I just watched on CNN the images of the raid on the "militia cell" in L.A., cited as a cell having "thousands and thousands" of rounds of ammo (ooh, scary!), and of having "anti-government literature" (there ought to be a law against this kind of stuff!). They also claimed they found "armor-piercing rounds" and "cop-killer bullets." Well, I saw the cops and their shill reporters demonstrating what many of us have in our own arsenals. (The Second Amendment should be repealed!) The cops claim they know that "something was being planned." And how do they know this? Probably the standard method: infiltrate a narc into the group and have him plant ideas and spout extremist rhetoric, then use this same rhetoric to get a compliant judge to issue a search warrant, even if no actual crime has been committed. (Except the search warrant is used as a "raid warrant," with black-clad ninjas breaking down the doors...and if the victims inside think they're under attack by unnamed thugs and try to fight back, a good reason for the ninjas to start shooting. A good way to dispose of dissidents and heighten the sense of panic.) We live in a police state. --Tim May There's something wrong when I'm a felon under an increasing number of laws. Only one response to the key grabbers is warranted: "Death to Tyrants!" ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^1398269 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."