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06-09-2007, 12:04 AM
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Ed and Elaine Brown
 Ed Brown: Police, SWAT Team Incident Was "Test" To See What Response Would Be New Waco averted as authorities leave after surrounding propertyPaul Joseph Watson Thursday, June 7, 2007 [LEFT][LEFT][LEFT][LEFT][LEFT][LEFT]A new Waco was narrowly averted as law enforcement, APC's and SWAT team personnel descended on the home of Ed Brown, the tax protester who has threatened to use force to defend himself against authorities. Ed Brown himself states that the police are now leaving and that media are being allowed to approach the house.
According to his blog, "apparently this was a test by the "authorities" to see what kind of response would come from the community......testing to see what might happen if they move in......." This was also confirmed verbally by the Browns during an appearance on the RBN radio network. We received early unconfirmed reports that the Brown house was on fire - although according to reports, "Federal authorities indicated Thursday they will not raid the home of two convicted tax evaders but would serve a warrant." Fox News reports, "The U.S. Marshal's Service says a supporter of the fugitives was detained near the Browns' home this morning and that they served a federal warrant to seize Elaine Brown's dental office in Lebanon." In addition, it is being reported that authorities have closed the airspace above Brown's home and that an AP photographer was ordered to leave after flying over the property. Fred Smart, a close friend of the Brown's confirmed that Brown's phone has been cut and that at around 8:30PM last night a silent surveillance drone with a bright beaming light encircled the Brown's property as if conducting reconnaissance. News reporters have confirmed that police have surrounded the property and that they were kept away from the property. Neighbors have been evacuted from their homes. Officer Jack McLamb attempted to call the Sheriff's office in the area but was told that he was out of town. Authorities have been telling reporters that they would not violently engage the Brown family for the past few months but this now appears to have been a drill for a potential future scenario in that mold. "Dozens of heavily armed state police and federal agents have assembled near the rural Grafton County home of tax protesters Ed and Elaine Brown." "About 50 state troopers, some armed with high-powered rifles, along with a vehicle from the explosives unit gathered this morning in Plainfield, a small town where Edward and Elaine Brown have holed up in their home since being convicted of tax evasion and sentenced to lengthy federal prison terms," reports the Plainfield Union Leader. More live updates at this blog. VIDEO news report from the scene. We are encouraging people in the Plainfield area to get down to the area immediately to see what is happening. More on this story as it develops.....
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06-09-2007, 12:07 AM
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I was wondering, if anybody has noticed any reporting of this ongoing incident on the national media?
It's been documented as a current event on Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Lewis_Brown
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06-09-2007, 12:14 AM
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Authorities Converge On Ed and Elaine Brown's Home
Plainfield, New Hampshire - June 7, 2007 State and federal authorities have converged on the home of a New Hampshire couple involved in a tax standoff. People are being kept several miles away from the Center of Town Road in Plainfield, where Ed and Elaine Brown live. Neighbors, including some who have been evacuated, reported police SWAT teams, a helicopter and at least one armored vehicle converged on a field near the home Thursday morning. Authorities have not said if they were moving in to arrest the fugitives The Browns have been barricaded inside their home for several months, after being convicted of tax evasion. They did not even attend their sentencing hearing, in which they were sentenced to five years in prison. The couple has not paid their taxes in more than a decade and owe nearly a quarter of a million dollars in back taxes. Elaine Brown once had her own dentist office in Lebanon. Ed Brown says he is armed and has promised a Waco like ending, saying he will not be taken alive.
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06-09-2007, 01:24 AM
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What should a person expect, if one is sentenced to prison and is holed up in a residence?
They claim to have stockpiled food, but that can't last forever. Either they'll starve to death for their cause, or they will have to come out. It really doesn't look like the feds are in any real hurry. I, as someone who pays his taxes, don't have much sympathy for them. Sure, it's easy to say that taxes aren't owed, but the courts say otherwise.
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06-09-2007, 01:33 AM
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I also pay my taxes, it's not worth the money, to put up with such gargabe. Point in view is though, the IRS's interpretation of their Code and the subsequent enforcement seems to be in contradiction to an American Citizen's constitutional rights, particularly when it comes to income tax.
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06-09-2007, 10:56 AM
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06-09-2007, 11:03 AM
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I like it when Americans are willing to die for liberty. I also like it when people obey the laws and I like it when people enforce the laws.
Each of these likes is in constant conflict with each other in my mind. I hope they are in conflict in your mind, too. B
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06-09-2007, 07:50 PM
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well taxes do pay law enforcement....rumor has it, that they a sharing a cell block with Paris now that they hit celebrity status...
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06-09-2007, 07:53 PM
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