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Timothy I. McCrory <tmccrory@idt.net> wrote in article
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> 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
> 
Here's another Tulsa World article about your good buddy:

Protester Of Taxes Convicted 

By David Harper World Staff Writer 
1/11/97


Dan Meador is convicted of obstruction of justice and another charge.

A Ponca City common law advocate was convicted Friday of obstructing
justice and of twice illegally communicating with a member of a federal
grand jury.
Dan Meador was found guilty in a jury trial in federal court in Tulsa.
Meador will be sentenced April 3.
Government prosecutors successfully alleged that Meador, who is not a
lawyer, obstructed justice by illegally filing a pleading on behalf of tax
protesters Kenney F. Moore, Colleen Moore and Wayne Gunwall.
The pleading, titled "Notice of Refusal," purported to give legal reasons
why the Moores and Gunwall were not subject to prosecution in federal
court. The three pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge Monday.
The jury also found Friday that Meador did send two written communications
to a grand jury foreman in November 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 it is
currently constructed, especially its authority to collect income tax.
During the trial that began Wednesday, Assistant U.S. Attorney Neal
Kirkpatrick portrayed Meador as a person who blatantly tried to enlist the
grand jury to investigate his "weird" theories. The prosecution asserted
that Meador threatened the grand jury members when he informed them that
they would be viewed as accomplices if they did not investigate his
assertion that the IRS is "treasonous."
The defense tried to convince the jury that Meador meant no harm to anyone
and that he merely was offering to assist the grand jury in its
investigation by offering to appear before it. It portrayed Meador as a
patriot with firm beliefs about the government and the nature of its power.
The case went to the jury late Thursday afternoon, and the jury recessed
for the night at 5:40 p.m. It reconvened at mid- morning Friday and didn't
announce its verdict until 2:30 p.m.
Kirkpatrick said he was not getting nervous, despite the length of the
deliberations. He said that because the jury had to review about 100 pages
of documents in the case, the length of the jury's discussions merely
showed that the members took their task seriously.
Kirkpatrick didn't dispute the right of citizens to hold unconventional
views of government and to express those opinions. However, he said a line
must be drawn when those actions interfere with the justice system.
"This is a country of laws, and those laws must be obeyed," Kirkpatrick
said. "If they aren't, then the system breaks down."