Wonder if this was the smuggling ring Royer was talking about at the Indian reservation with ties to the Hamas?
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TRIAL'S 9/11 TWIST
By KATI CORNELL SMITH
January 4, 2005 -- A former FBI agent, defending himself against charges he stole law-enforcement information to commit stock fraud, tried to turn the tables yesterday with a wild claim he could have prevented 9/11 if he was allowed do his job.
Jeffrey Royer testified that early in 2001, his supervisors overreacted to a problem with an informant, and shut down a probe of a smuggling ring with ties to Hamas that had exploited security weaknesses on an Indian reservation bordering Canada.
"I shelved it. C'est la vie," Royer, who retired from the FBI on Dec. 25, 2001, said flippantly.
"Then 9/11 happened."
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Wonder if this was the smuggling ring Royer was talking about at the Indian reservation with ties to the Hamas?
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LAST OF THE MOHICANS
By Wade Queen
With all the scrutiny over domestic security in the United States since the Sept. 11 attacks, especially in the area of border security, it is a major surprise that there has been no coverage in the major news media outlets (in fact, there has been very, very little coverage by any news organizations for that matter), about one border area of our country that has become a major security nightmare for the country. It is even more surprising that there has been virtually no coverage of an enclave of criminals being protected by some of our nation's top politicians.
This enclave is where heavily armed criminals, using an Indian reservation in upstate New York, have forged a conduit for international drug and weapons smuggling as well as a haven for terrorists.
According to well-placed government sources, a Mohawk crime ring has an arsenal of stolen and illegally imported weapons, including M-60 general-purpose machine guns, squad automatic weapons (SAWS), M-16s and AK-47s, as well as armed patrol boats.
Calling themselves the "Mohawk Warrior Brotherhood," these outlaws have unilaterally declared themselves a sovereign nation. They have fired on numerous ships and coast guard vessels; further, in 1995 a national guard helicopter was shot down over the reservation. The St. Regis Mohawk Indian Reservation straddles nearly 10 miles of the U.S.-Canadian border adjacent to the St. Lawrence Seaway. This proximity to an international shipping channel, as well as land border without barriers, has made smuggling highly profitable. Using (re-armed) ex-Navy craft donated to the tribe by the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency, the Brotherhood is able to smuggle people and contraband from international vessels and then outrun -- or outgun -- U.S. and Canadian authorities.
Liquor and cigarettes are smuggled into Canada, while drugs and "dirty" money enter the United States. Stolen U.S. military weapons acquired from the Hell's Angels and the Mafia, go abroad while foreign ordnance, including anti-aircraft missiles, enter this country and Canada. In addition to known ties with the intelligence organizations of Libya, Iran and Iraq, the Brotherhood also has "business" links with Hamas (the Muslim fanatics responsible for suicide bombings in Israel) and the IRA, as well as organized crime in Russia and New York City.
Federal officers are not welcome on the St. Regis Reservation. They are escorted on and off by the Tribal Police, who are controlled by the Brotherhood. In 1995, a force of about 400 federal and state law officers tried to bring order to the reservation. But they failed.
So why didn't the federal government call in enough force to restore order, preserve public safety, and demonstrate to TV audiences that no one is above the law? Certainly, political correctness is one answer. There is no argument that American history is tarnished by the mistreatment of native Americans. But two wrongs do not make a right! And there is more to this matter -- much more that deserves examination.
According to Federal Election Commission records, in 1996, two leaders of the Mohawk Warrior Brotherhood donated $200,000 "each" to (guess who?) the Democratic National Committee that helped get Bill Clinton re-elected. There are also reports that the Brotherhood donated major green to then Democratic congressman Charles Schumer who is now a senator from New York. They also supported Hillary Clinton's Senate campaign in 2000 and Al Gore's presidential bid.
The area where the St. Regis reservation is located lies within the congressional district of former congressman (and now senator) Charles Schumer. The New York Democrat has made a career of trying to outlaw private gun ownership in America, and was among the first to defend federal law enforcement abuses that occurred at Ruby Ridge and Waco. At both places federal officers initiated military-style assaults against U.S. citizens because there was suspicion -- merely suspicion -- that federal firearms laws had been violate. But the then politically correct congressman and now senator hasn't said one word about the criminal syndicate from his neck of the woods, who have more weapons and are more heavily armed than some Third World countries. In fact, some intelligence analysts have joked that the reason that the Canadians have not done anything to St. Regis and the Mohawk Warrior Brotherhood from their side of the border is that one on one, in an armed confrontation, the Brotherhood could outfight and outbattle the Canadian Army.
Various federal and New York state law enforcement officials are helpless to do anything about the St. Regis problem. Word was sent down from the Clinton White House that a move against the Mohawks would have been viewed as "inappropriate by 'friends of Bill.'"
Now that Clinton is out of power things may be changing, however. The rumor mill has it that the Department of Justice -- mainly John Ashcroft himself -- and the Bush White House are planning a major takedown of the Mohawks sometime in the spring of this year as part of the domestic side of the War on Terror. But any confrontation at St. Regis could lead to a bloodbath. A raid would not only require virtually every federal law agent in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, but the feds would probably need the assistance of the New York National Guard and possibly U.S. Army troops from nearby Fort Drum. Such a scenario would make Waco look like a snowball fight. Yet if there is one instance of a justified federal intervention, this may be it. And the Brotherhood is not the only group the feds have in their crosshairs. There is also a wacky African-American alien space cult known as the Nuwabians located on a 476 acre compound in Eatonton, Georgia, south of Atlanta. They have been investigated for extortion, bank fraud, arson and various other crimes. Their leader is a former Black Panther named Michael York, who was previously convicted of armed robbery in New York State. Also, a militia group that is involved in a three-year standoff near Dallas, Texas, in Harrison County could catch headlines. This is the same group that made news last year when actor Chuck Norris personally hired and paid for attorneys for the group. Also being mentioned for possible action is the neo-Nazi compound known as Elohim City in Eastern Oklahoma. This is the group widely reported to have been the Nexus for the planning of the Oklahoma City bombing.
Another group that may be targeted is the National Alliance compound in Hillsboro, West Virginia, led by neo-Nazi guru William Pierce, author of "The Turner Diaries" (a novel that inspired Tim McVeigh).
Reportedly, in all, the government has a "top ten" list of dangerous domestic groups. All of these stand to be targeted soon. Readers should recall that Ruby Ridge happened on George Bush, Sr.'s watch in 1992. It was in the following year, under Clinton, that Waco happened. Although this operation was overseen by Janet Reno, the FBI was then led by William Webster, a senior Bush appointee. And the leader of the ATF at the time, Steve Higgins, was appointed by Ronald Reagan in his first term! (And later reappointed by Bush.)
Returning to the Mohawk Warrior Brotherhood: federal investigators have speculated that the donations made by the Brotherhood could eventually trace back to one or more major terrorist organizations, including Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda!
Time will tell. |
