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Date: Tue, 15 Nov 1994 11:51:16 -0800
From: Phil Agre
The New York Times has a longish report on the US militia movement, in which groups of heavily armed citizens are organizing for a possible guerilla war against the US government. The reference is:
Keith Schneider, Fearing a conspiracy, some heed a call to arms, The New York Times, 14 November 1994, pages A1, A12.
Here is one passage from it:
"Some experts say that the militia members, despite their tough talk, are not as dangerously militant as the small movements of other armed conspiracy theorists, like the Aryan Nation and Posse Comitatus. But, by all accounts, the militia movement is a much more widespread phenomenon, involving many more people in every region of the country, linked together by computer networks, fax, shortwave radio, home-produced videos and desk-top publishing."
It's hard to imagine how you could have a "well-regulated militia" (in the language of the Second Amendment) without technological coordination. Still, whether you regard this is a risk or benefit depends on whether you regard guerilla warfare as a solution to the problems of democracy in the United States.
Phil Agre, UCSD ```