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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
> 
Yet another Tulsa World article on your good buddy:

Prosecutor, Defense Argue Man's Common Law Views 

By David Harper World Staff Writer 
1/9/97

An attorney for common law advocate Dan Meador told a federal jury
Wednesday that his client is a man who has firm beliefs about government
and the nature of its power. A prosecutor, however, claimed that Meador's
arguments are mere "tax-protestor claptrap."
Meador's trial on charges of obstructing justice and illegally
communicating with a grand juror began Wednesday in the Tulsa courtroom of
U.S. Senior District Judge H. Dale Cook.
The obstruction of justice charge stems from a document received at the
federal Court Clerk's Office in Tulsa in July 1996 in relation to the legal
difficulties faced by three other common law enthusiasts.
Federal authorities also allege that Meador twice in November 1995 wrote to
the foreman of a grand jury that was investigating the so-called "common
law" movement in the Northern District of Oklahoma.
Common law advocates say they are wary of the federal government in its
current form, particularly its authority to collect income tax.
During Wednesday's testimony, IRS inspector Tracy Foster said the second
letter Meador sent to the grand jury called the IRS' activity treasonous.
The letter reportedly beseeched the grand jury to investigate the IRS,
saying it otherwise would be an accomplice to the IRS' "crimes," just as
German civilians who were prosecuted at Nuremberg after World War II were
accomplices to their government's atrocities.
However, defense co-counsel Paul DeMuro characterized any missives sent by
Meador to the grand jury as earnest offers to help it in its work instead
of efforts to interfere with any investigation. DeMuro said his client is
"open and above board" in his beliefs and his actions.
"This case is not about obstruction of justice," he said. "This case is
about what happens when the government doesn't like what a citizen's legal
views are."
But Assistant U.S. Attorney Neal Kirkpatrick said Meador's views led him to
illegally intercede in the tax case of Kenny and Colleen Moore and Wayne
Gunwall although Meador is not a lawyer. The Moores and Gunwall pleaded
guilty to a conspiracy charge Monday.
Further, Kirkpatrick said Meador admitted in a suit he filed Jan. 3 in
state court that he had committed the federal crimes he stands accused of.
Specifically, Kirkpatrick pointed out a passage stating that in November
1995 "Mr. Meador constructed a letter of complaint, enclosed various
evidences and sent the material simultaneously to the federal grand jury
foreman and the office of the Oklahoma attorney general. . . . Copies of
the complaints were also sent to the office of the U.S. Attorney."
The trial continues Thursday.