Ex-Members of U.S. Military Were Members of Hutaree Militia Extremist Group

[babsbunny]

Ex-Members of U.S. Military Were Members of Hutaree Militia Extremist Group

http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/declassified/archive/2010/04/09/ex-members-of-u-s-military-were-members-of-hutaree-militia-extremist-group.aspx

Michael Isikoff

Federal investigators have discovered that two members of the extremist Michigan-based Hutaree militia group charged with plotting to assassinate law-enforcement officers are former U.S. military servicemen, including a Marine Corps corporal who was a Persian Gulf War veteran and decorated expert rifleman.

Among those charged in the Hutaree case and accused of "seditious" conspiracy to wage war is Michael David Meeks. An FBI official told NEWSWEEK that Meeks is a former Marine. Marine Corps records reviewed by NEWSWEEK show Meeks served in the Marines between 1988 and 1992 and was a rifle expert based at Camp Pendleton. The records show he received, among other decorations, a Kuwait Liberation Medal that was awarded to veterans of the Persian Gulf War.

His lawyer did not return a request for comment.

[Toots]

1. Served four years and all he earned was a rifleman's badge and a Kuwait Liberation Badge

Both of those are given to all who served..Not all that much of a soldier if you ask me..

[nc4bo]

2. I always wondered how many active military are affliated with these types of groups

to the point that it actually scares me. They're getting full military training and access to military equipment :scared:.

I'm not surprised with this discovery at all.