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Timothy I. McCrory <tmccrory@idt.net> wrote in article
<3589F8AF.3E62DBEE@idt.net>...
> FYI Dan was charged, and subsequently prosecuted, 3 weeks after the
> following was published in The Journal Record of OKC. You might scratch
> your head for a second or two and maybe you'll figure out why he was
> prosecuted.
> http://idt.net/~tmccrory/IRSMEMO.HTM
> 

Well, this is what the Tulsa World said about your good buddy:

Crossed Legal Line, Judge Says 

By David Harper World Staff Writer 
6/6/97

Common-law advocates are sentenced in obstruction of justice and
conspiracy.

Saying their actions crossed the line from free speech into law breaking, a
federal judge sentenced two Oklahoma common-law advocates to prison time
Thursday.

U.S. Senior District Judge H. Dale Cook sentenced Ponca City resident Dan
Meador to 16 months in prison, three years supervised release and a $2,000
fine. Cook sentenced Bartlesville residents Kenney F. Moore to 12 months
and a day in prison and two years' supervised release and Colleen Moore to
five years' probation.

Meador was convicted on Jan. 10 of obstructing justice and of twice
illegally communicating with a member of a grand jury. The Moores pleaded
guilty Jan. 6 to conspiring with Ponca City resident Wayne Richard Gunwall
in a conspiracy to harass Internal Revenue Service agents. Gunwall was
sentenced May 21 to 15 months in prison, three years' supervised release
and a $3,000 fine.

Gunwall was also convicted in federal court in Oklahoma City on May 23 on a
three-count indictment, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney James
Robinson. The Western District of Oklahoma indictment said Gunwall and
Howard M. Boos conspired to file multimillion-dollar liens against IRS
agents.

On Thursday, Meador described himself as a "man of God" who thinks he knows
the "truth" about the federal government and its rightful powers. But
Assistant U.S. Attorney Neal Kirkpatrick described Meador as a man whose
fervent beliefs caused him to misuse the legal process. At Meador's January
trial the federal government successfully alleged that Meador, who is not a
lawyer, obstructed justice by illegally filing a pleading on behalf of the
Moores and Gunwall.

The jury also found that Meador sent two written communications to a
federal grand jury foreman in Nov. 1995 while the grand jury was
investigating the "common-law" movement in the Northern District of
Oklahoma. Common-law advocates object to the federal government as
currently constructed, especially its power to collect income tax.

During Meador's trial, Kirkpatrick called Meador's theories "weird," but on
Thursday he said, "He's no crackpot; he's a dangerous man."

Cook said Thursday that the Meador case is an "unfortunate" example of
someone who picks elements of the law and weaves them into a false legal
fabric that runs contrary to the rightful system of justice. Cook said
people like Meador have "every right" to speak about and pub<< End of
Column 1 >> lish their "radical" ideas about government, but they have no
right to "misuse" the law.

Kenney Moore's attorney, Stephen Knorr, portrayed his client as a World War
II Navy combat veteran who fell into financial trouble and became
vulnerable to the rhetoric of anti-tax groups. Knorr said Moore has backed
away from common-law ideology this year.

Kirkpatrick said he was not unsympathetic to the plight of the 73-year-old
Moore but said Moore "should have known better" and that there is no
evidence that "somebody held a gun" to Moore's head to get him to
participate in the conspiracy.

Cook said Knorr's explanation of Moore's conduct was "eloquent," but he
said: "The thing that bothers me is that it is a presentation of
victimization, not responsibility. Everybody's a victim; no one's
responsible. At some point people have to grow up and take responsibility."

Kirkpatrick said the U.S. Attorney's office did not oppose a sentencing
break for Colleen Moore because "looking at her today, Mrs. Moore would not
benefit by going to prison." Kirkpatrick said the government's agreement to
her receiving probation was based solely on "compassion."

Gunwall, Meador and the Moores have all been ordered to cease their
tax-protesting activity.