straightforward: individual rights, strict constitutionalism, limited

government, isolationism, laissez-faire capitalism, and republicanism; in

short, the principles upon which this nation was founded.

     We oppose: statism, socialism, collectivism, liberalism, altruism,

internationalism, tribalism, democracy, pull politics, and the New World

Order; in short, the ideologies of all tyrannies.

     Our philosophical framework is objectivism (the rational morality of

self interest--which means; Life). Our political philosophy is grounded in the

works of the Founding Fathers of this nation and Auberon Herbert (government

as servant, not master--which means; Liberty). Our economic philosophy is

grounded in the works of Carl Menger, Ludwig von Mises, and Henry Hazlitt (the

guarantor of individual rights, laissez-faire capitalism--which means;

Property).

     We do not advocate the violent overthrow of the U.S. government. We do

advocate resistance to government tyranny at all levels. We do not advocate

the initiation of force in doing so. We do advocate appropriate force-in-kind

in retaliation. We advocate active resistance against the United Nations.

Our goal is the restoration of the Constitutional Republic. Our aim is to see

the federal government defanged, muzzled, shackled and cast back into its

constitutional prison.

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Correction

 

     In our VOL.I,No.3 (Winter 1995), side-bar "Agents Provocateur and

Informants," we stated that undercover operatives and informants, if directly

asked, must identify themselves as such. 

     Council informs us this is not true. In his words:

 

     ...contrary to popular belief, if one asks an informant or

     undercover agent his official position, and he lies, information

     he gathers WILL BE admissible. An undercover agent CAN lie, and

     not only are they encouraged to do so, but they would get nowhere

     without deception.

     

     The error was ours solely, and we take responsibility for it.

 

                                             The Staff 

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                              CORRESPONDENCE

                              --------------

 

     I thoroughly enjoyed your last issue (Winter, 1995, Vol.I, No.3). While

I wholeheartedly agree with your editorial "Expropriation of an Ideal," I find

I must disagree with your rhetoric about "Civil Affairs and Psychological

Operations social workers." First, your right. Bronze Bruce was dedicated to

Special Forces soldiers killed in the Republic of Viet Nam (and other

wars). He belongs in the plaza. LTG Scott displayed overweening hubris. No

argument.

      However, as you are well aware, Psychological Operations soldiers

aren't Civil Affairs or social workers. PSYOP (or PSYWAR as it was then) is a

primary progenitor of Army Special Forces and is closely woven into the

classic SF mission, guerilla warfare.

     Students of resistance movements and undergrounds recognize that these

are wars of ideas. The first phase of any resistance movement is psychological

operations to build the movement, create resistance potential and attract

recruits. Indeed, just killing resisters is ineffective in the long run (they

become martyrs), unless you discredit of subsume their idea.

     Any true patriot would be advised to find a copy of the current PSYOP

manuals (FM 33-1 & 33-1-1) and read them. The leftist "compassion fascist"

socialist media is already demonizing and trivializing the constitutionalist

resistance to their New World Order agenda. We need to employ effective,

truth-based, organized PYSOP to counter their propaganda and reach the

_thinking_ electorate and other key communicators.

     None of this even suggests that PSYOP soldiers are Special Forces of

Bronze Bruce represents anyone but Special Forces. rather, it is a reminder to

this community that the war of the flea is won through having a BETTER IDEA

than the opposition and by getting that idea across.

     The Framers produced that better idea in the Constitution.

 

                                   Tom Paine

                                   USAJFKSWCS

 

          You are correct. Guerilla warfare and psychological warfare

     are inseparable. Indeed, they are a continuum. However, when

     guerilla warfare and psychological warfare are divided by fiat

     into separate commands they are both rendered impotent. We have

     long held that the PSYOP course should be made Phase IV of the Q

     Course. Our reference to PSYOP and CA as "social workers" is

     grounded in our policy of judging actions. 19 year-old kids

     driving around a town in Haiti blurting such filth as "Rejoice,

     democracy is here," over a loudspeaker, is social work, not

     psychological warfare. The RESISTER is psychological warfare and

     our better idea is that of the Framers.

 

                                   The Editor

 

 

     Thank you for all your efforts and may God bless you and our country. We

are networking with the Council on Domestic Relations to get the 10th

Amendment resolution adopted in North Carolina. It will be a monumental task,

but a number of legislators are enthusiastic about it.

     Please keep The RESISTER coming. Just the fact that you exist encourages

those of us who are working across the country.

 

                              The Liberty Sentinel

                              PO Box 1188

                              Liberty, NC 27298

 

 

     I recently had a conversation with a 7th SFGA soldier who had just

returned from a JTF-Six mission. In the process of picking his brain I

elicited a response to the effect of, "Oh, I guess you're one of those nuts

who's worried about GARDEN PLOT and CABLESPLICE, aren't you?" In the course of

the conversation he informed me that the ATF personnel he had worked with had

told him about the plan for a general disarmament of the civil population, and

that they were sure they could pull it off. Further, he seemed to be in

agreement. He told me, "Civilians don't need 'those types' of guns anyway."

     It is a dirty shame that so many of our nation's young men are dead

asleep on their feet. Our enemy has already won a great battle in our public

education system. Hardly anyone I talk to has ever read the Declaration of

Independence or the Constitution. The common perception seems to be that we

can't really know what the Founders had in mind, because we weren't there, and

those old documents were written in another time and the words mean different

things now.

