From: hoza@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (HOZA MARK R)
Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy
Subject: Truth about Bo Gritz in Idaho
Summary: Truth about Bo Gritz in Idaho
Keywords: Bo Gritz Randy Weaver Idaho
Date: 15 Sep 92 04:23:13 GMT
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder


Here is part of what was printed in The Phoenix Liberator on September 1, 1992.
If you want a copy of the whole article, along with some other related articles,
call 1-800-800-5565.  There are a lot of rumors going around here about Gritz,
but anyone can call the Bo Gritz National Campaign Headquarters at          
1-800-633-7692.  He is the only candidate willing to save our Constitution.
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Now, here is the article from The Phoenix Liberator, Sept. 1, 1992, p. 43-45:

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                         Latest Update From Idaho

(Editor's note:  The following is absolutely "hot off the FAX" at 5:19PM today-
8/31/92 - from John Prukop, the Washington State Press Secretary for the Bo
Gritz National Presidential Campaign Committee.  John has been on top of the 
Randy Weaver issue since it began.  This is the latest of a number of bulletins
John has put together from data supplied by supporters of the Weaver family plussome input by Bo himself.  John can be contacted at 206-927-0805.)

                            AMERICAN TRAGEDY:

			ASSAULT AT RUBY CREEK

(Editor's note:  We apologize for the length of this report/update on the siege in northern Idaho; however, there has been much disinformation and labeling
of Randy Weaver, his family, and Kevin Harris.  When the truth of this report
finally reaches the American People, despite cover-up of the facts, together,
we will all realize that this entire Assault at Ruby Creek has been deliberatelystage-managed, with malice, forethought and premeditation on the part of the
United States DEFACTO Government.  From the following facts, it is incontro-
vertible that officials within the Washington, D.C. power circle, Federal
Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Marshal Service, and the Justice Department have
condoned, encouraged and spawned FELENIOUS ABUSE AND COVER-UP OF ABUSE OF:
discretion of office; power of office; firearms and directing of lethal force;  military and/or paramilitary forces; and, MORE as charged in the six-page
Federal Order for Citizen's Warrant for Citizen's Arrest.) 

