"N.H. tax evader gets 35 years for standoff" by Holly Ramer, Associated Press | October 3, 2009
CONCORD, N.H. - A New Hampshire woman sentenced to 35 years in prison yesterday for plotting to kill federal agents during a nine-month standoff at her fortress-like home said she will continue to fight government corruption from behind bars.
At her sentencing hearing, Elaine Brown said the judge’s decision mattered little to her, given her age and beliefs. “I’m 68 years old. I don’t have much time left on this earth. But I have no doubt I will spend eternity with my husband and a myriad of others who have fought tyranny and oppression,’’ she said, pausing several times to clear her throat but maintaining a defiant tone.
Wow! What a woman!!!
She and her husband, Ed, holed up in their 110-acre compound in Plainfield in early 2007 after being sentenced to five years in prison for tax evasion. They were arrested nine months later by federal agents posing as supporters and were convicted in July on a variety of weapons and conspiracy charges.
Brown insisted that she and her husband were being punished for nothing more than civil disobedience and “daring to challenge and question this massive government.’’
“Our state motto is ‘Live free or Die,’ which is what we proclaimed over and over during our resistance,’’ she said. “I will always resist.’’
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New Hampshire is a Terrorist State
Kind of SKEWED COVERAGE from the Glob, donchathink?
