THE GAY LIBERATION FRONT: A GROUP TERROR PLAN 1
The Gay Liberation Front: A Group Terror Plan
John Cisar, Chris Inks, Alan Looney, James Looney, Autumn Martin, and Alexander Schraut
Angelo State University
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Throughout time, members of the gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, and transgender (GLBT)
community have faced discrimination, persecution, and worse. Even in this modern day, GLBT
persons face oppression and maltreatment both here in America and across the world. In
Uganda, the state criminalizes same sex relations and is proposing a law that would put to death
anyone convicted twice of homosexual relations (Lavers, 2012). In United States, GLBT
individuals are treated like second class citizens by states denying them their constitutional right
to marry their loving partners in life. In response to these outrages, we have formed the Gay
Liberation Front to fight for gay rights both in America and in the world. In the past, the Front
has conducted peaceful demonstrations, but we are weary of the pace of progress and have
decided to violently strikeout against GLBT oppression and persecution. Texas wing of the Gay
Liberation Front will perform two operations to attack our enemies. One is a peaceful protest in
opposition of Gregg Abbott, current Texas Attorney General, who has made several rulings
opposing same sex benefits. This will maintain the nonviolent face of our movement. The
second operation will send a message worldwide by blowing up the international symbol of gay
hatred which is the Ugandan Embassy in Washington, D.C. Our group has divided into
functional sections. Alan and James Looney will handle all public relations and media issues.
Chris Inks and Alexander Schraut will find a secure and safe way to raise money to fund our
group activities. Recruitment is Autumn Martin’s expertise in addition to finding ways to
monitor members, provide secure communications and maintain internal security. Charged with
planning, John Cisar will devise a detail blueprint to execute the Abbott and Ugandan operations.
With a sound and comprehensive group effort, the Gay Liberation Front will succeed in
disrupting Greg Abbott’s campaign, destroying the Ugandan Embassy and calling worldwide
attention to GLBT oppression.
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Discussion
Public Relations and Media
The Gay Liberation Front originated in July of 1969. Our group history has sparked an
equal protection movement across the country and welcomes all pro-homosexuals to join and
ensure our rights under the protection of the United States Constitution. Homosexuals have
failed for decades to peacefully achieve equality through judicial litigation. The Federal and
Judicial systems have continually failed to recognize our rights under the Full Faith and Credit
Clause of the United States Constitution which requires the recognition of same sex marriages
(Rosenberg, 2008).
Throughout history, homosexuality has been accepted and practiced by some great
civilized countries and their leaders. Julius Caesar was a homosexual and was arguably one of
the greatest Roman Emperors. He was often called the “Queen of Bithynia” because of his
homosexual relationship with King Nicomedes of Bithynia and possibly with his slayer, Brutus.
(Gill, n.d.). Ancient Greece also supported homosexual relationships. The Greek homosexual
love poetry depicts same-sex relationships between gods and heroes. Alexander the Great was
also a homosexual and his relationship with boyhood friend Hephaestion paralleled Alexander’s
favorite book “Iliad,” authored by Homer. The parallel of characters Achilles and Patroclus, in
Homer’s book, represented two heroes who were lifelong friends and were homosexual
("Alexander the great," n.d.). Great civilized societies and their leaders have accepted and
supported homosexual relationships, yet the United States has not modernized into supporting
same-sex relationships. Senator Byrd from West Virginia asserted that one reason for the fall of
the Roman Empire “was the acceptance of pervasive homosexual conduct in the Roman legions
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from Julius Caesar on down” (Clinton, 2004, p. 484). The inference made from the longest
serving Senator from West Virginia is that acceptance of homosexuals in the United States will
destroy this country.
“There has been no such major national legislation prohibiting discrimination against
gays and lesbians” (Rosenberg, 2008, p.417). The Supreme Court has failed to outright grant us
full equality as homosexual American Citizens and we are tired of being recognized as a second
class. We have been under attack by the Federal and State governments for decades. For
example in the Arkansas State House, Bill Stancil, representative from Fort Smith, introduced a
bill to make homosexual acts a crime (Clinton, 2004).
Third world Uganda has a government that is in the process of passing legislation called
“Kill the Gays.” This legislation imposes the death penalty upon anyone convicted of repeated,
same-sex sexual acts (Lavers, 2010). In Uganda, homosexuals are considered to have caught an
“un-African disease imported from abroad” (Holden, 2013). The acts of homosexuality are not
only categorized as a disease but unnationalistic. The United States Federal and State
governments are approaching this oppressive legislation, similar to Uganda, by not allowing
homosexuals in the military to express their individuality (Onziema, 2013). General Carl
Mundy, commandant of the Marine Corps, stated, “That if gays were permitted to serve openly,
the military would be condoning immoral behavior and could no longer attract the finest young
Americans” (Clinton, 2004, p.483-484). The lack of recruiting of openly gay soldiers in the
military signifies the unnationalistic traits that the United States Government views in
homosexuals.
