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FBI questions Free Stater in New Hampshire

Posted on 06/06/2005 10:21:35 PM PDT by Dada Orwell

From NHfree.com Keene, New Hampshire 6/6/05

FBI questions Keene I.D. refusenik

Two FBI agents from the Boston division paid a visit to Russell Kanning's house in Keene today, about two weeks after he announced he would seek to board a Manchester airline flight with no I.D.

The 35-year-old libertarian activist wasn't home but rather cheerfully agreed to meet up with the agents at his workplace. Special Agents Phil Christiana and Mark Alford spent about an hour interviewing him around 2PM on Monday, June 6.

"They were really friendly," he says, "they obviously weren't there to arrest me...The thing they were most concerned about was whether I was actually going to stay non-violent." Kanning says the answer to that is "yes."

"There's nothing those guys can do to me at the airport that would make me use violence."

He says the agents seemed to relax somewhat and left after coming to the conclusion that he is not a physical threat and also that he cannot be deterred from his act of civil disobedience. They did spend time lecturing him on national security issues and told him "flying is not a right."

"My impression after talking to them is that the likelihood of them breaking into my house or doing something like that is small."

Kanning also told the agents he has not paid Income Taxes since '98. He moved to New Hampshire in November 2004 after joining the Free State Project, a libertarian movement seeking to accomplish "liberty in our lifetime" in New Hampshire.


TOPICS: Government; Miscellaneous; US: New Hampshire
KEYWORDS: freestater
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1 posted on 06/06/2005 10:21:40 PM PDT by Dada Orwell
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To: Dada Orwell
FBI: "flying is not a right."

And where did they get that idea?

It never ceases to amaze me how many people thing that unless something is specifically mentioned in the Constitution it is not a right.

Such a view is a gross misunderstanding of the Constitution, the purpose of which is to limit government, not to limit people.

2 posted on 06/06/2005 10:26:14 PM PDT by konaice
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To: Dada Orwell
Kanning also told the agents he has not paid Income Taxes since '98.

Yeah, that was smart.

3 posted on 06/06/2005 10:27:38 PM PDT by SedVictaCatoni (<><)
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To: Dada Orwell
"FBI agents from the Boston division"
The same guys that can't find whitey bulger.
The same guys that had one of their own sent to jail for cooperating with the mob.
The same guys that could not find any problems with the Big Dig accounting.
The FBI in boston is a sad joke. And I'm sure the senators from MA make sure they send the biggest rejects up here.
4 posted on 06/06/2005 10:28:00 PM PDT by ProudVet77 (Warning: Occasional intelligent posts hidden by sarcasm.)
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To: Dada Orwell

IMO, he was paid a visit in order to be intimidated.


5 posted on 06/06/2005 10:30:02 PM PDT by CrawDaddyCA (There is no such thing as a fair fight. Thou shall win at all costs!!)
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To: Dada Orwell
"Kanning also told the agents he has not paid Income Taxes since '98."

Oh, good move, that.

6 posted on 06/06/2005 10:30:05 PM PDT by Fido969 (I see Red People!)
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To: SedVictaCatoni

Sang like a canary


7 posted on 06/06/2005 10:30:26 PM PDT by stainlessbanner
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To: SedVictaCatoni
Kanning also told the agents he has not paid Income Taxes since '98.

Well, that's going to be fun. < /sarc>

8 posted on 06/06/2005 10:30:46 PM PDT by zarf
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To: SedVictaCatoni

Seems pretty keen on being arrested if you ask me.


9 posted on 06/06/2005 10:31:20 PM PDT by TFine80
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To: TFine80

But this is the kind of poor bozo the FBI goes after. What a waste of potential talent. They go after the easy hits, to get their conviction rate up. That is how they are measured, not the "quality" of the conviction, like a serial killer.


10 posted on 06/06/2005 10:34:14 PM PDT by ProudVet77 (Warning: Occasional intelligent posts hidden by sarcasm.)
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To: Dada Orwell

For years we did a pretty good job of keeping the Lunatics out of NH, they mainly settled in Vermont. Sigh.


11 posted on 06/06/2005 10:36:18 PM PDT by Mongeaux
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To: Dada Orwell
Kanning also told the agents he has not paid Income Taxes since '98.

