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ARA Research Bulletin " Issue #2 " Fall 2001 21
William Pierce
is no doubt that this situation is going to
- National Alliance -
inject new life into legislation and prose-
10-6-01
cutions of the  seditious conspiracy vari-
So-called  conservatives in our govern-
ant. Conspiracy prosecutions require less
ment have wanted for years to have the
proof and less participation in overt
actions for conviction, but they have had power to silence troublemakers, dissi-
rough sledding legally in this country, par- dents, anyone who refused to march in
ticularly in political cases. Many of them
lockstep with everyone else. Our present
have failed even at the height of war hys- attorney general, John Ashcroft, is one
terias. Now, we have the declaration of
of the worst of these. They want new laws
total war on a  conspiracy , complete with
to permit them to suppress any speech or
threats that any kind of support for the
opinion or activity they don t like.
conspiracy will be treated like full par-
Believe me, despite their claims of sup-
ticipation in it ñ  you re either with us or
port for freedom and the Bill of Rights,
you re against us . Not only that, but this
these lying bastards do want to take away
is a conspiracy where the projected top guy,
our freedom. They are far more dangerous
bin Laden, is quite likely to be mainly an
enemies of America s freedom than Osama
ideologue, an advocate and spokesperson, not
bin Laden could ever hope to be.
the organizational mastermind and not the
fuehrer. It is his thoughts and visions that
They are disguising their fight against
are the central crime, so the separation
our freedom as a fight against terrorism.
between thought and speech and overt action
They already are ramming new laws through
is increasingly obliterated. It s as sup-
state legislatures, and they certainly
porting old General LeMay s plea to bomb
will be pushing hard for new Federal laws
Vietnam back into the stone age were no dif-
as well. They want laws that not only
ferent than actually doing it.
will give the FBI and other secret police
agencies additional powers to tap people s
Similar developments are likely with feder-
telephones and read their e-mail and
al RICO (racketeering influenced corrupt
scrutinize their bank records, but will
organizations) prosecutions. The attempts
broaden the definition of  terrorism
to use RICO in political cases have been
relatively infrequent and not too produc- greatly. They want laws that will define
tive. Now, use of RICO is likely to expand as a  terrorist anyone who speaks in
because it puts prosecutions directly into favor of or helps support a person who
federal court where the rights of the
has been labeled by the government a
accused are greatly reduced and provides
 terrorist, or an organization which has
draconian sentences, property confiscations
been labeled a  terrorist organization.
and huge financial burdens for relatively
They want laws that will make such a per-
minor legal violations.
son subject to the death penalty. And who
will decide which organizations are  ter-
This all has to be understood in the context
rorist organizations ?
of the implications of a  war on a  con-
spiracy , rather than on a state or group-
Hey, you don t have to worry about that!
ing of states. Many of the current legal
Mr. Wolfowitz and his helpers in the
restrictions on political surveillance and
Anti-Defamation League and the Southern
police intervention are based on the need to
Poverty Law Center will make a list.
demonstrate a link with a foreign govern-
Attorney General Ashcroft will endorse the
ment, a showing that the police action would
list. And if someone is charged under the
be directed against agents of a foreign
law with being a terrorist, and you don t
power. A trans-national conspiracy is a much
think he is and you give him a donation
more fluid conception than a foreign state.
to help him hire a lawyer to defend him-
The distinctions between citizen and non
self, you have just given money to a ter-
citizen will tend to be blurred when the
rorist and will be charged with being a
shape of the  conspiracy is set by politi-
terrorist yourself. Pretty slick, eh?
cal and ideological agreement, not by the
alleged policy of a foreign government.
22 ARA Research Bulletin " Issue #2 " Fall 2001
this country s domestic protest movements
These trends towards greater repression, and was a common occurance during the sixties.
others that we may not yet recognize, will In the postVietNam period, legal restric-
make a lot of things we do harder, but it tions were placed it. It makes some ruling
will do the same for tens of millions of class sense to use military resources
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