The lack of the Executive Branch of the United States Government to ensure equality for
all citizens is paramount. President Clinton was a self-proclaimed advocate for gay rights, but he
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failed to follow through with his campaign promises, stating, “I didn’t want the public to think I
was paying more attention to it [gay rights] than the economy” (Clinton, 2004, p. 483). The
President of the United States was not interested in our cause after he received our votes to get
elected. He did not fully protect or support gays in the military, who were dying for the
freedoms that the Federal and State governments were not rightfully ensuring to our class of
people.
President Bush was asked by a moderator in the 2004 presidential campaign, “Do you
believe homosexuality is a choice?” President Bush expressed his conviction “that marriage is
between a man and a woman, and said the law should reflect that time-honored truth” (Bush,
2010, p.293). The Executive branch is not protecting our interests and is directly discriminating
against us. The Attorney General of Texas and Republican candidate for Governor of Texas,
Gregg Abbott, stated, “Domestic partners can’t receive health benefits from counties, cities or
school districts because doing so defies Texas law on traditional marriage” (Hoppe, 2013).
Attorney General Gregg Abbott must not win the next upcoming gubernatorial election because
it would be a step back for our cause. Gregg Abbott is against equality and the complete
foundation of our movement. The betrayal of the American government has gone on too long.
We must take equality. The Federal government is not allowing our society to modernize. We
must make changes ourselves and achieve equality like other minority groups or our country will
erode to an uncivilized country such as Uganda.
Statement of Principles
1. The United States is a country founded on freedom. The United States is founded on
the basis of freedom. Throughout our country’s history we have fought for freedom from
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bondage and slavery. Currently, our class of people is in bondage and we cannot enjoy
the freedoms granted to other classes of people.
2. Traditional marriages are an oppressive institution. The law only protects traditional
marriages and we believe that this legal institution is oppressing our class of people.
Until homosexuals can lawfully get married and share the same benefits under the law as
heterosexual couples, we will peacefully refuse and protest such as refusing to pay taxes.
We are discriminated against due to the lack of tax reliefs for our people that are provided
for traditional couples.
3. We are refugees in America. Our people are not allowed to assimilate in society due to
discrimination. We have to assimilate in gay bars and restaurants because of society and
government unwillingness to acknowledge and accept our class of people. Our
movement will change our social status in America. We will proudly assimilate with
traditional couples and force acceptance.
4. Ensure Equality. Our party will ensure equality to all members and we do not
discriminate like the Federal and State Governments. The Gay Liberation Front
welcomes all pro-homosexuals into our cause and movement. Those who sympathize
with our plight; those who understand the indignation we suffer on a daily basis know
that we aren't even afforded the status of second-class citizens. Homeless dogs are treated
better than we are and it's time we take the respect we deserve!
5. Cultural Revolution. Regardless of your sexuality, we are committed to living our lives
in a new sexual democracy in which sexual stereotypes do not exist and human rights are
preserved. This movement will change the world and societies from stereotypes and
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stigmas. Our revolution will dismantle status quo and heterosexual domination of
society.
Our media department will produce daily YouTube videos to help spread our message
around the globe. We currently have a newspaper called “Gay News” and website which will
also spread our message. The message will spread quickly and the anticipated followers will
grow due to the social media websites such as Facebook and Twitter. Our grassroots campaign
welcomes everyone to become familiar with our movement. These social media outlets can be
located at Google+, foursquare, Vine, and Flickr. The Google handouts provide a live chat feed
so everyone can become involved and express opinions about the oppression of governments
across the world. When any event occurs, such as protests or other types of incidents, our media
department will quickly correct the false propaganda that originate from such news channels as
Fox news.
Financing the Group and the Operations
We will seek to diversify and decentralize as much of our financial aspect of the business
as possible in order to increase the longevity of the group. Doing so, if one cell of the
organization is compromised, the remaining cells will be able to continue driving toward
completion of the organization’s goals without worry in regards to where they are going to get
the needed funds. However, this does not preclude some type of overall management of the
financial function. Only a few individuals will understand the entirety of where the illegitimate
money is coming from and how it is dispersed to the individual cells, what legitimate businesses
we are running, and how we are laundering the money. Since this is a very sensitive position,
the individuals directing this will need to appear as disconnected from the organization as
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possible. Mitigation of the appearance of organizational connectivity will be accomplished
through the use of liaisons and runners with at least five levels of separation. Most analysts and
law enforcement officials stop link analysis chains at three to four levels of connection. Also, by
using non-integral people to facilitate transactions and communication between the organization
and those at the top of the financial leg, there will be limited traceable involvement resulting in
the appearance of clean hands. There will never be any direct connection between the
organization’s finances, the individuals at the top of the finance leg, and the organization. At the
end of the day, the most important thing is survivability.
