Extremist Groups Demands 30 State Governors Step Down.

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http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/02/extremist-group-demands-governors-resign/?hpt=T2

A domestic extremist group has sent letters to more than 30 U.S. governors demanding they resign, the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI said in an intelligence note.

The note, dated Monday, said the letters told the governors to vacate their posts within three days.

DHS and the FBI said there do not appear to be credible or immediate threats of violence attached to the letters.

The group behind the letters has a "Restore America Plan" that calls for the removal of any governor who fails to comply, the intelligence note said.

While DHS has no information that the removal refers to a specific plan for violence, "law enforcement should be aware that this could be interpreted as a justification for violence or other criminal actions," the note said.

Other steps in the group's plan include "establishing bogus courts, calling of 'de jure' grand juries, and issuing so-called 'legal orders' to gain control of the state," the note said.

Gov. Jim Gibbons of Nevada was among those who received the letters.

His chief of staff, Robin Reedy, told CNN the governor received one letter Monday, and three more Wednesday, one of those by fax. The group behind the letters does not believe there should be a federal government, Reedy said.

The letters were not handwritten, but did have some handwritten signatures, Reedy told CNN Thursday.

The office had been warned in advance to be on the lookout for the letter, she said.

Gibbons' office stepped up security at the capitol in Carson City after receiving the letters. Everyone had to enter through one entrance, and an X-ray machine and metal detector were brought in. Boulders were placed in front of the capitol so vehicles could not drive close to the building.

The governor had not seen the letters himself, because he had been in Las Vegas for a few days, Reedy said Thursday.

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The group behind the letters does not believe there should be a federal government, Reedy said.

dumbfuсk terrorists

[Bernie C 24]

While I may not agree with alot of things and the way they are done by the government I can only imagine the state of the nation of it were run by these idiots!

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While I may not agree with alot of things and the way they are done by the government I can only imagine the state of the nation of it were run by these idiots!

Terrorists worldwide have one thing in common. They can intimidate and destroy but they can not govern.

American terrorists are no different.

[The_Dude 1,142]

Threatening elected officials unless they step down is precisely what terrorists do in many parts of the world. AfPak and Kashmir, for example.

The language of the statement issued can be interpreted either way. I choose to think that they aren't physically threatening them, more of a resign, or we'll vote you out.

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More info:

A representative purportedly from the group “Guardians of the Free Republics, De Jure Grand Juries” contacted the Nevada Appeal Thursday, confirming that governors in all U.S. states have been asked to resign as part of the group's “Restore America Plan" ... and denied that the Restore America Plan has any intention of violence.

Campbell described the letter as “a declaration from a lawful Grand Jury of 26 people in each state which is endeavoring to re-establish the true Republic in a peaceful and lawful manner.”

“It does not represent a ‘threat' from an ‘extremist' (as is commonly associated with ‘terrorist' in the media today) group but instead it is a real, legally binding document which is presented by a Grand Jury of regular people which declares that the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, controller and treasurer all must have lawful oaths of office in order operate in their respective positions.”

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It describes their plan as “a bold achievable strategy for behind-the-scenes peaceful reconstruction of the de jure institutions of government without controversy, violence or civil war.”

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Rob and Mel: It's funny, I heard this story on a conservative radio talk sho on the drive into work this morning. They make it out to be a patriotic group, doing their duty. Then I read it on a liberal website and they portray this as a terrorist group. I think they are both are delusional.

w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r: Threatening elected officials unless they step down is precisely what terrorists do in many parts of the world. AfPak and Kashmir, for example.

Danno: MIght be helpful if the actual letter was posted so we could read the content and tone.