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Submitted by security_six on Tue, 02/12/2008 - 9:31am.

Yes folks, this is on a gun rights forum, so if even visiting such places make you feel tainted, don't bother. However there are a lot of interesting links to pages and I think they are best viewed in context rather than simply reposting the links. I tried that before recently and got nowhere productive for my troubles....

Here it is...

CNN story that started the discussion...

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Submitted by security_six on Mon, 02/11/2008 - 3:04am.

Way Creepy! Read the Wikipedia Article The Infragard website Infragard Member's Website  The Progressive on Infragard

Infragard is a program by the FBI and private business designed to guard infrastructure however it raises serious privacy issues, as refrenced in the Progressive article posted below...  Some have alleged that members in Infragard in times of martial law have "shoot first" authority from the FBI...  

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Submitted by security_six on Mon, 02/11/2008 - 2:20am.

Way Creepy! Read the Wikipedia Article The Infragard website Infragard Member's Website Article which cites info in Progressive Magazine. I just don't like how this smells.

 

Infragard is a program by the FBI and private business designed to guard infrastructure however it raises serious privacy issues, as refrenced in the Progressive article posted below... Some have alleged that members in Infragard in times of martial law have "shoot first" authority from the FBI...

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