When it comes to funding, it is understood that to be most effective and maintain
longevity it is important to have, both, legitimate and illegitimate sources. While the illegitimate
source of funds (i.e. donors sympathetic to our cause) will benefit the whole of the organization,
we will also proactively create legitimate businesses which, while providing a limited source of
legitimate funds, will more importantly serve money laundering functions. These legitimate
businesses will be located in dense urban areas in order to take advantage of the sheer number of
potential “legitimate” customers thereby masking large quantities of currency laundering, not to
mention the likelihood of specific terroristic actions taking place near such areas. Because each
cell can be considered its own company, each location will require an individual to overlook the
day-to-day business operations of the local cell’s legitimate businesses. This individual will not,
however, have any knowledge of the overall organizational financial situation or those
overseeing the finance function. This is done as a protective measure for the organization as a
whole. Due to the nature of money laundering, it is important that the businesses be heavily
cash-oriented. As such, the businesses we are going to create include:
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Car Washes – Car washes provide a business with little to no inventory and no
government oversight. Large amounts of cash inserted into this type of business
will draw little attention from banks as well.
Nail Salons – Similar to car washes, nail salons provide a negligible inventory
business with no government oversight other than health inspections. Most
customers pay and tip in cash. Most salons in New Jersey require cash only as
well.
Laser Tag – Laser tag has no inventory other than snack bars. Banks would also
expect this type of business to deposit predominately in cash due to the nature of
the business.
Indoor Child Playgrounds – This type of business is a money laundering dream.
There is no inventory and little to no records of how many children come through
on a given day other than sales receipts. The business itself is self-perpetuating
and allows for massive amounts of cash to be inserted into its revenues.
Lawn Maintenance – Lawn maintenance is the simplest type of business to set up
and has no oversight at all. All you need is a cell phone, truck, lawn mower, and
edger and you have a business. There is no government oversight, it is almost
exclusively conducted in cash, and there are no records to maintain.
Laundromats – Laundromats are a cash only business where large amounts of
cash can be laundered.
As mentioned, all of the above businesses provide fantastic opportunities to launder money
obtained from illicit means and private donors. Additionally, the businesses are very profitable
and can provide additional organizational funds through their normal operation. Which
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businesses we will pursue in which location will remain wholly dependent upon the monetary
need of the local cell(s), general makeup of the local population, and available resources. As a
final note, such locations also offer many opportunities for recruitment.
When it comes to paper trails, because it is impossible to completely eliminate them,
especially in regards to the legitimate businesses the organization will be running, it becomes
immensely important to make them as complicated as possible. Additionally, there is a need for
offshore tax havens so that the organization will be able to keep much of its money out of the
prying eyes of the State in order to facilitate its movement across borders and between cells.
This will be accomplished through the creation of a complex maze of various shell companies
and trusts in countries that respect individual privacy much more than Western countries. This
step is particularly important because of the pressure applied by the United States toward other
countries to comply with requests concerning financial records. In the United States’ pursuit of
terrorism, it did not take long for Switzerland to bow to pressure recently. Therefore, we have
chosen to exploit Panama, the Cook Islands, Belize, and Seychelles for the time-being. Each of
these countries has strict privacy laws and require little information in order to create the entities
we need with very little reason to ever bend to the will of the U.S. and violate the privacy of their
customers, especially since so much of their income is a direct result of the incorporations and
trusts set up in their countries. They have all recently stood up against U.S. pressure to divulge
financial information protected by their own laws. We are also aware that, as times change, the
policies of various countries will also continue to change, so we will keep up-to-date with the
laws of these and other tax havens and move, create, and/or dissolve the various incorporations
and trusts the organization has as the demand for such needs arises.
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Money transfer is the final area of the finance function and once again, we are employing
multiple methods in order to reduce risk. Although we have been referring to the organization as
if it was entirely U.S.-based, the truth is that we are looking to become global. As such, methods
that work in the U.S. will not be relevant in other countries, however this does open up multiple
other options not available in the U.S. Therefore, in order to transfer money between cells and
individuals in the U.S. and worldwide, we will be employing the following methods:
Hawalas – A hawala is a traditional Islamic money remittance and currency
exchange business where money can be transferred from one entity to another
with no paperwork. The system essentially works on trust. Person A, in the US,
wants to send Person B, in Syria, $10k. A goes to his family’s trusted hawala and
informs Hawaladar C (the operator of the hawala) that he needs to send $10k to B.