     Reference your article about Haiti: everyone I talk to says the same

thing first; "Man, that whole operation was f____d-up." I am encouraged that

at least some saw the reality of occupation and disarmament. Last summer I

attended a DCM clinic and ordered an M1 rifle. What I saw at the range was

heartening. Mom and Dad, Jr. and Sis, all showed-up with militia grade

weapons. There were M1's, M1 carbines, SKS', MIA's, AR15's, MAK90's, and just

about every suitable military firearm made during this century. The reality is

that the militia is well armed. The question is, can the population of this

country resist the immoral premise that registration and licensing is the way

to prevent crime?

     No man will convince me to trade my rights for permission. The last time

I looked license meant; "Permission to do that which would otherwise be

illegal." Nor will the validity of my rights be determined by the actions of

criminals. Gun control of any kind has nothing to do with crime--it is only

about power. HCI and their Marxist support apparatus are irrelevant idiots who

possess only the credibility we give them.

     Finally, we must claw our way out of the quagmire of perpetual

paternalism into which we have sold ourselves. The ancient Hebrews found

themselves in an identical situation and found moral courage in their faith.

We, on the other hand, while drawing moral courage from the same source, must

not wait for a savior. Our ancestors gave us an instrument with which we can

save ourselves. It is the Constitution. It is defended with a rifle.

 

                                   Bruce

                                   Ft. Jackson, SC

 

 

     I am writing you in regard to the article "First Amendment Police"

(Vol.1, No.3). The man that you wrote about is a sergeant on my staff. I sent

him to find out any information he could on your mail drop and personnel

picking up items at the post office, and to find out who was operating in our

back yard.

     We found that your operation was not as secure as we thought it might

be. It only took our man about an hour and we knew names and addresses of all

involved. I would have used a man with less of a criminal background to sign

for the box.

     As far as surveillance goes we never put any on the post office or the

young gentleman, no damage control was needed by your staff.

     The 1st Battalion, 1st Light Infantry Regiment--Texas Reserve Militia,

invited your young gentleman to our meeting in December and (we) would like to

work with your group if the need ever arises.

     Please accept our apology and (we) hope that you now feel secure in your

operation and keep up the good work.

 

                                   M. Smith

                                   Captain, 1st Texas Light Infantry

                                   Texas Reserve Militia

 

 

          How very curious. For the record: 1) Your sergeant found

     what he was supposed to find, which was exactly nothing; 2) none

     of our auxiliary had, or have, criminal records; 3) we will

     determine when damage control is needed and when it is not; 4) our

     cut-out was not invited by anybody to any meeting; 5) feeling

     secure has nothing to do with security; 6) we will keep up the

     good work.

          Do not bulls__t us. We do this for a living.

 

                                   E. Hinchley

                                   G2, Security

 

 

     President John Kennedy, in his 1961 inaugural address said, "In the long

history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of

defending freedom in the hour maximum danger... The energy, the faith, the

devotion, which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who

serve it, and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.

     Over two hundred years ago a generation of Americans successfully

defended freedom and created a system of government that was truly a light in

a darkened world. They proved that a nation can function most efficiently with

a severely limited government, and that only government of, by and for the

people can provide abundant life, liberty, happiness and security. Even in the

present "New World Order" darkness, tradition causes people of other nations

to look to America for leadership in restoring freedom. As they watch our

nation being taken over by enemies from within, they also see the rise of

ministers and patriot leades who are too honorable to do less than risk their

lives in opposing this evil world system. Perhaps it is our example that is

causing the people of Chechnya to take up arms and cast off Soviet slavery.

There was even a Russian general who refused to move his tanks against these

people who only desire freedom.

     One principle our enemies are using against us is "divide and conquer."

They forced integration upon us to get blacks and whites to hate each other.

We dare not hate each other because there are people of all races working

together to free our nation. They're trying to stir up hatred of Jews, but

there are Jews working just as hard as Christians, defending their right to

believe as they choose.

     All true Americans must get involved in this struggle. We must preserve

what our forefathers entrusted to us.

 

                                   Chuck A.

                                   Montana

 

 

     Please add me to the distribution list for The RESISTER. I served

proudly in various units of the 9th Infantry Division from 1977-1981 and then

in the MI Company, 10th SFGA from 1981-1983. While a member of the active duty

military I was just an ordinary American doing what I believed at the time was

an important job.

     Like you, I am deeply distressed at the direction taken by our

freedom-trashing government. The former Special Forces men involved in the

political process here in the Granite State are dedicated, resourceful and

resolute. We do not intend to lose. The Founding Fathers who built this

republic during the late 18th century worked diligently to craft a government

which would respect the rights of free men. No glib, slick liberals are going

to dismantle the freedom and liberty which so many Americans have surrendered

their lives to preserve.

     If you or yours should ever need help or assistance when in (CENSORED,

ed.), do not hesitate to call or write. Mention (CENSORED, ed.) to let me know

who the caller or writer might be. I will endeavor to offer a bed, a meal or a

rest stop, whatever is needed. Many citizens on the outside of the military

are scared that your organization has been set up by the Army and the

administration to smoke-out dissent. I think not, given what I have read i

your publication. I have never been afraid to stand firmly for what is moral,

right and just. I am completely and unequivocally unconcerned about how (the

government) regards me. If they fear free Americans that's their problem, not

mine.

 

                                   Christopher

                                   Vermont

 

 

          As long as The RESISTER remains a clandestine publication

     rumors are going to circulate that we are a false flag operation.

     These rumors are probably spread by the same people who believe

     the world is run by a wizened old man sitting in a windowless room

     devoid of furniture less a chair and table, whom, sitting beneath

     a bare light bulb hanging from the ceiling, chain smoking Lucky

     Strike cigarettes, instructs his minions, "Now, destabilize the

     Peso."

 

 

     I read about your publication in Soldier of Fortune magazine. I like

your synopsis and philosophy. It's something I truly believe in.

