The judge’s 36 page opinion sure seems to suggest that the whole thing is crap, unless you agree that burning a UN flag is “sedition”.
http://www.mied.uscourts.gov/Opinions/robertspdf/Order%20on%20Detention%20in%20Militia%20Case.pdf
Its not about championing them, its about right and wrong. Many of the things the feds are using in this case are things that FReepers do on a daily basis like “live fire training” which is fedspeak for shooting at paper targets. The great speech given by the leader of the bunch was prompted by the undercover agent who posed a rhetorical “what if” question. We have lots of threads like that right here at FR.
I do not have time to reply as I have to leave for work but it is far more than just burning a flag. Perhaps the charges are spurious but the listed charges go beyond just burning a flag.
“Many of the things the feds are using in this case are things that FReepers do on a daily basis “
The fed goes after a bunch of (probably) harmless people.