-Caveat Lector- From: http://insidedenver.com/news/1205weav6.shtml - Weaver angry at U.S. over Ruby Ridge Son, wife killed during 17-month siege with marshals, FBI in 1992 By Kevin Flynn News Staff Writer Randy Weaver, an idol of many in the anti-government movement, went after federal agents in absentia when he told his side of the story of the 1992 Ruby Ridge tragedy on Friday at the Denver Preparedness Expo. "Some of them believe they're God and they can do anything they want to you," Weaver told an audience of several hundred people. Weaver's wife, Vicki, and 14-year-old son, Sam, were killed during a siege of the Weaver home in Idaho by U.S. marshals and FBI agents. Marshal William Degan was killed during a shootout. "A lot of people tell me I have to forgive these people for what they did," Weaver said. "No I don't, not unless they have a contrite heart." Weaver kept his presentation to about as many words as he exchanged with federal agents during the 17 months he was holed up in his mountain-top home. He talked for just six minutes as the featured speaker kicking off the lectures at the Expo's opening day. He took questions when he finished, but politely declined one questioner who asked for details of the events of the deadly siege. He drew applause when he said he hopes for chaos in the coming year from Y2K computer glitches. Y2K stands for year 2000, when some computer programs that operate with two-digit year entries are predicted to fail and cause widespread disruption of goods and services. The Preparedness Expo, which runs through Sunday at the Merchandise Mart on East 58th Avenue at Interstate 25, is drawing people in search of survival goods. "I hope Y2K shuts the government down totally and they have to go out and get real jobs," Weaver said. Weaver, 50, is at the Expo to sell the self-published book he wrote with his daughter, Sara, 22, titled The Federal Siege at Ruby Ridge in Our Own Words. Asked about the major difference between his book and others written about the event that galvanized the citizen patriot movement in America, Weaver said, "Everything in this one is true." Weaver and his children won $3.1 million from the government to settle a lawsuit they brought over the killings. Weaver and a friend at the siege, Kevin Harris, both were wounded and later were put on trial in Degan's killing. They were found innocent of murder. Weaver blames the entire episode on federal law enforcement bungling and "lack of common sense." A white separatist who knew people in the Aryan Nations movement in northern Idaho, Weaver says he was targeted for three years by a government informant trying to turn him into a snitch against Aryan Nations. The informant got Weaver to sell him two sawed-off shotguns in 1989. Agents later threatened to prosecute him on the illegal weapons charge unless he cooperated. He refused. When he was given the wrong date for his trial and didn't show up, a fugitive warrant was issued and Weaver resolved to stay on Ruby Ridge. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
