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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
> 
And Tulsa World says:

Reluctant Defendant in Court 

By David Harper World Staff Writer 
8/27/96

Common law advocate Dan Meador, indicted on a charge of obstructing
justice, appears in court after an arrest warrant is issued

. Ponca City resident Dan Meador said Monday that he did not know what
exactly was meant by the phrase "United States of America" on an official
court document and said that federal magistrates like Sam Joyner are
actually national park commissioners.
At an initial hearing in Joyner's courtroom in Tulsa, Meador declined to
enter a plea to indictments unsealed last week. The court issued innocent
pleas for him.
A federal grand jury indictment alleges that Meador twice sent written
communications to the foreman of a U.S. grand jury that was investigating
the "common law" court movement in November 1995, and that Meador
obstructed justice by filing a lengthy document with the court in July on
behalf of three other common law advocates who have legal problems of their
own.
A warrant was issued for Meador Wednesday after he failed to appear for a
court date. He had been indicted Aug. 9.
The U.S. Marshal's Office said Meador turned himself in about 10 a.m.
Monday. By 3 p.m., the third-floor courtroom where daily criminal
proceedings are normally held without fanfare was overflowing with Meador's
supporters.
Some of them brandished what appeared to be legal documents, while others
snickered at statements made by Joyner and Assistant U.S. Attorney Neal
Kirkpatrick.
Meador was released on $5,000 unsecured bond and a 10 percent deposit bond
of $5,000. Under the deposit bond, Meador posted $500 before he was allowed
to go home Monday. He will get that money back if he shows up for his next
court date.
In addition to routine conditions, Joyner also prohibited Meador from
filing documents in other cases meant to "intimidate" witnesses, lawyers
and judges.
Even though Meador plans to represent himself, Joyner demanded that each
document Meador files in his own case be signed by stand-by counsel who
will advise him of the legal consequences.
Joyner's latter decree came too late to affect Meador's "Bill of
Particulars" filed Monday.
Meador claims U.S. magistrate judges are actually national park
commissioners, the U.S. Marshal's Service has no regulatory authority in
the several states, and "the Department of the Treasury of which the
Internal Revenue Service, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and
U.S. Customs are all a part is the Department of Treasury in Puerto Rico."
Also, Meador's 19-page document states "the United States of America either
is, or represents a foreign principal with respect to the several states
which are subject only to Congress' Article I legislative jurisdiction.
There is no corresponding statutory provision authorizing the United States
of America to be a moving party with respect to the several states."
The document also makes reference to supposed hidden powers in federal law
that benefit "The International Monetary Fund, the so-called World Bank,
the Agency for International Development and possibly others. Department of
Justice officials have yet to rebut the allegation that in the 1980s,
illicitly collected American tax dollars at least partially funded the tank
and military truck factor(y) on the Kama River, Russia."
Meador said Monday the court- imposed limitations on his pleadings were
part of an effort "to hamstring me as far as my defense is concerned."
Kirkpatrick said the government just wanted to limit "oddball" legal
maneuvers he said appeared to be intended as a sort of injunction meant to
let Meador beat the rap federally.
"The more mistakes and omissions he makes, the easier it will be to convict
him when the time comes," Kirkpatrick said.
Meador said Monday he did not know that last November's federal grand jury
was studying the "common law" movement specifically. In his "Bill of
Particulars," he said his communication with the grand jury "was sincere at
the time, with no malice of intent or wish to break the law. Dan Meador now
understands that complaints need(ed) to be filed via the U.S. Attorney,
with a demand for Department of Justice to supply a special prosecutor."
Meador admits he served as counsel to "assist" Kenny and Colleen Moore with
construction of a pleading that attacked the authority of the IRS, among
other things. The Moores and Wayne Gunwall are facing federal charges of a
conspiracy involving fraudulent "common law" liens against Internal Revenue
Service employees and their property. Kenny Moore and Gunwall are charged
with trying to place a $7 million lien against an IRS employee through
false filings.
Also, the Moores allegedly committed mail fraud when they supposedly tried
to pay taxes with a fraudulent check from Texas.
After the Moores and Gunwall skipped an initial court appearance July 25 ,
arrest warrants were issued for them. Gunwall was arrested at a Ponca City
Wal-Mart store a few days later, and the Moores turned themselves in later
the same day. Innocent pleas were entered for them by the court July 31.
They await an Oct. 7 trial.
Like Gunwall at his arraignment, Meador vowed Monday not to skip any more
court appearances and seemed to look forward to airing his arguments about
"monumental issues of law" fully in open court.