C says great, makes a note in his records of the amount and a code for the
transaction. C tells A that B can pick up the money in an hour at Hawaladar D. A
then call B and provides the code and the location of D. C also calls D and
provides the amount and the code for the transaction. B visits D, provides the
code and receives the $10k. Since this is a traditional Islamic banking system and
Islam is known to be anti-homosexuality, it provides our organization an
opportunity to transfer money via a system that would normally be looked at but
due to our ideology would not be.
Stored Value Cards – The use of stored value cards (SVCs) as a method of
transferring money is relatively new. Essentially the systems works where Person
A goes to Store B and purchases a SVC in cash for say, $5k. A then gives the
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card to Person C. C sells the card to a third party for a reduced amount and
receives cash in return.
M-Pesa - M-Pesa (M for mobile, pesa is Swahili for money) is a cellphone based
money transfer service currently in use in Asia and Africa. The system allows the
user to enter their local cell phone store and load any amount of money on their
phone. The user is able to then “text” the money to any other user. The system
provides a highly secure method of transporting money across borders with no
threat of loss of funds since the cell phone company keeps track of the money in
the account. The benefit to this system is the lack of tracking of fund transfer
information. When A sends money to B using this system, there is no record
outside of a text message between the two. One account losses the transfer
amount while the other gains the amount. No record of where the money came
from or went is kept. This is the main reason why this system is not in use in the
United States.
The final and probably most complex (other than the maze of incorporations and trusts)
opportunity we will be taking on, is the effective exploitation of decentralized digital currency
(DDC). This will be handled by the few individuals overseeing the entirety of the financial area
of the organization as it will require specialized knowledge to operate and day/swing trade.
Bitcoin is currently the oldest and most active DDC (Kapur, 2013) but its success has led to the
creation of other competing versions such as Ripple (Stone, 2013), Litecoins (Irerra, 2013), and
Primecoin (Stuckey, 2013). What makes this form of currency viable is its lack of connection to
any central bank or State. Because of this, there are neither paper trails nor any way to
physically shut it down. Bitcoins are traded from one individual to another with no record of the
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transaction other than IP addresses which can be easily spoofed. While it has great utility in
facilitating legitimate transactions, this has already led it to much use within the black market
also (Chen, 2011).
For those who think such an operation is just a fad, as of April 15, 2013, a mere three
years after its inception, the total value of Bitcoins in circulation was just over $1 billion
(Simonite, 2013). However, the viability of DDCs is not limited to their resultant transactional
secrecy. At the market’s high, a week prior to April 15, the total value of Bitcoins in circulation
was over $2 billion dollars after a short run-up in value (Simonite, 2013). Instead of State
currencies, whose value continues to drop as more are created in response to continued
government spending, because there can only be a limited amount of Bitcoins ever in existence,
speculation and perceived value continue to drive the monetary figure upward. What this means
is that Bitcoins bought and held for a rather short period of time can literally double or triple in
value, all without pesky government records. This is as good as free money for the organization.
Therefore, Bitcoins and other DDCs will benefit the organization by allowing the transfer of
funds from one cell or individual to another without being traced and the ability to earn a return
on funds held as Bitcoins.
Of course there is always the potential for the DDC to go down in value at one time or
another, even if only temporarily. However the longer term tracking shows a continual upward
trend. Even if it did decrease in value at some point, the holding currency trading would
generally be limited in duration so as to mitigate the effects of such a decrease and it would be
considered merely the cost of doing business. Certain transactional costs are associated with
money laundering and movement regardless but with this particular option we have the very real
potential of getting away with a much lower cost and doing so in a much safer way.
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The Uganda and Abbott Operations, described in the next section, will need a
combination of cash and multiple pre-paid credit cards. To provide the funds to our agents in
these operations, we will use one of our trusted Hawalas in the operation location. One of our
trusted financial agents will pick up the funds and purchase multiple pre-paid credit cards (less
than $100 per card) at various locations. The cards will then be passed on to the operation agents
at a pre-determined location and time. These operational agents can sell the credit cards as
needed to obtain cash for all required purchases, further avoiding surveillance cameras at ATMs.
This will allow the agents to only have a small amount of cash on hand reducing the chance of
capture and loss of funds. Hotels are the only component that must be paid via credit card.
Agents must utilize locations that utilize minimal records and surveillance to avoid law
enforcement backtracking once the operation is complete.
People and Recruitment
Abbott Operation. A major recruiting factor for our organizations is that the GLBT
community has been brutally oppressed and discriminated for years. The group, their friends and
families have felt the hurt and sting of this treatment which in many cases that has led to suicide.
These emotions would be a powerful motivation to tap into for our cause.