This is not a crime. His GDP over the last 4 years is insufficent to qualify him as a tax slave.
12 posted on 06/06/2005 10:39:30 PM PDT by microgood
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To: Dada Orwell
“Free Stater.” That sounds quite similar to the “Texas Republic” folks of two generations ago.

If that’s the case, I hope you have lots of free time. You’ll need it for your “career” in jail.

Been there, done that.

The state (or the feds) “don’t have the AUTHORITY to (whatever)” haha. Famous last words.

I used to know the menu of the Tyler, Hardin, and Jasper county jails. I still remember that Tuesday was free tater tot night at Sonic – they provided dinner that day. Wednesday was Pizza Hut.

Oh – and authority or not – your butt is still locked up. Haha.

Live and learn. Or something.

13 posted on 06/06/2005 10:41:26 PM PDT by Who dat?
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To: SedVictaCatoni
""My impression after talking to them is that the likelihood of them breaking into my house or doing something like that is small."

That's what they WANTED you to think, hambone.
14 posted on 06/06/2005 10:42:18 PM PDT by decal (Where were YOU when AndyScam broke? Sluthering, perhaps?)
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To: microgood
This is not a crime. His GDP over the last 4 years is insufficent to qualify him as a tax slave.

He claims. Your eye is on the cookie and not the ball.

Everywhere I’ve ever been, it is not a crime to not pay – it is a crime to not FILE.

Pick your pissing games very carefully. You’ll be pissing INTO it. They’ll be pissing OUT of it. You’ll get real wet. They won’t.

15 posted on 06/06/2005 10:45:03 PM PDT by Who dat?
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To: Mongeaux
I'm glad the free-staters are here. Ever since the last election we are being bombarded with helmet laws, cigarette tax proposals, rising property taxes, and even HB406 which is now in the senate where they want people who want to homeschool their children to be required to ask the government for "permission".

At least they are out there protesting and doing for what they believe in. Republicans need to follow their lead.

16 posted on 06/06/2005 10:45:15 PM PDT by Born in a Rage
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To: Born in a Rage
I'm glad the free-staters are here. Ever since the last election we are being bombarded with helmet laws, cigarette tax proposals, rising property taxes, and even HB406 which is now in the senate where they want people who want to homeschool their children to be required to ask the government for "permission".

I guess they are better than all the Mass Yuppies. But they are still odd.
17 posted on 06/06/2005 10:46:31 PM PDT by Mongeaux
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To: CrawDaddyCA
IMO, he was paid a visit in order to be intimidated.

Of course, and it's great to see he wasn't and stood up to Big Government's attempt to do so.

We in WA today were just told by a judge that illegal voting can't be fixed, so it's ok. And the Republican candidate said it was ok as well, because he immediately rolled over and quit.

We'll see if anybody stands up to that.

18 posted on 06/06/2005 10:50:20 PM PDT by Hank Rearden (Never allow anyone who could only get a government job attempt to tell you how to run your life.)
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To: Dada Orwell
"They were really friendly," he says, "they obviously weren't there to arrest me..."

I wonder if he's ever heard the phrase, "Good cop, bad cop."

The authorities are not your friends. Period. They're not necessarily your enemy, but they certainly are not your friends. They don't have to tell you the truth, either. They'll say or act how ever they think they need to in order to get what ever they're looking for. It pays not to forget that when dealing with the government."

19 posted on 06/06/2005 10:55:38 PM PDT by Sparticus (Are you so open minded that your brains leaked out?)
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To: Hank Rearden
We in WA today were just told by a judge that illegal voting can't be fixed, so it's ok. And the Republican candidate said it was ok as well, because he immediately rolled over and quit.

We'll see if anybody stands up to that.

Rossi can't win in court with the way the election contest law is worded, but we'll fix the Dem's little red wagon for them anyway. First by reforendum to repeal that odius gas tax, and second by kicking the bums out. After that, we're going to carve King county in half and reduce the power it has over the state. We just need to translate the anger over the election into grass roots effort.

20 posted on 06/06/2005 11:10:25 PM PDT by Sparticus (She's so open minded that her brains leaked out.)
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