Raw Story:
...During a report about the arrests, CNN's Susan Candiotti displayed a web page from MichiganMilitia.com advertising a "Tea Party." The website promotes an "Open Carry Family Picnic & Tea Party" to be held on April 10, 2010....
Tea Party? Hmmm. Do they have ties to the "Tea Party" groups?
NYTimes:
Nine members of a Michigan-based Christian militia group have been indicted on sedition and weapons charges in connection with an alleged plot to murder law enforcement officers in hopes of setting off an anti-government uprising.
In court filings unsealed Monday, the Justice Department accused the nine people of planning to kill an unidentified law enforcement officer, then plant improvised explosive devices of a type used by insurgents in Iraq to attack the funeral procession.....
..... “This is an example of radical and extremist fringe groups which can be found throughout our society,” Andrew Arena, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge in Detroit, said in a statement. “The F.B.I. takes such extremist groups seriously, especially those who would target innocent citizens and the law enforcement officers who protect the citizens of the United States.”
CBSNews has the names of those indicted:
...David Brian Stone (whose aliases include "Joe Stonewall" and "Captain Hutaree"), 45;
Stone's wife, Tina Mae Stone, 44;
David Stone's two sons: Joshua Matthew Stone (a.k.a. "Josh"), 21, of Clayton, Mich., and David Brian Stone, Jr. (a.k.a. "Junior"), 19, of Adrian, Mich.;
Joshua John Clough (a.k.a. "Azzurlin," "Az," "Mouse" or "Jason Z. Charles"), 28, of Blissfield, Mich.;
Michael David Meeks (a.k.a. "Mikey"), 40 of Manchester, Mich.;
Thomas William Piatek, 46, of Whiting, Ind.;
Kristopher T. Sickles (a.k.a. "Pale Horse"), 27, of Sandusky, Ohio; and
Jacob J. Ward (a.k.a. "Jake," "Nate," and "Guhighllo"), 33, of Huron, Ohio....
Apparently, these people were targeting various groups, including law enforcement.