I dont think anyone here believes that plotting to kill LE is anything but reprehensible.
Our piece merely suggested there may be a connection, regardless of the possible guilt of the Hutarees, with the Dem sturm un drang re GOP/conservative/Tea Party dissent.
Unless the threat posed by the Hutarees was imminent, then the decision to move against them could have been made with political considerations in the mix.
And if as the charging papers indicate the plot was to be carried out in April, it sounds to me they acted in a timely fashion.