     Dilemma: How far can republicanism go with "G_d's Law." The Bible calls

for death for so many transgressions. The Supreme Court stated that, "Treason

is the ultimate crime and death is the ultimate punishment." Also, the

Founding Fathers were not wholly Christians. There were Deists, agnostics, as

well as atheists. Now, how is the Declaration of Independence and the

Constitution biblically inspired?

     What can I do to help the resistance? I want my republic restored.

 

                                   James

                                   Carmichael, CA

 

P.S. How many of these "militias" are an excuse for armed hooligans to conduct

race war? Is America that divided and disunited?

 

 

          The Founding Fathers kept their religious beliefs, or lack

     of them, pretty much to themselves. So do we. However, our

     extensive reading of the works of the Founding Fathers yields

     little literary evidence of biblical inspiration. Their prime

     mover was REASON, not religion. Reason is our prime mover also.

          Sadly, there are some so-called militias who use patriotism

     to camouflage their racism and other irrationalist filth. They are

     no different than our Marxist enemies.

 

                                   The Staff

 

 

     Is racism and sexual harassment as prevalent in our military today as

the sycophants at higher levels lead you to believe? I, for one, do not think

so. Soldiers, regardless of race or sex, can operate effectively and have the

opportunity of unlimited advancement as long as they meet or exceed the

promotion requisites. It isn't right for any one segment of the military to

have an advantage over anyone else based solely on race or sex. Advantages

come from hard work, dedication to one's occupational specialty and the desire

to excel. Anything less becomes a promotion system based on quotas, not merit.

     The latest fallacy that is circulating is that if women are not allowed

into the combat arms career fields then they will not be able to compete

effectively for the higher level promotions. Based on what the 'Spin Doctors'

at the five sided wind tunnel in Washington tell us, this cannot be true since

all MOS' or Branches compete against personnel in their same career field for

promotion and school slots. What are the women saying here? Are they saying

that they cannot compete in the career fields that they are presently in, so

they now want to be allowed to compete in more fields? Does that really make

any sense?

     The misconception about equal opportunity is that it is equal and that

it is opportunity. Maybe it's time to remind everyone concerned that there are

no protected classes in our military today other than Negroes and females. It

would be refreshing if these protected tribes would cease blaming their

personal inadequacy and incompetence in certain career fields on their race or

sex and face the music when they are behind the promotion power curve (just

like the rest of us do).

     The Hispanics and Asians in our military have, for the most part,

remained silent. Could it be that they believe that they are receiving fair

treatment in regard to promotions and assignments without the blanket coverage

of "equal opportunity?" These ridiculous rules and regulations have been

thrust upon us by politically motivated elected opportunists and endorsed

(read enforced) by packs of sycophants at the higher levels of our chain of

command. It would appear that this same group of senior leaders would rather

have a force that is balanced both racially and sexually through mandate by

some politically correct group that is unconcerned about the ability of our

armed forces to fight and win our in the defense of our nation.

     What these leaders fail or refuse to recognize is that politically

correct groups mandated by politicians and civilians do not win wars. Only

highly trained and highly motivated soldiers win wars. Being politically

correct doesn't mean anything when you're at the receiving end of the enemy's

weapons.

 

                                   Isaac Hull

                                   USASFCA

 

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                       Report to the Sergeants Major

 

     The recent controversy surrounding the Militia of Montana and the

Freemen in Roundup, Montana, has surfaced a disturbing, and growing, trend

within the both the patriot and militia movements. As the details of this

incident continue to unfold we cannot help but notice the increasing tendency

among the various patriot and militia organizations to engage in petty,

internecine squabbles. This is most apparent on World Wide Christian Radio

(WWCR), 5.065 SW.

     WWCR, for the present, is a laissez faire market of ideas. The editorial

format of each program is unique. All programs tend to specialize in one or

more related subjects. Some are more sensational than others. Some are more

objective than others. WWCR, for the present, is a laissez faire market of

ideas. The degree of one's rationality determines to which program (and its

related publication, if it has one), one chooses to subscribe. Eventually,

without outside interference, the more rational and objective programs will

predominate and the rest will dwindle in direct relation to their demonstrated

veracity. This is as it should be.

     Contrary to the established premise of deconstructionism, one's ideas

and actions are coincident, and they directly reflect one's values. If there

is contradiction between one's words and one's actions it will be exposed

immediately upon examination of the logical outcome of both. In a laissez

faire market of ideas one is free to question the philosophical and

ideological premises of one's competitors. However, when one carelessly

blubbers unproven accusations concerning the personal (and therefore private)

conduct of a competitor, this says nothing about the accused, but speaks

volumes about the accuser.

     The patriot movement is not a gym-floor rumble. We are engaged in an

ideological war to wrestle the minds of the American public from the deadly

grip of Marxism. Grow up.

 

                              Command Sergeants Major, SFU

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                                 PERINTREP

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                          From Russia, With Love

 

On 22 February 1995, Colonel Vladimir P. Malakhov, of the Russian army's

General Department of International Military Cooperation toured Fort Bragg,

North Carolina with Sen. Tony Rand, (D. NC). LTG Hugh Shelton, commander,

XVIII Airborne Corps, and MG Mike Steele, commander 82nd Airborne Division,

hosted Colonel Malakhov and 12 members of his staff.

     Colonel Malakhov's mission at Fort Bragg was to gather information

relating to the formation of a Russian Mobility Forces Command tailored after

the U.S. Army's Rapid Deployment Force, which is the XVIII Airborne Corps.