   (Naples, Idaho)...A group of supporters of independent U.S. Presidential
candidate, Lt. Col. James "Bo" Gritz have established their own "Command Post"
to assist in the organization of the "peaceful demonstration" and the release
of accurate information.  Their concern is that the "near blackout" of the 
press, plus disinformation and rumors, have created a state of confusion.  The
story from Ruby Creek, located in northern Idaho, is now an international news
story.  Some of the important points are capsulated herewith: 
   On the afternoon of Friday, August 28, 1992, Col. Gritz was finally    
permitted to begin to negotiate an immediate solution.  His offers to negotiate
were shunned by federal authorities until Col. Gritz and a former, meritorious
Phoenix, Arizona police officer, Jack McLamb, white-collar criminal investi-
gators Eric Lighter of Honolulu, Hawaii and retired Lt. Col. John Salter of 
Missoula, Montana, invoked federal warrants for citizen's arrests.  These  
arrests were served on (1) FBI Director William Sessions, (2) apparent FBI on- 
site oversight Chief Gene Glenn, (3) Idaho Governor Cecil Andrus, and (4)
Washington, D.C. Director of the U.S. Marshal's Service, Henry Hudson.  After
their releases on their own recognizance, delivery of the arrests are being
made to federal grand juries in Idaho, and at least a dozen other states.  When
the U.S. Marshals lost control of the military "hit" on the inhabited cabin of
Randy Weaver, of Ruby Creek, Idaho, the FBI Assistant Director for Criminal
Investigation Division handed control of the "assault at Ruby Creek" over to
Director William Sessions in Washington, D.C.
   For about one week, the Weaver family and friend Kevin Harris have been    
holding out in their mountain-top cabin, relating to an ALLEGED firearms   
violation.  The incident has resulted in the death of Randy Weaver's wife, and
his 13-year old son from separate, purposeful gunfire incidents involving
U.S. marshals and FBI agents.  A U.S. Marshal was also killed, William A. 
Degan.  Wounded, but still alive, are Randy Weaver, 44, and Kevin Harris, 24.
Kevin Harris was airlifted by helicopter to Spokane, Washington's Sacred Heart
Hospital Sunday, August 30th, accompanied by Jack McLamb.  His condition was
reported as stable.  Randy Weaver and his three daughters, ages 16 and 8, and
10 months, at last report, were still inside the cabin.  Weaver is a popular
neighbor, who was narrowly defeated in his bid for Sheriff of Boundary County
in 1988.  Col. Gritz recently arrived to attempt mediation with former Green
Beret Weaver, who requested Col. Gritz's assistance in the face of up to 500 
armed agents and national guard sodiers.  Col. James "Bo" Gritz was the most
highly decorated Green Beret Commander in Vietnam, but was denied access to 
Weaver, until he invoked the arrests.
   A three-page affidavit from February 28, 1985, filed in public record, 
predicted that the FBI would murder Randy Weaver and his family, as a result of
a smear-campaign due to disagreement with Weaver's politics and religion by
certain parties within the Washington, D.C. "power circle".  Initial inquiry
indicates that Weaver's military activities may be of more concern to these
entities in Washington, D.C.  The death of 13-year old Sam Weaver violated,
among other laws, the Geneva Convention Protocol.  The rest of the Weaver  
family and friend Harris have similarly immense damage claims and U.S. 
Constitutional violations.  The arrests and attached massive exhibits were
prepared by Lighter and Salter, and then faxed to Col. Gritz from Hawaii.  
Lighter and Salter then arrived in person late Friday (August 28, 1992) at the
Idaho site, where they met with Gritz, Jack McLamb, and many in the growing
crowd of supporters.  The paramount issue now is the safety of the Weaver 
children.  The remaining cabin occupants are, essentially, hostages of the FBI.
Lighter and Salter have offered themselves to become hostages in place of the   children.  The conditions are:  If Sessions or President Bush come to the site  personally, Lighter and Salter will allow the "hostage swap" to proceed, plus
they will cease prosecutions of Sessions and Bush on the $50 billion dollar tax
bribe made to them by the White House.  Also, they will cease suit against
the Iran-Contra special grand jury for prosecutions that kept the Iran-Contra 
case open past May 15, 1992.  The actions of Lighter and Salter aided in    
certain other prosecutions in that scandal, partially noted in the May 31, 1991
Federal Register, pages 24836-24843.  Importantly, within those legal actions
there is evidence that the federal grand juries in Washington, D.C. have
been tampered with by federal officials.  Lighter and Salter have said they 
want to prevent other sniper bullets from potentially being aimed at other
innocent victims, especially supporters of Col. Gritz.  However, Lighter and
Salter insist that once the crisis has passed and all parties are safe, all
federal authorities must leave the Ruby Creek assault site.
   Lighter and Salter also demand that Randy Weaver be provided a provably  
honest, impartial and FULLY INFORMED JURY.  The cabin must be photographed  
immediately, together with all pertinent physical evidence at the Ruby Creek
assault site.
   
