Militia Probe Included Undercover Agent

[babsbunny]

Militia Probe Included Undercover Agent

Group's Leader Described as Private Man Who Nurtured Mistrust of Government

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304739104575154041322442962.html\

By ALEX P. KELLOGG, LAUREN ETTER, KEITH JOHNSON and TIMOTHY W. MARTIN

The leader of a Michigan militia group charged this week with conspiring to kill law-enforcement officers was described Tuesday as a private, family-oriented man who nurtured a festering mistrust of governmental authority, according to people close to the family.

"On the inside of this man's brain, something evil lurks, and until you get to know him, you don't know it," said Andrea Harsh, who was engaged to David Brian Stone Sr. until the couple broke up last year.

[chill_wind]

1. Creepy... that's not his pic, though. I wonder why they

published one of the other guys instead of his.



But he scared off some potential recruits. Jon Killman said he visited Mr. Stone and his sons in December because he was interested in joining a militia to practice survival skills.

He said Mr. Stone was a gracious host and offered him coffee. But soon Mr. Killman "got a bad vibe" as the Stones started joking about police officers who'd been shot in a coffee shop in Washington state.

The family's dining room table was strewn with shotgun shells, Mr. Killman recalled. The elder Mr. Stone said the shells would be filled with gunpowder and tied to trip wires to simulate landmines.

[Nikki Stone1]

2. No surprise. I wonder if this agent egged them on?

Not that these folks weren't already disturbed, but I always wonder about these undercover guys.

[Fumesucker]

4. Always suspect the most over-the-top member of your group..

Particularly if you are a left wing group.

[Nikki Stone1]

5. That's what I was thinking

The Vietnam protests were infiltrated in that way.

[Fumesucker]

3. I bet his mistrust of goverment was put on hold from Jan 20, 2001 to Jan 20, 2009

These whackjobs show up every time there is a Dem president and just evaporate like the morning mist when a Repub is POTUS.