Guardians of the Free Republics: An Astroturf Militia - Mother Jones
Turns out goftr.com and guardiansofthefreerepublics.com are registered to one Clive Boustred of Soquel, California- a British-educated former South African soldier with an apparent knack for "anti-terrorist warfare," computer consulting, and conspiracy theorizing. The sites - and the "group" - appear not to have existed before he registered them, about two months ago.Even as conspiracy mavens go, Boustred is a fascinating study. He's prominent on YouTube as a decrier of Jesuit, Masonic, Rothschild, and Fed conspiracies. As with many such folks, his anti-courts, anti-government anger appears to have originated with a personal legal beef - a weird story involving an ex-wife, infidelity, a restraining order, an "assassination attempt," and chocolate-chip cookies. He appears to have Astroturfed a number of other "companies" and organizations - Liberty for Life, Copper Cards, Strategize.com, and InfoTelesys.com.
>>>> "The parent group is gotfr.org which is registered to Clive Boustred. The website Guardiansofthefreerepublics.com is registered to CopperCards E.A. of Soquel, CA., which is also Clive Boustred. You can look it up here, you just have to type in the url:
http://centralops.net/co/DomainDossier.aspx
This link has lots of info regarding Clive Boustred. If you hold your cursor over the photos - top/right - there is info as well as links to articles further down the page:
Damn,...thanks.
Ya know, his bio is right out of some pulp spy thriller.....
He's a roofer who apparently had some legal trouble years ago, and launched his publication in response.
He's, er, enthusiastic.
FBI info:
FBI warns letters to governors could stir violence
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By EILEEN SULLIVAN and DEVLIN BARRETT, Associated Press Writers Eileen Sullivan And Devlin Barrett, Associated Press Writers Fri Apr 2, 7:32 pm ET
WASHINGTON The FBI is warning police across the country that an anti-government group's call to remove governors from office could provoke violence. The group called the Guardians of the free Republics wants to "restore America" by peacefully dismantling parts of the government, according to its Web site. It sent letters to governors demanding they leave office or be removed.
Investigators do not see threats of violence in the group's message, but fear the broad call for removal of top state officials could lead others to act out violently. At least two states beefed up security in response.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty said he received one of the letters but wasn't overly alarmed.
"We get all kinds of, shall we say, 'interesting' mail, so it's not out of the norm," Pawlenty said Friday. "It got more attention because it went to so many governors."
As of Wednesday, more than 30 governors had received letters saying if they don't leave office within three days they will be removed, according to an internal intelligence note by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. The note was obtained by The Associated Press.
The FBI expects all 50 governors will eventually receive such letters.
Dilettante.