Tanner's sitting in federal prison without bail, and the first round of demands broadcast from the television station includes a call for his immediate release. Our analysts feel that the trigger for this escalation was the recent arrest of the group's leader, Jeremiah Tanner, on tax evasion charges. While both the FBI and the ATF have been dogging their trial for years - their fingerprints are all over several illegal arms deals, in addition to the other incidents - this is the first time they've been known to take hostages. In response, the militia's members have done their best to be independent of the government paying no taxes, stockpiling arms and protecting their property as sovereign territory. The group's central belief is that the American government has become decadent and depraved, catering exclusively to special interest groups and willing to sell out its citizens in a heartbeat to any corporation or foreign power with ready cash. A right-wing militia organization with strong racist tendencies, the group has been involved with several shoot-outs with West Virginia state police, and have been implicated in connection with a series of armed robberies throughout the state. Prepared by Perry Marlowe The group calling itself "The Mountain Men" was founded in 1986 in West Virginia, and it's existed in some form in the state ever since. You can shut off the system there.įield Operations Report December 30, 2001 The security controls are located at the reception station in the first floor lobby. Disarm the security system Your first task is to disarm the security system so you can get onto the roof without setting off any alarms. Let's show the world what the HRT can do.ġ. The 350-strong Hostage Rescue Team was established in 1983 to be a national level counterterrorist unit, offering a 'tactical' optiona military optionfor the most extraordinary law. If any of the hostages are killed, especially on a live broadcast, we're going to catch hell for it. Blue team and Red team will back you up.īe careful. Once you've taken them off the air, put the militia down and bring the hostages out. ![]() Get into the station, disarm the security system from the lobby control panel, then head up to the roof to disconnect the broadcast feed. However, we've been in touch with the security company that owns the system, and they've given us the master access codes that will get us in without tipping our hand. Our best guess is they've re-programmed it to alert them if any attempt is made to breach the building. One of the hostages they released says that he saw the Mountain Men fiddling with the station's security system. ![]() ![]() Now the group is broadcasting live from the news studio and threatening to kill the hostages if their demands are not met. Most of the hostages have been released, but they kept a few as insurance. Sorry to pull you out of your New Year's celebrations, but we've got a touchy situation out in West Virginia, and the local boys need our help.Īt approximately 19:00 hours this evening, a militia group known as the Mountain Men stormed a television station in Charleston, taking the station personnel hostage.
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