By using social media, we can recruit more members without being geographically
limited. Not only would this be helpful in building our member base, we can also gather
intelligence through these sites. This would also be another platform to share our information.
Being that Abbott's office is in Austin, we can use the local population to recruit protestors. The
local “Keep Austin Weird”, UT at Austin, and the local GLBT groups would be great to recruit.
With all the protestors being from the community, there would be no cost for housing, and we
would just need to provide the group with one or two meals, depending on the time of day of the
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sit-in. Recruitment and selection for this op (20-30 Protestors including one Media
Spokesperson) would be through fliers at the college or reaching out to “Keep Austin Weird”
and the local GLBT group. A Facebook page would be established promoting the cause would be
created to keep members up to date on information and allow communication within the group.
Ugandan Operation. Recruiting should begin with cement companies that are well
known and have employees that are known to have lots of wealth and are sympathetic to our
cause. There is a local LGBT Community in Washington D.C., which would also be a great
resource for recruitment efforts, as well as for procuring the alternate identities, safe houses, and
obtaining used vehicles so as to remain inconspicuous while this operation is underway. The
safe houses should be stocked with food/supplies enough for a few days/weeks after the
operation when our recruits go underground after the attack.
Fake ID cards will be vital for the recruits to maintain cover while preparing for,
executing, and staying underground following the operation. These ID cards will allow the
recruits to rent vehicles and hotel rooms, gain access to restricted areas, and provide a level of
separation from their true identities further protecting them and our entire organization from
detection and prosecution. The website Plastic Card ID has everything we need to create the
alternate identity cards. A dual sided printer with magnetic encoder named the Evolis Primacy
card printer is equipped to handle all of our card printing needs (Plastic Card ID, 2013). Primacy
delivers cards in runs, thanks to 100-card capacity input and output hoppers. These modules are
conveniently located at the front of the printer and can be accessed easily and monitored at a
glance. The Primacy is the very first printer in its category to offer this level of performances
through such a compact size and footprint. The printer also ensures top-notch printing quality at
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an unmatched printing speed. If we have a card printer, we could make IDs as many as we need
and not have to hassle with outside documents. The cards come in 500 count boxes and for
$34.98 we could get started with 3,000 cards. This is a large amount for this operation only but
in the future more ops like this may arise and we need to be prepared. Table 1 details the costs.
Table 1
Alternate Id Cards Costs (Plastic Card ID, 2013)
Evolis Primacy duplex card printer system $3000
3,000 Blank cards $35
Signature panel $16
Magnetic strip $33
Estimated total cost $3084
As for the farmer and farm/barn area, we need to go with the same route and look for
large farms close to the attack site with members of the GLBT community who are willing to
work with us. We have to remember and ask ourselves: Why would these farmers/cement
workers join a terrorist organization? They are part of an oppressed, discriminated and
disaffected group in American society and thus they have a motive to effect change.
Internal Security. For the Abbott Operation with it being just a one day event, the need
for security would be minimal, although still needed. The recruits would meet at a pre-
determined rally point and from then on move as one cohesive front to carry out the operation as
smoothly as possible. There would be a designated supervisor within our group to monitor the
recruits at all times. We would need a secure mode of transportation that would be large enough
to carry the members but not large enough to draw attention and suspicion, such as small
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passenger vans. This is a peaceful act of civil disobedience so there should not be much
incidence with the operation.
The Ugandan operation’s internal security is going to be a big issue. The members will
have to have alternate identities so their true identities remain unknown and will have to proceed
to the safe-house as soon as possible after the attack is carried out and then be monitored the
whole time. This is going to be our violent act, so it is going to cause a lot more media attention
and fear than the Abbott operation.
Monitoring Members. Since the members will be together throughout the operation,
monitoring for the Abbott operation will be a fairly easy task. After the sit-in, the Facebook
page would be another alley to monitor the group and the actions surrounding the cause and the
issues we face. There will now be a united, established presence in the Austin community and
there could be further operations planned in the future by locals. Should an incident occur,
further action can be decided upon. For the Ugandan operation, the team members will carry
burner phones to stay in contact with the group and once the attack has been fulfilled, the
attackers will take cover in the safe houses until it is safe for them to resurface.
Secure Communications. iPhones will be bought and distributed to the members with
the CellCrypt Mobile App which will encrypt phone calls to a level that is not breakable via
current methods. The actual App is free however the service is pricey but we can afford as many
of the phone/app combos as we need. Additionally, we can use World of War Craft's voice chat
function or draft emails left in a shared email account.
