Fighting paper terrorism.

• Position: Stateline - Brief Article

A "paper terrorism" trial comes to an end in Michigan. Twelve defendants were convicted in December of fraud and conspiracy for, among other things, trying to instigate audits of 18 judges by filing bogus reports with the Internal Revenue Service. The group also issued a $750,000 U.S. Treasury check so authentic-looking that the IRS initially accepted it. The defendants, who refuse to recognize most government authority on the theory that the...