Molon Labe! (23 page)

If you are ever questioned, you should say something like, "I've done nothing wrong, and I believe that you are trying to mix me up in something I had nothing to do with. I have nothing at all to say to you. Please contact my attorney."
Never
try to spar with detectives; that is what
they
do for a living.
Anything
you tell them increases their knowledge about you. They will reply that you can help them find the guilty party by eliminating yourself as a suspect. You should counter by saying that it is not your place to help the police in their investigation, especially when they suspect you.

Don't offer or provide an alibi. The longer it takes for them to learn of it, the less time they have to disprove it.

Utter silence cannot be used against you, nor can it be misconstrued. You can always say something later (not that I recommend it), but you can
never
take back something you stupidly said.

If they argue that they merely need information about somebody else, tell them to get a material witness warrant. If that occurs (which is unlikely in routine police fishing expeditions), your attorney will negotiate proper immunity for your testimony. (By the way, "transactional" immunity is superior to " derivative use" immunity.)

Never
consent to a search of your property. If they taunt you with "If you're innocent then you have nothing to hide," reply that they wouldn't be talking to you if they thought you
were
innocent.

You have nothing to lose by fighting. Irony of ironies, that's the greatest freedom. That odd freedom is the end result of our oppression. Slavery truly
is
freedom, but not the way our masters intended. And that's why they will lose this war. I only wish that I were around to see it. But
you
will be.

Good luck! God bless!

Harold Krassny

Thompkins finishes reading just as Charlie brakes to a stop in front of the Excelsior.
Feisty old guy
.
If you're gonna go, be organized, tidy, and useful.
Thompkins has to restrain himself from laughing out loud again. The very solemn and dignified Excelsior Hotel night manager standing at the bottom of the marble steps simply wouldn't understand.

Krassny's note spreads like a wildfire over the Net. Public reaction is vigorous, both for and against. Depending on whom you asked, Krassny was a great man or an ice-cold murderer. The major networks refuse to cover Krassny's actions, fearing to air his reasons and thus egg on imitators.

Imitators sprung into action within a week. Nearly a dozen politicians, and liberal elite were killed in a surprising variety of methods. About half of the actors were arrested, but this only warned others to be more careful.

Denver FBI Field Office

Given the "domestic terrorism" and interstate aspects of the two homicides, the FBI is lead agency for the Krassny investigation. A senior Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC) briefs his boss.

"We've analyzed twelve months of his banking, phone, email, and credit card records. There is not one whit of evidence linking him to the murders, much less to any accomplices. No incriminating library activity. We can only presume that he drove to California and Connecticut, as there is no record of his using any of the common carriers. He must have had a second car, as his oil change history shows only average mileage. There are no hotel records within 400 miles of either victim. By all accounts, Krassny was highly intelligent and methodical. And he
was
trained by Army Intelligence and OSS. If we haven't found anything by now, we're not likely to."

The Denver special agent in charge (SAC) says, "You've found
nothing
? Nothing at
all
?"

"Nothing. If it weren't for his confession, there would be absolutely no evidence connecting Krassny with his victims. California authorities found Mr. Lowenstein's body only because of Krassny's boathouse tip. That suggests that Krassny either committed the murder or knew who did."

The Denver SAC sighs deeply. "The Seat of Government
¹
is screaming about this, Hendricks. The Director is convinced of a conspiracy."

"If there is, sir, we have no leads. Krassny was a typical Wyoming conservative, a rancher suspicious of government. That description could apply to most of the inland Western population."

"I tend to agree," says the SAC, "but none of the sultans of the 7th floor can believe that some 85 year old pulled this off alone. If we don't find some accomplices, we're running a shoddy investigation. Find
something.
What's the Casper FO
²
learned? That's where Krassny lived, for Christ's sake!"

"Nothing conclusive from Casper, sir. One thing was kind of interesting, though. Krassny testified in 1995 as a defense witness in an ATF case, so they checked into his relationship with the defendant, one William Russell. Russell immediately clammed up, and his attorney is demanding transactional immunity. Casper agents don't think Russell is involved, but just being a pain in the ass. They're still investigating, however. They report that the locals are not being very cooperative, and seem to applaud what Krassny did."

"Why am I not surprised?" says the SAC. "What about Krassny's contact with anti-government groups? What do we have on that?"

"Very little. We don't know to whom or from where he emailed, but several groups and individuals already being monitored may have received the so-called 'transcript digest.'"

"Well if you have some possible recipients then why don't you have the IP address of Krassny's email? Backtrack from there?"

"Because he used remailers, sir. There's no easy way to backtrack through the entire daisy-chain. We're working with several foreign agencies to get the email history of the remailers. It'll take weeks to process the data. Longer if he used different terminals."

The SAC nods, frowning, as if he anticipated this. "OK, then what about those CDs Krassny mailed? You wouldn't believe the pressure I'm getting from On High to locate them, as well as the hard drives from those laptops. Whatever they contained is apparently highly sensitive."

"Nothing on those, either. We don't know who received the CDs. Neither FedEx, UPS, nor the USPS have any records. A CD and its packaging weighs less than 16 ounces, so he wasn't required to have a postal clerk stamp them. He could have simply dropped them in a mailbox. Anonymous, reliable, and untraceable."

"And the hard drives?"

"A search of Krassny's former ranch failed to find them. He may have destroyed them."