Malakhov and his staff also toured Pope Air Force Base in order to get an

appreciation for the airlift and air support necessary to support an RDF. The

Russian Mobility Forces Command will consist of approximately 100,000 soldiers

including paratroopers, naval infantry, SPETZNAZ, motorized infantry, as well

as an air transport division.

     Colonel Malakhov emphasized that the force mix of the Mobility Forces

Command would be similar to that used in the attack on Chechnya. Colonel

Malakhov emphasized the benefits of the joint U.S. Russian peace-enforcement

training conducted  in Totskoye Russia last September, by the U.S. 1st

Brigade, 3d Infantry Division and the Russian 27th Motorized Infantry Division

(which "enforced the peace" in secessionist Moldavia).

     Commenting on the recent joint U.S. Russian training and his visit to

Fort Bragg, Colonel Malakhov remarked; "Russian and American troops will work

together in peace-keeping, rescue and humanitarian missions. _Now_we're_

_looking_to_unite_." (Emphasis added).

 

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                             Posture Statement

 

The 1994 edition of the United States Special Operations Force Posture

Statement, a glossy 100 page magazine published by the Department of Defense

which defines the roles, missions and capabilities of U.S. Special Operation

Forces, and which is the joint official policy statement of H. Allen Holmes,

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity

Conflict, and GEN Wayne A. Downing, Commander in Chief, U.S. Special

Operations Command, is dedicated to the "...commitment to peace." (For those

of you old enough to remember, being 'committed to peace' used to be the

bromide exchanged among those who were dedicated to one-world communism).

     Indeed, Chapter 1, entitled "A New World Order" begins: "From the ashes

of the cold war, a New World Order has emerged. National Boundaries and

political alliances have shifted apparently overnight, and former adversaries

have become partners in the quest for global security and stability." 

     Deeper into this slick sales brochure Mr. Holmes and GEN Downing moan

about the "failure of democratic reforms" and that correcting this alleged

catastrophe commits special operations forces to, "greater emphasis...on

multinational and collective peace operations." Yet more chilling is the

official dedication of special oerations forces to "offer training and support

to other nations to preserve their biodiversity and ecology..." This is

intended to promote "global peace."

     Multinational; collective; global peace. Sounds familiar, doesn't it

comrades?

 

     We have one question, Wayne. How do the armed forces of a nation

     founded on the principles of constitutional republicanism come to

     be cheerleaders for democracy?

 

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                             Et tu, Air Force?

 

The 13 February 1995, issue of Aviation Week and Space Technology, contained

an article entitled, "Weapons, Avionics Upgrades Expand B-1B Options." The

article discussed recent modifications to B-1B bomber weapons delivery

systems, enabling the aircraft to carry thirty 1,000-lb Tactical Munitions

Dispensers, each capable of holding about 722 individual bomblettes. (The

article claims "dozens" of bomblettes per Tactical Munitions Dispenser. We did

some homework and 722 is our best estimate. That's 21,660 anti-personnel

bomblettes per B-1B).

Brigadier General James M. Richards, director of long-range power projection

programs, who is assigned to the office of  the U.S. Air Force Assistant

Secretary for Acquisition, claimed the weapons upgrade was necessary to expand

the Air Force's capability, "(against ex-Soviet) systems as well as the

'Blue/Grey' threats we worry about today."

 

 

     Care to explain that remark, Jim?

 

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                                 Be Scared

 

After clearing the Department of Defense Police desk at the new combined

headquarters building for the United States Army Special Operations Command

and the United States Army Special Forces Command (Airborne), located at the

intersection of Reilly Road and Yadkin Extension on Fort Bragg, North

Carolina, proceed through the security stiles to the elevators for a lift to

the second floor.

     Upon exiting the elevator turn right, then left, and proceed down the

hallway until it ends. Turn right. You have now entered the waiting room of

Rudolph M. Jones, Jr., Colonel, General Staff, Deputy Commander, United States

Army Special Forces Command (Airborne). The first flag you see, the only flag

in the waiting room, is the United Nations flag.

 

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                       Civilian Inmate Labor Program

 

A military memorandum concerning the use of civilian inmate labor and the

establishment of prison camps on Army installations has been circulating among

the various patriot and militia organizations. This memorandum is in fact the

transmittal letter for the draft of a new Army regulation. We have a copy of

the draft regulation.

     The draft regulation is entitled; AR 5-XX, Civilian Inmate Labor

Program. (5 means it is a management document, XX means the published

regulation will carry a two number designation). The transmittal letter is

dated 27 July 1994, with a suspense date of 29 August 1994, for reviewing

agencies to forward proposed changes, additions or deletions to the action

agency on the appropriate forms. The Summary paragraph on the regulation cover

letter states:

     "This regulation provides guidance for establishing and managing

civilian inmate labor programs on Army installations/activities. It provides

guidance on establishing prison camps on Army installations/activites. It

addresses recordkeeping (sic) and reporting incidents related to the civilian

inmate labor program and/or prison camp administration.

The Applicability paragraph states: "This regulation applies to the Active

Army, the U.S. Army Reserve, and the Army National Guard. This regulation

applies during full mobilization."

     Paragraph 1-1, Purpose, states:

     This regulation provides Army policy and guidance for establishing

civilian inmate labor programs and civilian prison camps on Army

installations. Sources of civilian inmate labor are limited to federal

corrections facilities and state/local corrections facilities operating from

on-post prison camps. State/local inmate labor from off-post corrections

facilities is currently excluded from this program...

     Although the Army cannot solicit the establishment of prison camps on

installations corrections officials may request the lease of land and

facilities. "However, the Army's primary purpose for allowing the

establishment of prison camps on Army installations is to utilize the resident

inmate labor pool to perform valid requirements." (Para. 3-1). The regulation

prohibits army personnel from becoming involved in any manner with prison camp

operations (Para. 3-5.e.).