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Our own private internet network could be set up using TOR and we would be able to do
basic background and credit checks on people like the farmer, drivers, and other key members.
the most important advantage to be had from using TOR is the anonymity and protection of
one’s privacy. The way Tor works is it encrypts all the information that is relayed from one
server to another, with the current server only knowing the IP addresses of the server that gave it
the data and the one it is supposed to pass the data to, making the process virtually untraceable.
No one has to know what you’re up to, and no one has to know who’s on the other end of a
conversation you’re having online (Kotenko, 2013).
Another option would be to use Freenet. Freenet is an anonymous peer-to-peer data-
sharing network similar to BitTorrent but with one key difference: All uploaded data is assigned
a unique key, sliced up into small, encrypted chunks and scattered across different computers on
the network. Freenet routes fetch requests through intermediary computers on the networks that
do not store records of the request, thus ensuring that no single computer on the network knows
the contents of any one file (Wawro, 2013).
The Details for the Abbott Operation
The Plan. Fortune has smiled upon our movement. Greg Abbott is running for
Governor and has started campaigning. Thursday July 18, he has a ‘Come meet Greg Abbott!’
event at the Scholz Garten located at 1607 San Jacinto Blvd Austin, Texas 78701 (Texans for
Greg Abbott, 2013). The event starts at 5:00 pm and is just a few blocks from the University of
Texas campus. As a campaign media event, we will have plenty of press on had to document our
protests and actions. The Scholz Garten (2013) has far less security obstacles than the William P.
Clements State Office Building where the State Attorney General’s office is (Augustine, 2009).
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The People guys need to register the 20-30 people for the free tickets to get into the event at
www.gregabbott.com (Texans for Greg Abbott, 2013). We will also require rainbow T-shirts
(about two weeks lead time) to unveil at the event when they start their protest (Custom Ink,
2013). Media guys will come up with a catchy slogan for the shirts. We will meet at the front of
the UT Penick-Allison Tennis Center at 14:30 and move to a place in Centennial Park to eat
lunch and coordinate our actions. A map is included in Appendix A. Lunch will need to be
ordered the day before (Thunder Cloud Subs, 2013). People can walk from the UT campus, take
the bus, or park for a fee at the UT Trinity parking building off of MLK Blvd. The rules of
engagement will be strictly passive resistance and the yelling of slogans. No alcohol or drug use
during this operation will be tolerated as excess consumption of those items led to many
problems. We will teach the protesters what slogans to yell and how to become dead weight
when one is being removed by security and police. Being in control and passive at all times is a
must. Those situations will be practiced with the protesters. The goal of this operation is to put
forward a peaceful face on the Gay Liberation Front as our movement and its goals gain
nationwide attention. At 4:00 pm, the group will walk over to the Scholz Garten to take
positions. The T-shirts will be concealed until the protest is started at which they will be
displayed. Actions will be coordinated via text message using a pre-paid burn phone to all
players and a backup visual will be coordinated. At some time after 5:00 pm during Abbott’s
speech, the signal via text and visually will be given and the protest will begin. One concealed
member will film the protest. After the protest, the group will meet back over at Centennial Park
for a post mission debrief and Amy’s ice cream. Ice Cream needs to be ordered two full days
ahead (Amy’s Ice Cream, 2013). At all times this group must be totally separate from the
Ugandan operation and have no knowledge of it.
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The Requirements. We will need two logistic people for set up and clean up in the park
(food, water, ice cream and T-shirts), two operations people to train and supervise the protesters,
one media operative to video the event, and twenty to thirty protestors. The material
requirements are listed in Table 2.
Table 2
Abbott Operation Material Requirements and Budget
Thirty box lunches from Thundercloud Subs (1608 Lavaca Street) $260
Four cases of water bottles, ice and two ice chests $100
Two 2.5 Gallon Boxes of Amy’s ice cream (1012 West 6th Street) $70
Thirty T-shirts uni-sexed (S, M, L, XL) $400
Van one day rental $300
Estimated total cost $1200
The Details for the Ugandan Operation
Requirements. A family farm of a sympathetic supporter or member in the Virginia or
West Virginia area that has 100 acres or more and a large barn is needed. The barn will conceal
our bomb making activities and provide a reason to buy the fertilizer. Farm supply stores like
American Plant Food Corporation in Bartlett, Texas will sell custom mixed ammonium nitrate
fertilizer (about 33 percent Nitrogen) and rent the spreader for free (if you buy from them). Five
tons (10,000 lbs) is a common amount and will fertilize about twenty acres of corn or fifty acres
of hay (Maguire, Alley & Flowers, 2009). This amount of fertilizer costs about $550 per ton for
a total of $2750 (Richey, 2013). The spreader hooks up to a heavy pickup truck (use the
farmer’s) and is a convenient way to transport the product. We are going to use a cement mixer
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truck which affords many advantages. They can haul up to 40,000 pounds of material and can
easily mix the material (Molina & Vincent, 2013). It is common on the road and the truck can
crash many fences, curbs, and other vehicle barricades. The explosion can achieve higher
pressures in the mixer than in other methods of transportation. Chaparral Concrete Equipment in
the Dallas / Fort Worth area specializes in no questions asked trucks sales in some of the
sketchiest areas throughout the world and has good used cement mixer trucks under $20,000
(Molina & Vincent, 2013). The truck could be obtained in the Virginia or West Virginia area
through a similar company or private sale. Three reliable used mid-sized cars can be bought
from private sales for $4000 or under each (AutoTrader.com, 2013). One car is for the
reconnaissance team and the other two are for the actual operation. Car and truck sales can be
coordinated before the team leaves via email and pre-paid burn phones with a primary and a
backup for each. We will obtain four AR-15s and four pistols with 50 rounds of 40cal and 100
rounds of 5.56mm for each weapon (Ammunition to Go, 2013). Mr. Inks will supply the 3D
printer made weapon suppressers. Eight people in total are needed with a two person recon
team, two people in lead or pilot car, two people in the truck and two people in the trailing or
sweeper car. Pilot and sweeper car teams need to have one trained marksman and one driver.
