The following is from Washington Weekly, back in mid-May.



If you need more documentation, please contact Jeff Randall at 

CopWatch@aol.com.



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THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN DOMESTIC TERRORISM



                         Editorial



Question: is there any domestic terrorist attack in which the federal

government was not involved? The answer is that we don't know, because

the Oklahoma bombing has yet to go to trial. But in all other terrorist

attacks we find government involvement.



In the most recent example, the alleged bomb making by Georgia Militia

members, the government involvement became clear in a Macon, Georgia,

courtroom last Monday. Several federal informants had participated in

the plans to make pipe bombs, and the attorney to the defendant Robert

Starr claimed that Starr was the only conspirator not working for the

government. In fact, his attorney claims that bomb making parts were

buried on his property by federal agents without his knowledge. Two days

before his arrest, Starr appeared on a talk radio show saying that there

was a government conspiracy against him and that he was going to expose

it.



A BATF agent also admitted in court that Starr's co-defendant, William

James "Jimmy" McCranie, had said, "I don't want to know anything about

it" and walked away when the government informant was talking about

building bombs.



Strangely, CBS news reported on the day of Starr's arrest that it had

been a plot to bomb the Olympic Games in Atlanta this summer. Who told

them that and why did they believe it? Who is CBS news working for? The

uncritical attitude with which the mainstream media repeats everything

the government tells it is distasteful.



As for previous terrorist attacks, we know that at the very least, World

Trade Center bombers were trained by a federal agent, and we know that a

government informant inspired the New York harbor tunnel attacks that

were averted at the last moment.



The residents of Oklahoma City were not that fortunate. Was it a

government sting operation gone awry? The federal government shows

surprising little interest in the John Doe #2 who was seen in the truck

with McVeigh. Was he working for the federal government? If that were

the case the government would be likely to cover up that fact rather

than face the ensuing public outrage.



The question that presents itself, then, is whether any of these

terrorist plots would have materialized without the involvement and

assistance of the federal government? The new anti-terrorism bill is

designed to allow the Clinton administration to better control and

monitor the American people. Perhaps what we need more is a bill to keep

a better check on what the government is doing. We obviously cannot

depend on the mainstream media for that.



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