     The draft regulation draws its authority from 18 USC 4125(a), governing

services federal civilian inmates can perform for DOD agencies. and Executive

Order 11755, governing use of non-federal civilian iates on federal

contracts.

 

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                        The Opposition Restructures

 

On 3 May 1994, President Clinton signed PDD/NSC-24 which created a new

national Counterintelligence (CI) structure and two new CI organizations. The

stated purpose was to, "improve national-level counterintelligence policy

development, coordination, and cooperation."

     The first of these new organizations is the National CI Policy Board

(NACIPB). Its mandate is to review and formulate counterintelligence policy.

It meets monthly and is chaired by Mr. Keith Hall, Deputy Assistant Secretary

of Defense for Intelligence and Security. The NACIPB reports to the president.

     The second new organization is the National Counterintelligence Center

(NACIC), established under the authority of the NACIPB. The NACIC "manages"

threats to national and economic security, monitors the effectiveness of the

national CI program, controls interagency CI programs, effects integration of

CI community data bases, and coordinates security countermeasures programs.

Mr. Michael Waguespack, a senior FBI counterintelligence executive, is the

director of NACIC. The NACIC is collocated with the CIA CI Center. The Army

has three billets in this organization. The Justice Department now controls

all counterintelligence.

     The significance of PDD/NSC-24 is two-fold. First, by consolidating all

counterintelligence functions into one organization (NACIPB is the

organization, NACIC is its tool),  which reports directly to the president, it

becomes, de facto, a political instrument. Second, the follow-up PDD-25, which

subordinated America's national defense command and control to the United

Nations, effectively gives the United Nations a direct conduit into the

combined counterintelligence services of this nation's intelligence community

via its military channels.

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                            The Garrison Factor

 

     Several well placed sources have reported that Major General William

Garrison, Commander, United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center

and School, intends to implement a new command policy designed to create a

"politically sterile" work environment.

     MG Garrison has stated to his Special Staff that his new policy will not

tolerate any political expression, opinion, dissent, satire, or discussion in

the workplace. Prohibited also will be the display of signs, posters, quotes,

cartoons, stickers, pins or badges carrying a political message. Specifically

prohibited from the workplace will be partisan political publications.

Political discussion of topical issues will be banned, as will discussion of

more broadly based political philosophy.

     Explicitly prohibited will be the possession, distribution, and

dissemination of The RESISTER, and discussion of its contents. (MG Garrison is

the individual responsible for the confiscation of The RESISTER from the

Marquat Memorial Library, and supporter of mandatory homosexual sensitivity

training in USAJFKSWCS, in August 1994).

 

        Bill, let's face it; you've learned nothing during your Special

     Forces career. We suggest you begin your study of

     counterinsurgency from scratch. On one hand, we could tell you

     where and how to begin, which might be fun. On the other hand, we

     would have to send you a bill.

 

                                        J.F.A. Davidson 

 

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                                RESISTANCE

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                 Principles of Clandestine Communications

                                   -by-

                              Michael Bateman

 

Face-to-face meetings, conducted secretly between operational personnel, are

known as clandestine meetings. Such meetings are employed frequently in the

field; chiefly with regard to management and administrative functions. In

general, the advantages of clandestine meetings are 1) they save time, 2) they

are used as a countermeasure against some forms of eavesdropping, 3) they

offer a measure of certainty, and 4) they provide a means of exercising

control. The stress and delicacy of secret work make human contact between an

agent and his handler imperative, if an operation or organization is to

survive and function effectively. The disadvantages of  clandestine meetings

reflect concerns of security. Participants may be under visual surveillance

and the link between them may be discovered by direct or indirect betrayal.

Accidental observation is also a consideration, as are snap searches. In cases

where something physical is being passed, apprehension of the participants

will provide direct evidence of clandestine activity.

     Clandestine meetings are, for our purposes, divided into four

categories: 1) meetings between unacquainted operatives; 2) meetings between

acquainted operatives; 3) meetings between operatives and outsiders; 4) silent

meetings, or brush contacts.

     Meetings between unacquainted operatives require secure prearranged

identification signals and special briefing. The general description and

distinguishing features of each operative must be established and according to

operational necessity known to one or both.  The security problems inherent in

the meeting must be analyzed. There may be risks in permitting certain

operatives the ability to extensively describe others they are to meet. There

may be liabilities in denying this knowledge. The description must preclude

the possibility of accidental recognition of legitimate parties who just

happen to be at the meeting site.

     One approach to the problem of providing descriptions is the use of

artificial description points, innocuous in themselves, which offer operatives

means of recognition. This technique is sometimes called "showing the flag."

Examples, which should not be confused with safety signals, described below,

include the time-worn flower in a buttonhole or uniquely folded newspaper,

familiar enough to readers of fiction. Artificial points are often given in

lieu of physical descriptions involving height, weight, color of hair and

color of eyes. They must be obvious enough to spur recognition yet common

enough not to attract unwarranted notice. These points may also be made to

mesh with prearranged dialogue.

     Unique objects, such as consecutively numbered currency or two halves of

the same bank-note, were once used as means of identification and this

practice was continued professionally as late as World War I. Experience

shows, however, that this technique should not be employed due to obvious

liability in case of search or arrest.

     Once initial recognition is achieved, the operatives must approach one

another. At this juncture identification is made and a method often employed

is that of a prearranged dialogue. This is sometimes known as use of paroles,

or "secret conversation." For example: assume that the artificial descriptive

point is a volume of Bronte. One operative offers, "I have never read Bronte."