Eight alternate identities are required with Virginia or West Virginia driver’s license and cover
stories.
Table 3
Ugandan Operation Material Requirements and Budget
Motel rooms 8 people for 7 days at $100 a day $5600
Per diem 8 people for 7 days at $75 a day $4200
Weapons (AR-15s and Glocks) $10,000
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5.56 ammunition 500 rds penetrator ammo $400
40 S&W Tactical Bonded 155gr. Hollow Point 200 rds $200
Three used cars $12,000
Cement mixer truck $20,000
10,000 pounds ammonium nitrate fertilizer $2750
200 pounds of Tannerite exploding targets $800
110 gallons of diesel fuel $380
Travel via car from Texas to target location $1000
2 pounds of IMR smokeless powder $70
Estes rocket engines, wires, PVC tubing, 2 timers, and 2 cell phones $200
8 Pre-paid cell phones $400
2 Used I-pad and one used digital camera $800
Estimated total cost $58,800
ANFO Bomb. Since the weight of our bomb is not an issue, we will use 10,000 pounds
of ammonium nitrate fertilizer (about 33 percent Nitrogen). The Ammonium Nitrate - Fuel Oil
(ANFO) bomb requires about six percent of weight to be fuel oil or about one gallon of fuel oil
for each 100 pounds of ammonium nitrate. This ratio assures an efficient chemical reaction of
the nitrate (Pike, 2011). Two fifty-five gallon drums of diesel fuel will be needed. Nitromethane
could also be used, as in the Oklahoma City bombing. Nitromethane is used by racers and in
remote control planes and can be purchased in fifty-five gallon drums for about $1000 per drum
plus shipping (Klotzwarehouse, 2013). McVeigh used a twenty-four percent nitromethane mix
in his device. Aluminum powder was also investigated as a fuel additive and is readily available
at places like Alpha Chemical (2013) for shipment at $240 for forty pounds. An ammonium
nitrate, nitromethane and aluminum powder mix would be more powerful but more testing and
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research is needed to get the proper fuel / oxidizer ratio. For simplicity, we will use only diesel
fuel which will provide the necessary explosive force to destroy the target. The detonation
system consists of two Estes rocket engines (Estes-Cox, 2013) (one to a cell phone and the other
to a backup timer) to one pound of smokeless gun power like IMF 4320 (Cabela’s, 2013) in a
PVC tube to detonate 100 pounds of Tannerite, also in PVC tubes arrayed around the gun power
charge. One should note that Tannerite can be legally bought, stored and transported in any
amount in its binary form. Only after mixing do the hazardous chemical restrictions apply
(Tannerite Sports, 2013). The detonation system will sealed in a liquid proof wrap to prevent
damage to the components. For redundancy, the bomb will have two of these systems to explode
the 11,000 pounds of AFNO. The detonation system ignition can be tested by replacing the
rocket engines and a dry arming run will validate the five minute timer setting. A movable steel
plug will be inserted in the back of the mixer hole. This will increase the pressure generated by
the explosion.
The Plan. Driving time from Texas to the target area is about 20 hours. The recon team
will drive separately and the bomb delivery team will take two cars. The Estes rocket engines,
wires, PVC tubing, timers, cell phones and Tannerite can be brought in Texas and divided
between the two cars. The timeline is a day and half of travel time. Day two is to finish travel
and buy cars. The Texas cars will be placed in multi-day parking lots near the egress points and
used for the drive home. Day three through five is the start of reconnaissance and procurement
of the cement mixer truck, the fertilizer, diesel fuel, weapons, gunpowder and ammunition. On
day five, the bomb will be assembled. During day six, the attack will commence around or
before noon and the drive back to Texas will begin. Day seven, the teams will arrive back in
Texas and abandon the Texas cars.
