Modern Militiaman

A Journal of the Modern Resistance Movement

Issue #13, Nov.-Dec., 1999

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   BLOOMFIELD, Ind. (AP) - Three FBI agents and six militia members, 
   face to face - but there was no confrontation.
 
   Instead, both sides sat down and tried to discuss ways to foster 
   better relationships between the two groups. It's part of a national 
   attempt to curtail animosity that has resulted in sometimes violent 
   battles between anti-government groups and law enforcement in recent 
   years.
 
   "I think what we need to do is realize that we're all human beings 
   and we all want to do what's morally right, though we may have 
   different ideas on how to do that,'' said Albert King, a member of 
   the Greene County Militia.
 
   Acting on orders from FBI Director Louis Freeh and Attorney General
   Janet Reno, agents in the nation's 56 field offices have been trying 
   to open lines of communication with members of militia groups in 
   their areas.  The program was established just weeks after the Alfred 
   P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City was bombed on April 19, 
   1995, killing 168 people.
 
   The Wednesday meeting between FBI agents from Indianapolis and 
   Indiana militias was the second in three months.
 
   At the first meeting, which took place at the FBI's Indianapolis 
   field office in August, a couple of the 10 or so militia members in 
   attendance made conspiracy accusations and other inflammatory 
   comments.
 
   There was none of that at the Bloomfield meeting, which took place 
   in a public park shelterhouse.  The town is 65 miles southwest of
   Indianapolis.
 
   FBI Agent Doug Garrison assured the militia members that his 
   colleagues "aren't hiding behind every tree," watching their every 
   move.
 
   Roger Stalcup, a Bloomfield resident and commander of the Southern
   Indiana Regional Militia, said members of his group do not advocate
   illegal activity, and if they learn of any such plan they would be 
   the first to report it.
 
   "I think the FBI has demonstrated good faith in coming to the table 
   and talking with us," he  said.


   http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/19991014/pl/fbi_militia_1.html
 

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