The other replies, "Do you mean Charlotte or Emily?" This is the first

exchange. First exchanges are usually followed for safety's sake by a second

exchange unrelated to the first. Again, by way of example: "I did not know

there was a difference; as for me I am a gardener." The reply, "It is

difficult to keep a garden in this climate." Such harmless dialogue must be

structured to prevent accidental conversations with legitimate characters and

must leave no question marks.

     Meetings between acquainted operatives obviously do not require

prearranged identification signals. In every other respect they do not and

should not materially differ from other types.

     Meetings between operatives and outsiders are in practice avoided but

sometimes become necessary. In case where obvious risks are weighed and found

to be tolerable, such meetings will be attempted subject to extensive security

precautions. A classic example is the stranger who approaches a member of the

Resistance, asking to join. Is he sincere, or an agent provocateur? In

practice, if subsequent meetings are decided upon these will be handled by the

operative first approached. The ruling assumption in such cases is that if the

stranger is in fact an agent provocateur then the operative first approached

is already "blown."

     The manner by which federal agencies approach underground operatives

merits further attention, to serve the interests of those readers who are

faced with the task of identifying individuals who have been introduced into

their groups. Recent federal instructional material covering this topic reads:

 

        "...if the objective is a group of people, the agent will have

     to determine how he can join them. This can be done with the

     assistance of an informant who is in the group or, if it is a

     large group with formalized membership such as a club or "wing"

     organization, the direct approach of applying for membership may

     suffice. "...if the objective is to investigate a particular

     violation occurring at a specific location or to acquire general

     intelligence information, the approach could be accomplished

     merely by frequenting the area and establishing the assumed role."

 

               (U.S. Department of Treasury, Law Enforcement School)

 

The above, while suitable for investigations of limited scope, does not

acknowledge all-important questions of resistance countermeasures. Recruits

must not be fully accepted until their past and present records of family

life, jobs, political activities , and close associates have been investigated

and found satisfactory. The usual practice is to restrict the recruit's

contact to one member of the organization and to places other than the

organization's regular meeting place.

     Countermeasures include 1) loyalty tests, in which potential group

members are subject to mock capture and interrogation, 2) a sudden summons to

meet with security personnel under ominous circumstances designed to reveal

signs of nervousness, 3) "leaks" purporting to inform the recruit that he has

been blown and is marked for execution, and 4) a particularly effective

technique involving change of meeting places. In the latter instance,

potential members are kept unwitting of a change in site for a clandestine

meeting at which they are expected to attend. Countersurveillants are posted

to discover if the recruit is followed, or if surveillance personnel are in

place at the site prior to his arrival. Assuming the recruit passes this test,

he is approached and told that the meeting is off, or alternately, informed of

the new meeting site.

 

Silent meetings, normally called brush contacts, are arguably not meetings at

all. Orthodox silent meetings are conducted according to the rules of

clandestine meeting practice and are normally used solely to pass something

physical. Examples are exchanges of identical briefcases in a crowded airport,

or the exchange of folded newspapers during a momentary pause on a park bench.

     Clandestine meetings are further categorized in terms of their

frequency. There are 1) regular meetings, 2) special meetings, and 3) control

meetings.

     Regular meetings take place according to a prearranged schedule and

frequently involve the same site or sites. Such meetings will also be

supported by "fall-backs," or alternative meeting times and sites, in case the

regular meeting is missed for any reason.

     Special meetings take place in response to special signals or requests,

typically when the matter is of some urgency. Such meetings may or may not be

supported by fall-backs.

     Control meetings are functionally a combination of both regular and

special meetings and are used in instances where a communication link has been

broken or lost. In such cases, the operative must come to a prearranged site

at a prearranged time to re-establish contact. Another sort of control meeting

involves the use of "places of conspiracy." Places of conspiracy are utilized

in emergency circumstances when an operative has been isolated through the

capture or compromise of his immediate superior. In this case, the operative

knows to visit a predetermined site at a particular time of day, showing

certain recognition signals. A representative of the clandestine group takes

not of the time and recognition signals, and if these are correct makes the

approach. Because of the representative's vulnerable position as a contact for

persons in danger, he is limited to this one duty and knows little about other

aspects of the organization.

     Meetings are held in the open, in public places or conveyances, under

safe circumstances (safe-houses), and at a variety of other sites. Meeting

sites should be selected on the basis of the ease with which

countersurveillance may be practiced. They must be manageable. Deserted areas,

for example, are ideal from a countersurveillance point of view, but assuming

hostile surveillance the appearance of one operative in proximity to another

in such an area may be cause for contamination. Granting this, more public

places, such as parks, museums, parking lots, and a host of other locations

are often used. Such places, unless selected with considerable care, can be

unmanageable due to the volume of foot traffic and surrounding vantage points.

A worthwhile practice is the selection of pre-surveyed sites where ordinary

traffic and activity have been observed over a long period of time. Soe

practitioners have selected convoy operators (countersurveillants) on the

basis of their familiarity with the meeting site, acting on the principle that

the convoy's job will be easier if he knows the area's normal routine.

     Sites selected must actually exist, and must be accessible to both

parties at the time set for the meeting. If audio surveillance is a factor the

site should present participants with a measure of safety. Obviously the site

and the cover must be closely intertwined. An example of this is use of a

doctor's or dentist's office, or a motion picture theater. There must be

plausible cover for every meeting and each operative must be fully aware of

the details of this cover.

