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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
> 
The other side of the side as reported by Tulsa World:
Indictment Unsealed 

By David Harper World Staff Writer 
8/22/96

Ponca City Man Named for Communicating With Grand Juror


A Ponca City man was named Wednesday in newly unsealed indictments for
obstruction of justice and illegally communicating with a member of a grand
jury.
Dan Meador, who has been linked with an anti- government group called the
Kay County Patriots, failed to show up for an initial appearance before a
U.S. magistrate in Tulsa on Wednesday, and a warrant was issued for his
arrest. Meador was indicted Aug. 9, but the indictments remained under seal
until Wednesday.
Federal authorities allege that Meador twice in November 1995 sent written
communications to the foreman of a grand jury that was investigating the
so-called "common law" movement in the Northern District of Oklahoma.
The obstruction of justice indictment stems from a lengthy document
received July 17 in the court clerk's office for the Northern District of
Oklahoma in relation to the legal difficulties faced by Wayne Gunwall of
Ponca City and Kenny F. and Colleen Moore of Bartlesville.
Gunwall and the Moores were indicted regarding 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
attempted to pay taxes with a fraudulent check from Texas.
The three failed to appear for an initial appearance on those indictments
July 25, and warrants were issued for their arrests. Gunwall was arrested
in a Ponca City Wal-Mart store a few days later, and the Moores turned
themselves in the same day. All three declined to enter a plea at their
arraignments, so U.S. District Judge Frank H. McCarthy entered pleas of
"not guilty" for them July 31. Assistant U.S. Attorney Neal Kirkpatrick
said their trial will start Oct. 7.
The document received by the U.S. Court Clerk's Office and apparently
signed by Meador is titled a "Notice of Refusal." Under a letterhead
decorated with two United States flags and with the slogan "Under the
United States Flag of Peace," it contains passages such as "The alleged
defendants (the Moores and Gunwall) have cause to believe that the IRS,
successor to the Bureau of Internal Revenue, is not an agency of the U.S.
Government as it never created a Bureau of Internal Revenue."
It continues, stating that "the allegation that some phantom law has been
broken is without merit without the law being broken in evidence."
It also maintains that the plaintiffs "are operating . . . on behalf of the
Central Authority established by U.S. treaties on private international law
and that the benefactors are undisclosed foreign principals intent on
destruction of American solvency and sovereignty. Therefore, the Citizens
in Party allege and believe that said plaintiffs, in league with one
another, are engaging war against the people of the several states under
the color of law."
Two other documents, also apparently created by Meador and received in
Tulsa in July, are a 25-page "Federal Judicial Authority in the Several
States" and a 9-page "Declaration of Counsel and Representative." Both are
chock-full of references to the founding fathers and historical events in
the late 18th Century.
None of the documents contain any overt threats to the court or court
personnel, but Kirkpatrick said federal law pertaining to the obstruction
of justice requires no such threats.
"You can't interfere with the administration of justice," Kirkpatrick said.
Meador and another man filed an application with the Oklahoma Supreme Court
that sought to have "common law" courts have jurisdiction above district
courts in the state. In July, the court rejected the argument.
Simply put, common law enthusiasts hold that persons who consider
themselves "states" or their own sovereignties are not subject to federal
rules.
Meador's wife has been quoted as saying that her husband was hit by the IRS
for some $20,000 in back taxes that were due in 1989-1991. Meador was
reportedly evicted from his home in 1995 for being behind in bank payments.