HUTAREE-DET
Sandra Berchtold
FBI spokeswoman Sandra Berchtold said she could neither confirm nor deny how the militia groups helped the FBI.
But a University of Michigan graduate student who is studying the militia movement said she was aware of the contact between the two and said she saw e-mails from the militia to the FBI about the Hutaree. She declined to say who wrote those e-mails.
The student  Amy Cooter  who has interviewed dozen of militia members  said she steered clear of the Hutaree in part because of safety concerns.
She said she isn't surprised the militia alerted the FBI. The Hutaree was advocating a distrust of law enforcement  she said  that doesn't match the beliefs of most militia members. "I could tell they weren't representative of the other militias in the state " she said.
[TGT] said [TGT] could neither confirm nor deny how the militia groups helped the FBI.
But a University of Michigan graduate student who is studying the militia movement said [TGT] was aware of the contact between the two and said [TGT] saw e-mails from the militia to the FBI about the Hutaree. [TGT] declined to say who wrote those e-mails.
The student  Amy Cooter  who has interviewed dozen of militia members  said she steered clear of the Hutaree in part because of safety concerns.
She said she isn't surprised the militia alerted the FBI. The Hutaree was advocating a distrust of law enforcement  she said  that doesn't match the beliefs of most militia members. "I could tell they weren't representative of the other militias in the state " she said.