Oct 09

Armed Feds Question Bloggers In Brown Case

Armed
federal agents paid a visit to blogger Michael Hampton’s home on Friday,
detaining everyone inside the house for 90 minutes, to ask questions about an
alleged hit list of federal judges in relation to supposed revenge attacks in
the aftermath of the Ed and Elaine Brown arrests.

The visit was part of a manhunt taking place in and around Manchester, New
Hampshire, which also ensnared members of the Free State Project who had
protested on behalf of the Browns.

"Marshal John Bolen of the U.S. Marshals Office of Protective Intelligence
traveled to Manchester, N.H., to investigate threats of violence allegedly made
against Steven McAuliffe, a federal judge in the district court in Concord, and
other federal officials in the area. He brought along with him other marshals
and agents who would only say that they were with the Treasury Department,"

writes Hampton in his account of the incident.

In the following You Tube video, Dave Ridley traveled to Hampton’s home in
the immediate aftermath of the incident in which armed federal agents wearing
body armor demanded answers about alleged plans for violent revenge attacks
despite the fact that Hampton has never advocated violence in any of his blogs
about the Brown case.

Feds made it clear to those detained that if any violence did later occur "it
would be on their heads."

Later, plain clothed Marshals arrived at a local bar to question Ivy Ancram
about her roommate, Rob Jacobs, who the feds were seeking regarding the alleged
plot to kill government agents. After telling the feds that she didn’t know
where Jacobs was, the officials warned her that she could be arrested if she was
lying or withholding information and also offered her cash in return for
information on Jacobs’ whereabouts, according to Ancram.

Marshals told Ancram that if Jacobs did not contact them within 24 hours they
would put out a warrant for his arrest.

Jacobs later returned to Manchester and arranged to meet with the Marshals
but they failed to show up.

Hampton questioned the Feds on why they chose to visit the home of a blogger
who has never advocated violence in light of a new report criticizing marshals
for their failure to protect federal judges and investigate genuine threats of
violence against them.

"A report (
PDF ) released Wednesday by the Department of Justice Inspector General
found that marshals’ efforts to protect federal judges had ?languished,? with
growing backlogs of threats to be assessed and investigated, and improper
assessment of threats leading to misallocation of resources," writes Hampton.

"So, apparently unable or unwilling to face the people who have said they
want to shoot government agents, they came to my house instead. And
misallocation of resources certainly seems to describe Friday’s incidents," he
added.

Jacobs, Ancram and Hampton all strongly emphasized the fact that they are
totally opposed to any violence arising out of the arrests of Ed and Elaine
Brown.

It has been rumored that some militant supporters of the Browns have
threatened revenge attacks. We would like to remind those people that their
actions are completely abhorrent and will only bring untold misery to legitimate
peaceful supporters of the Browns who are highlighting the case as part of a
process of educating the public about the IRS and the illegal income tax.

Meanwhile, Ed Brown remains "in transit," leading many of his supporters to
fear he is being mistreated or tortured. However, Steve Monier, U.S. marshal for
New Hampshire, is set to disclose the location of the prison at which Brown will
begin his 63 month as early as today,

according to reports.