 

In the case of special meetings, requests are necessary. These are

accomplished in any one of several ways. Distinctive arrangements of objects,

chalk marks, and classified advertisements have all been used to signal

requests. A common method is the use of "wrong numbers" in telephonic

communication. The requester dials, and when the line is answered, asks for

"Joe," or someone else who is not at that number. This is the signal that a

meeting is being requested. Upon learning that, "There's nobody by that name

here," the requester asks, "Is this 555-1613?" The number is a code which

gives the date, time, and place. (In our example, 5 could refer to a place, 16

could refer to a day, and 13 could refer to 1300 hours). Following this the

requester is informed he has reached a wrong number and rings off.

     If an operative discovers or suspects he is being followed to a meeting

site it becomes incumbent upon him to inform his contact of impending danger.

To provide for this contingency safety signals evolved. Used in addition to

recognition signals, safety signals silently advise meeting participants 1) it

is it safe to approach for the secret conversation, 2) if surveillance is

suspected, and 3) if a fall-back meeting is feasible.

     To again follow our example of an operative with a volume of Bronte, let

us assume the meeting is to take place in a public library. The operative is

seated, and apart from serving as a recognition point, his book also becomes a

safety signal. If the book is placed on his right it is safe to approach; on

his left, there is danger. If the book lies open and face down this informs

that a fall-back will take place.

     Vigorous, often elaborate and time consuming countersurveillance is

practiced by both participants on the way to and from meeting sites. Convoys

or countersurveillants are often used to guard participants going to and from

meetings. Guards are also used in the vicinity of the site itself. Another

technique frequently employed is the staggered arrival. Participants arrive

separately at intervals, sometimes as long as thirty minutes or more, taking

special effort to observe signs of hostile activity.

 

Drops, known variously as "letter drops" are defined as a person, place,

conveyance, or object used to transmit messages, money, or equipment in

secrecy between operational personnel. Drops are used in both internal and

external clandestine communications.

     Drops are used in preference to clandestine meetings. In general, the

advantages of drops are 1) greater secrecy for communications, and 2) greater

security for personnel. Use of drops can reduce the number of clandestine

meetings and offer considerably more flexibility in time. There is no direct

contact between parties, and assuming the drop remains inviolate, only one

operative is exposed at any given moment. Drops may be established in depth to

facilitate increased isolation of either sender or receiver, or used to create

a reserve of operational necessities. They are also adaptable for use by

different types of personnel, such as low-level utility operatives (cut-outs)

or those with poor language skills.

     The principle disadvantage of drops is uncertainty. While loaded,

materials in drops are outside the operative's immediate control. Drops are

also liable to accidental or deliberate discovery with subsequent adverse

manipulation, and the ravages of fire, flood, or wild animals. Extensive use

of drops may also have a negative effect on management. Fewer meetings

decrease the opportunities to train and evaluate agents.

     Drops are used for both long and short term storage. Long term storage

is calculated in terms of days or weeks; short term in hours. When employed

for the purpose of communication, drops may hold original documents or full

sized copies; or , alternately, reduced reproductions on film. Film is usually

undeveloped, and placed in "trapped" containers. Documents may be in cipher or

clear text. As stated above, drops are also used to transmit money or

supplies. Examples of the latter include weapons, medical equipment, or other

technical apparatus. Drops are of two principle types: 1) "live" drops, and 2)

dead drops.

     Live drops may be witting or unwitting, id est, they may or may not

operate with knowledge of the clandestine purpose. Live drops are not

encumbered by any organizational forms and do not require a special cover or

camouflage. They are located in stores, restaurants, offices, or small shops

such as those maintained by news stands or tobacconists. These locations

provide ease of access for couriers and employ a high degree of normal,

transient foot traffic.

     Another form of live drop is the so-called underground mail station.

Such drops may be located in safe-houses especially developed for the purpose

with elaborate concealment chambers. As materials are received, housekeepers

send coded signals or messages to the next link of the courier line, advising

that service is necessary.

 

Dead drops are categorized variously by type or location. In the former

category we find 1) stationary drops, and 2) portable drops. In the later

category we find 1) urban drops, and 2) rural drops. Both categories admit of

the mobile, or "roving" drop.

     Stationary dead drops are selected or prepared in lamp-posts, fences,

behind mirrors in washrooms, and in a host of other places such as crevices in

rocks of clefts in trees. Portable dead drops, also known as "concealment

devices," are discarded or specially constructed objects that contain

messages, documents or equipment to be passed. Early U.S. practitioners

responsible for devising concealment devices soon discovered that the cardinal

principle in producing concealment devices was that the subject of disguise be

neither edible nor burnable. In such cases it is liable to be used by some

casual passer-by. Magnetic key-boxes, used to hide a duplicate key beneath an

automobile bumper, are often used as portable drops. Mobile drops are located

in conveyances, popularly the lavatories on trains, buses, or aircraft.

     Urban drops are those located in public or otherwise freely accessible

places and are typically used for extremely short term transmittals. Rural

drops, as the term implies, are located in rustic or rural places. Rural drops

are used for either short or long term transmittals.

     Advisory signals and indicators are used to express 1) what particular

drop is to be serviced, 2) safety or danger, 3) a drop is loaded, and 4) a

drop is unloaded.

     In common practice, operatives assigned to service drops will do so in

response to signaled requests. This signal will usually indicate which drop is

loaded, and be supported by a safety/danger signal. We note parenthetically

that absence of a safety signal is regarded as a danger signal. Proceeding to

the area of the drop, the operative will practice diligent

countersurveillance. If the operative is confident of security the drop will

be quickly unloaded. He will then make a signal to this effect supported by

another safety/danger signal. Safety/danger signals are always made on return

journeys, after countersurveillance has been practiced going to and coming

from the drop site.

