The FBI responds

Progressive, The, May, 2008

article refused even to identify when or where the claimed small meeting occurred in which issues of martial law were discussed, Henry said in the press release. If we get that information, the FBI certainly will follow up and clarify any possible misunderstandings. The reason I didnt identify where or when the meeting took place is obvious: I didnt want to reveal anything that would expose my whistleblower.

Incidentally, the press release fails to mention that I received confirmation about discussions of lethal force from another member of InfraGard, whom I did name. I stick by every single word of my story. And I call on Congress to investigate InfraGard and to inspect the plans that the FBI may have in store not only for InfraGard but for all of us in times of an emergency. When the fifth anniversary of the Iraq War came around, I was taking a brief vacation on Sanibel Island in Florida, where I love to birdwatch. But I took an hour off to attend an anti-war rally on the traffic-jammed main drag, Periwinkle Way. Even in this heavily Republican area, the tide has gone out on the war. The response to the sixty-person protest, across the street from an immature bald eagle, was overwhelmingly positive. Only one person, in a Mercedes, flipped us the bird. The people on the picket line were sweet. One person held a sign that said: Peace Hopefully Soon. In its gentle and plaintive way, it reflects the public sentiment in this country, now five years on. To stop the war, though, well have to get a little more defiant than that.