"Spilt milk. The CDs are our priority. Whatever's on them is very important and will foment more terrorist activity, if we are to believe Krassny. We need to think about this whole thing from
his
perspective. If you were Harold Krassny, who would
you
send them to? Who is radical enough and competent enough to make violent use of them?"

The ASAC thinks for a moment and then ventures, "How about the Libertarian Party?"

The SAC snorts with laughter. "The LP doesn't believe in conspiracies, much less violence. If they got a CD they'd piss their hemp pants. Even the NRA has more guts than the LP. No, let's think more towards the anarchists and militia-types. People itching for action, not more talk."

"What about APIM, American Patriots In Motion?"

"
Now
you're thinking! I'd bet my right nut they got a CD in the mail! And they're in Aurora, right in our backyard. Get on them, Hendricks."

"Yes, sir."

The SAC wraps up the meeting. "Learn more about Krassny and who he regularly corresponded with. Who was he on email or fax alerts with? What magazine subscriptions did he take? There are people and organizations that he thought highly enough of to send them those CDs. Put together a list of possible recipients and I'll ask HQ for surveillance. Then we just might get lucky and catch one of them in the act. These people aren't the KGB or even LCN
³
C they're anti-government extremist losers. Have something for me by Thursday. We need a break on this fast, or we'll all be transferred to some RA
⁴
in Moosejaw, North Dakota."

Wyoming life

Summer 2008

The relocators quickly came to absolutely love their new state. The locals are rugged and honest, who enjoy a robust and rural living. Wyoming is an outdoorsman's paradise, with superb fishing and hunting, as well as several beautiful mountain ranges in which to hike, camp, and horseback.

The new entrepreneurs quickly take advantage of Wyoming's excellent business climate and incorporation laws, and start up hundreds of new companies, many with a national customer base. Paying little to no state taxes, they enjoy a comparative advantage over most other states.

2008 USA economic news

Gold is $1,867/ounce. The Dow is 4,309. Annual inflation is 17%. Taiwan's formal secession from China just before the Beijing Olympics causes great nervousness in the world markets.

Wyoming

November 2008

Between the general elections of 2006 and 2010 are the 2008 congressional elections for all of the House and half of the Senate. Just as FBI Special Agent Bleth had outlined to the Director, nearly 6,000 new relocators saturated and won HDs 1, 26, 27, 28, 30, and 50, as well as SDs 2, 18, 20, 22. They are now poised to achieve their 2010 goal of winning the counties of Lincoln, Park, Big Horn, Washakie, Converse, and Weston.

Also, the proposed Constitutional Amendment A from February 2007 was ratified, which allows the governor to call for special
ad hoc
elections.

Throughout our purposeful accretions of control were many nervous moments when just one recalcitrant state governor could have successfully called our bluff. (Amongst ourselves, we called them "Rhineland gambles.") Some post-Vietnam gambles, for example, were the 55mph national speed limit, Waco, the Brady bill, and the Gun-Free School Zones Act. If one governor had had the courage to stand up to the U.S. Congress and declare his state's intransigence on the matter, we'd have been set back a decade.

In a larger sense, two presidential administrations caused us great concern: those of Carter and Clinton.

The utter failure of the Carter administration and its Federal Reserve Board had us very deeply worried. His economic and social malaise fomented the rise of the first survival movement replete with guns, gold, freeze-dried food, and dedicated literature. More ominously, it created the first modern tax revolt since the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794. (One of my colleagues, who had often safaried in Tanzania, opined that the Carter years had wounded the American "Cape Buffalo," which was poised for a classic 270° deadly counterattack. He remarked that if you could not finish off a wounded buffalo, the only alternative was to run back to the Land Rover and drive like hell to camp.)

What is not widely understood about movements (regardless of their politics) is that they are phenomena specifically related to a particular swath of people of the moment. The timing for such is actually quite narrow, analogous to lighting a match between gusts of wind. A man is generally incendiary during only two periods of his life: from 20-30 years old when he is ablaze with freshly imbued knowledge yet unburdened with responsibilities, and from 50-60 years old when his children have become self-sufficient and he still has one last roar left in him and little to risk in using it.

The maturity of the vast crop of Baby Boomers into college age in the 1960s is the most poignant example of the volatility of youth. The phenomenon of the Hippie Movement was not at all surprising. (What would have been astounding is if it had not occurred.) In fact, it was sublimely easy for us to anticipate. Their parents had just survived the Depression and won WWII; they were ready for "The Good Life." Their children, however, had none of the tempering that comes with struggle. Not having participated in their parents' victory, they subconsciously felt uneasy and guilty about sharing in the spoils. This has occurred many times throughout history. Predictably, they rejected their parents' culture for one of their own, but this time (with the convergence of quality recreational drugs, worry-free sex through The Pill, and an entirely-owned music which was individually reproducible through modern electronics) Youth had somewhere to go — its very own culture. This had never before happened in history. A tidal wave hit the mother culture and washed it out to sea. Even those of us who had anticipated this counterculture occasionally found its bottomless nihilism harrowing. When Nixon pulled out of Vietnam, the Hippies hated him for it as it negated their reason for rebellion, leaving them without a visible cause. But, I digress.

The second incendiary period of a man's life is from 50-60. (Although a few men may indeed remain incendiary from 30-50 years of age, they are quite rare and sociologically insignificant.) Patriotic men are like an opponent's chess pieces which offer only two decades of danger, and macro events must be timed to interleave that pair of decades. Men between 30 and 50 are temporarily neutralized by the domestic demands their own lives, and men past 60 can be considered "off the board."