				BACKGROUND

   During the afternoon of Friday, August 21, 1992, former Green Beret Randy
Weaver, 44, and his 13-year old son Sam, were walking near their forest cabin
with family friend Kevin Harris, 24.  When the family dog began barking, Sam
and Kevin approached the sound to see if a deer had been flushed out.  Someone
wearing body armor and a camouflaged uniform emerged from the brush and told 
Kevin to "freeze".  Someone else shot the dog, and 13-year old Sam turned and
immediately made a loud protest about shooting his dog and apparently fired a
30-30 rifle at the intruder.  Sam had met an assault team of U.S. Marshals in
body armor, who were top specialists in hostage and terrorist situations.  They
were there without a warrant and without identifying themselves.  Upon hearing
the shots, Randy, a short distance away, fired his shotgun into the air and
yelled for Kevin and Sam to come to him and to the safety of the cabin.  As
young Sam came running, someone shot Sam in the arm.  A second shot was fired
at Sam, as he headed to the homebuilt cabin, striking him in the back.  Kevin
stopped and checked for Sam's pulse, thereupon pronouncing Sam dead.  Kevin 
proceeded to run for the cabin.  Randy and Kevin made it safely back to the 
cabin.  In the cover of darkness, Randy and Sam's mother, Vicki, recovered
Sam's body, cleaned it up and then wrapped it in a sheet in preparation for
burial.  The body was then placed in a woodshed near the cabin.  Saturday,
August 22, 1992, Randy went out to the shed to say his last goodbye to Sam.
When he reached up to unlatch the door of the shed, Randy was shot through his
arm, with the sniper's bullet exiting via his armpit.  Randy turned and told
Kevin to take cover in the cabin and then ran quickly back to the cabin 
himself.  However, in the process, Vicki opened the door while holding her
10-month old daughter Alishba.  Vicki was shot in the head approximately 
between the eyes, killing her instantly.  Fragments of Vicki's skull and of the well-aimed sniper's bullet also hit Kevin, breaking a rib and injuring a lung.
Randy closed up the cabin and has remained barricaded with his three daughters
and Kevin ever since.  NO return fire was given from the cabin, or at all, save
for the initial confrontation on Friday, August 21st, in the forest.
   After Marshal Degan died, another U.S. Marshal called in the Idaho State
Police, the city of Spokane, Washington Police and the Idaho National Guard.
Moreover, the Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) and FBI agents came to the
scene.  An assortment of other bureaucrats eventually showed up, including
personnel from the U.S. Attorney's office.  Idaho Governor Cecil Andrus next
declared MARTIAL LAW, allegedly after the initial shooting incident.  Beginning
Sunday, Augusut 23rd, up to 500 armed officers and SWAT teams became involved in the siege.  Armored personnel carriers, various helicopters including at least
one large Huey helicopter, and numerous armed vehicles arrived around the base
of the mountain, with Randy's cabin on top.  The Idaho National Guard supplied
generators, a bulldozer, front-hoe tractor, bridge planking, truck loads of
other equipment, tents, cots, 50-caliber machine guns, and assorted military
equipment; plus other high-tech electronics.  The local inhabitants of the area
were removed from their homes on Friday after the first shots were fired.
   Next, a four-seat FBI helicopter and hundreds of troops arrived in the 
staging area.  At least 30 agents positioned themselves to surround the first
perimeter of the cabin, which perimeter extended 200-meters from the cabin.  
However, Idaho National Guardsmen now became UNARMED upon demand by the FBI, 
apparently only to add to the appearance of mutual cooperation, as federal
authorities became seemingly concerned about Guardsmen sympathy turning into
mutiny.
   Also on Sunday, August 23rd, a satchel charge of explosives was planted by
SWAT team near the cabin.  A satchel charge is an explosive device that can be
readied and set off by timer or remote control.  An hour later, a 20-gallon 
blue plastic drum was filled from a diesel truck with the same fuel used by the
generators, and then placed abourd the FBI helicopter.  The FBI helicopter then
took-off and flew towards the cabin when a news reporter and local separatist   scout stepped out from beneath the trees and made sure the pilot saw that he    
was being photographed.  The pilot then circled two times and landed.  The film
evidence of this event survived a hasty journey down the hill, and is in safe   hands.  The diesel fuel was to have been poured on the cabin and the satchel
charge set-off to make a fire bomb that would easily consume the cabin and all
its occupants, including the two young girls and a 10-month old infant        
barricaded inside.  The news reporter who photographed the attempted 
firebombing has been arrested for "obstruction of justice".  But the film was
successfully developed and safely secured.  Some "official" reports are being
challenged by local inhabitants of the area.  The official report is that 
Marshal Degan was NOT wearing body armor at the time of his death.  Marshal   
Degan was allegedly NOT shot by another U.S. Marshal, in what is known as
"friendly fire".  However, in order to lessen the evidence of the wrongful
death of 13-year-old son Sam Weaver, and because the Federal weapons being
used at the scene fire in 3-shot bursts, some observers believe that Degan's
vest was REMOVED after his death to conceal two other "friendly fire" hits.
Some conflict also exists regarding the sniper-fired "stray" bullet that killed
Vickie Weaver on Saturday, August 22.
   FBI informants are at the site.  One FBI informant was unsuccessful in     
offering to lead Lighter and Salter up a back road, up the mountain, alleged to
be unguarded.  "Bo" Gritz arrived at the Ruby Creek assault site.  Col. Gritz 
was at the Ruby Creek bridge, under constant surveillance by various armed
agents when an ATF agent sighted a weapon on Col. Gritz, and an immediate
protest was lodged.  The assassination attempt of a U.S. Presidential Candidate
was unwise.  On Friday, August 28th, while Col. Gritz was reading the text of 
the citizen's arrest warrants, Col. Gritz had his back to the barrier rope
when another ATF agent, identified as Agent Ahern, stood pointing his loaded
H & K MP-5 submachine gun, which hung by a sling from his neck, at Col. Gritz's
back.  One of Col. Gritz's supporters, Don Stewart of Portland, Oregon, jumped
between the gun and Col. Gritz, and then told the agent in rather strong terms
that he had better take his finger off the trigger and point it elsewhere.
After briefly turning the weapon away, ATF Agent Ahern again pointed the loaded
machine gun at Col. Gritz.  Col. Gritz walked away, safely, after delivering
the arrests, and continued in his ordeal to ensure the safety of Randy Weaver,
his three girls and Kevin Harris.
   The intense stand-off had become defused enough to allow Col. Gritz to escortfriends of the Weaver family up to, but not within, the cabin.  Col. Gritz's
call to action to end the tyranny of the bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.   
continues to expand.  Col. Gritz supports this report and wants the bureaucrats
responsible for this ASSAULT AT RUBY CREEK to be held accountable for their
orders and actions, including the investigation of the intire episode of
events by Federal Grand Juries.