     Generally, signals can be divided into five categories, as follows:

1.   Graphic. Chalk marks expressing numbers, letters, or designs; notices

     appearing in the classified section of a newspaper, postcards, or other

     forms of correspondence.

2.   Object. Any small object, such as a flower-pot, or arrangement of an

     object, such as a window shade. The object may be used independently or

     tangentially; that is, the object and its position may both hold

     significance.

3.   Light. Ordinary flashlights, automobile headlights, or infrared light.

4.   Sound. Radio transmissions, telephone calls, distinctive rings on door

     buzzers.

5.   Personal. Articles of clothing, or objects carried.

     Certain signals or combinations may be used solely in conjunction with

specific activities. Graphic and object signals, for example, may be used with

dead drops. Light and sound signals with some other activity.

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                               BOOK REVIEWS

                               ------------

 

     Revolutionary Outlaws: Ethan Allen and the Struggle for Independence on

the Early American Frontier.  Michael A. Bellesiles. Charlottesville:

University Press of Virginia, 1993. ISBN 0-8139-1419-1. xi+428 pages. $24.95.

 

        "A mob of land thieves and banditti--as the government called

     them--not content with breaking the law, desired to reject it

     entirely. According to the government of New York, the worst of

     the rioters was their leader, Ethan Allen: thug, a bully, a

     loudmouthed terrorist--and an athiest!-- with a $100 reward on his

     head. Allen had succeeded in uniting his neighbors--a motley and

     volatile collection of ethnic and religious groups who could

     agree only on hating New Yorkes--in the cause of extralegal

     resistance to proper authority. On these points every New Your

     government of the 1770s and 1780s agreed, as each was equally

     certain that it could defeat this mob with the force of law."

 

                                        --from the Introduction 

 

     Revolutionary Outlaws is both a biography of Ethan Allen and a history

of the conflict between agrarian freeholders and their aristocratic

adversaries. Beginning his political career with a price on his head. Allen

was transformed by the American Revolution into a national hero. In the same

way he and his "outlaws," the Green Mountain Boys, became exemplars of

republican virtue. But in their own eyes, these frontier farmers never changed

their purpose; from 1764 until 1789 they battled those who sought to steal

their land and reduce them to tenancy. The farmers who settled the Green

Mountain frontier not only fought efforts to dispossess them, they worked to

create the state of Vermont.

     Although he is a major figure, Ethan Allen has been overlooked by other

biographers, but in Michael Bellesiles he has found a historian worth the

wait. Bellesiles shows how Allen's variegated careers as a republican

politician, local leader, military tactician, rationalist ideologue, and land

speculator intersect with many key themes of American development in the last

half of the eighteenth century. Allen's law of self-preservation linked life,

liberty, and land. Remove one, Allen argued, and the others would vanish.

     Revolutionary Outlaws explores the roots of popular political commitment

to the patriot cause, the significance of rural political activity, and the

origins of an emerging republican polity.

 

 

     Lethal Laws. Jay Simpkin, Aaron Zelman, and Alan M. Rice. Jews for the

Preservation of Firearms Ownership, Inc. Publishers. 2872 S. Wentworth Ave.,

Milwaukee, WI 53207. 1994. ISBN 0-9642304-0-2. vii+347 pages. $ 24.95.

 

Reviewed by Dr. Paul Gallant

 

     Jewish Law, the Talmud, commands, "He who comes to kill you, arise and

kill him first." The story of mankind cannot be told without a description of

the evolution of and use of weapons. Arms have meant the difference between

life and death, slavery and freedom. This country's Founding Fathers knew well

this fact of life, and they inscribed the protection of firearms ownership for

all individuals in the U.S. Constitution. Yet, even the Founding Fathers could

not have predicted the efficiency with which genocide has been committed

during the 20th Century.

     Lethal Laws is a landmark treatise which describes seven major genocides

perpetrated by governments in this century. It provides an chilling, fully

documented expose of the abuse of power by governments. It describes, in great

detail, the steps which have been routinely taken prior to each documented

genocide, steps which are now being repeated by American statists, steps which

can only serve to increase the vulnerability of a citizenry to genocide or

tyranny. Lethal Laws further examines the role of the media in promoting or

facilitating these "official" government programs of human extermination.

     Lethal Laws presents a compelling argument against restrictive firearms

laws by showing how genocide may be prevented ONLY if the concept of "gun-

control" is destroyed. That equates to a society in which individuals have

free access to firearms, and especially military-style firearms, the very

kind protected by our own Constitution (and banned in the U.S. in 1994).

Lethal Laws is a Major addition to the overwhelming body of evidence

demonstrating that "gun-control" is not about guns, but about government power

and population control.

 

 

     Defrauding America: a Pattern of Related Scandals. Rodney Stitch.

Published privately; Diablo Western Press, Inc. PO Box 5, Alamo, CA 94507.

ISBN 0-932438-05-9. 654 pages. $27.50.

     

     "This book is a thirty-year chronology of corruption inflicted upon the

American people, as seen and related through the eyes of government insiders."

 

                                   --from the Introduction

 

 

     The Emergence of North Carolina's Revolutionary State Government. 

Robert L. Ganyard. Raleigh; North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources,

Division of Archives and History. 1978. No ISBN. vii + 104 pages. np.

 

     "After a discussion of the structure and problems of government under

the crown, the narrative concentrates on the emergence and activities of the

revolutionary congresses, committees, and council that seized control of the

colony between 1774 and 1776..."

 

                              --from the Preface

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                   Manuals for the Unorganized Militia.

 

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include: Organization, Security, Logistics, Intelligence and Operations.

Defend yourself against the New World Order with knowledge as well as arms.

 

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