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The reconnaissance team will accomplish the target survey of the Ugandan Embassy.
They will observe and record the physical layout, security measures and habits of embassy
assigned personnel. The team will test the ingress and egress routes and note any difficulties,
traffic problems, law enforcements activities and locations. They will have no knowledge or
contact with the bomb delivery team other than email. They will email the report with the
recommended ingress and egress routes and the optimal time of day for the attack. Target and
route pictures are located in Appendix B. The report will detail difficulties and possible
solutions that the bomb delivery team will face. Good operations security procedures are a must
for the successful outcome of this operation which means no discussion of plans and people
outside of the cell group and secure areas. All location services on the phones and I-pads will be
disabled. Phones will not be on or used at the farm. The bomb will be assembled in the farmer’s
barn.
The day of the attack, the farm will be cleaned of all items and motels rooms checked
out. The two person pilot car team will lead the cement truck by several miles and relay any
traffic problems or law enforcement to the rest of the team. The pilot car will take up a position
just outside the embassy and will neutralize any guards just prior to the truck entering through
the gate and into the parking lot. They will give cover as the truck driver and passenger escape
the truck and into the cars. The two person sweeper car will follow the truck and observe if
anyone is following the cement mixer. If cement truck gets pulled over or into any trouble, the
sweeper car is responsible for neutralizing the trouble or law enforcement and achieving an
escape. The sweeper car provides cover to the escaping pilot and truck teams after the truck
enters the parking lot. The two person cement mixer truck team will drive the truck safety and
within all traffic laws. Just several blocks short of the target, they will arm the detonation
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devices and start the five minute timers. They will insert the detonation devices into the ANFO
bomb and close the plug. The truck team will drive into the embassy parking lot through the
gate and over any vehicle obstacles to get as close to the building as possible. The diver will
remove the ignition key and set the parking brake before leaving. The driver will go to the
sweeper car and the passenger will leave in the pilot car. Cars will proceed to the egress points
and the Texas cars. All players will change clothes, destroy phones, I-pads, weapons and any
other evidence of the operation. The drive home will take a day and half.
The Front itself will not claim responsibility for the embassy bombing. Our media team
will anonymously plant the story with several media outlets that unknown members of GLBT
community attacked the Ugandan embassy because of Uganda’s persecution and oppression of
gays. With our peaceful credentials built up with non-violent protests like the Abbott operation,
we can get our crack media team on the talk and news show circuit as a voice of reason to
explain why pent-up anger caused GLBT members to strike out violently. Thus the act of the
bombing results in public attention which allows the Front to get its message out while retaining
plausible deniability about the bombing. The group’s nonprofit funding would not be
jeopardized by anti-terror funding laws and law enforcement could not take action with evidence
linking us to the bombing. Without the terrorist label, the Front’s access to the media should be
uninterrupted to spread our message for future events.
Conclusion
The Front has a well-developed concept to accomplish both the Abbott and Ugandan
operations. The media and public relations section has brilliantly articulated our movement’s
principles and stands ready to tackle any media issues. Our finance team has created an
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outstanding blueprint to securely, safely and generously fund all of the group’s activities. Martin
has recruited motivated members to carry out the Front’s desires and secured the means to safely
communicate between individuals. Cisar designed two detailed plans which will successfully
accomplish the objectives of disrupting Abbott’s Austin campaign stop and destroying the
Ugandan Embassy. These operations by the Gay Liberation Front will call worldwide attention
to the group’s principles and strike a blow for gay rights and freedoms.
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Appendix A
Abbott Operation Target Study Images
The Front View (Google Map, 2013a)
The Stage View Were the Abbott Rally will be Held (Scholz Garten, 2013)
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The Back View of the Scholz Garten (Google Map, 2013a)
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Map of the Scholz Garten (A), Centennial Park, and the Tennis Courts (Google Maps. 2013a)
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Appendix B
Ugandan Operation Embassy Target Study Images (Google Map, 2013b)
Front View of the Two Ugandan Embassy Buildings from 16th
Street
16th
Street North View
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View of Right Turning from 16th Street onto Manchester Lane (Red Line is the Truck’s Route)
View of Right Turn Off of 16th
Street onto Manchester Lane
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View of 16th
Street (across) and Manchester Lane (Vertical)
Side View from Manchester Lane with Parking Target
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Corner View with Parking Lot
Pilot Car Position (Red Box) with View Down Manchester Lane
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