				BULLETIN

			8/31/92  1430 HRS PDT

   Moments ago, independent Presidential Candidate, Lt. Col. James "Bo" Gritz   
walked off Ruby Ridge with 44-year old Randy Weaver and his three daughters.
Col. Gritz negotiated his departure from the cabin which included Weaver being
able to walk, unhandcuffed and with his full dignity, with his daughters, down 
the mountain to awaiting U.S. Marshals.  Weaver will be taken to Boise, Idaho
for arraignment.  Col. Gritz and retired Phoenix, Arizona Police Officer Jack
McLamb will also be enroute to Boise.  According to an agreement signed by 
federal officials, Weaver's three daughters will apparently be allowed to 
remain with relatives.  Further details of the end of this 11-day ordeal will
be made as they become available.

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Another article in this same edition (September 1, 1992) of The Phoenix      
Liberator outlines how Randy Weaver was set-up by the FBI and others with a 
sawed-off shot gun that was 1/4 OF AN INCH SHORTER THAN FEDERAL REGULATIONS
ALLOW!!!  They then supposedly had a case against him to search his house.
Also, WEAVER WAS ACCUSED BY PRESS AND MEDIA OF BEING "ARIAN" (NAZI), ANTI-
SEMITE AND RACIST.
   Actually, a "friend" of Weaver tried unceasingly to get him to attend a 
church group calling themselves "ARYANS" (CHRIST CHRISTIANS).  Weaver finally
went to a total of TWO MEETINGS	AND DECIDED HE DID NOT AGREE WITH THEIR 
PRACTICES AND BELIEFS.  Nevertheless, all that was released by the major media
disinformation was that Weaver is an Arian.  A group of "skin-heads" showed up
at the site, supposedly in support of Weaver.  HOWEVER, THEY SAID THAT THEY 
WERE    SENT    THERE!!!!  They said that they had another appointment that theyneeded to attend, and that they would leave if the situation was not resolved
before they needed to leave for the other engagement.


IF YOU PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS REALLY GOING ON, STOP BULLSHITTING ON THE 
NET AND GET SOME INFORMATION FROM DIRECT SOURCES!!  WE STAND TO LOSE OUR 
CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT COMPLETELY, AND IT IS TIME THAT SOME OF YOU PEOPLE
GET YOUR ASSES IN GEAR!!

Again, the number for The Phoenix Liberator is 1-800-800-5565.
The number for the Bo Gritz campaign is 1-800-633-7692.


I do not get on the net very often, so please send correspondence to me by
snail-mail if you want to get a hold of me in a timely manner.  My address is:

Mark Hoza
PO Box 600
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