<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><a class="actorPhoto lfloat" href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/St-Maries-Gazette-Record/181216955240356?ref=stream" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true" data-ft="{"type":60,"tn":"\u003C"}" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/hovercard.php?id=181216955240356" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; float: left; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-top: 18px; text-align: left; "><img class="_s0 profilePic _rw img" src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-prn1/162019_181216955240356_6142337_q.jpg" alt="" style="text-align: -webkit-auto;border: 0px; width: 50px; height: 50px; display: block; "></a><div class="storyInnerContent" style="margin-left: 60px; text-align: left; "><div class="mainWrapper" style="margin: 0px 35px 16px 0px; padding-top: 18px; "><div role="article"><h5 class="uiStreamMessage uiStreamHeadline" data-ft="{"tn":":"}" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; font-weight: normal; outline: none; "><div class="actorDescription actorName" data-ft="{"type":2,"tn":":"}" style="text-align: -webkit-auto;margin-bottom: 0px; font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 4px; "><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/St-Maries-Gazette-Record/181216955240356?ref=stream" data-ft="{"tn":";"}" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=181216955240356" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000" size="3">St. Maries Gazette Record</font></a></div></h5><h5 class="uiStreamMessage userContentWrapper" data-ft="{"type":1,"tn":"K"}" style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; "><div style="font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><font size="3"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">REPORTS EMERGE KEY PLAYER IN CITADEL PROJECT A CONVICTED FELON</span></font></div><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="3"><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-weight: normal; "><br></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-weight: normal; ">There has been no shortage of interest in the proposal to build a walled community in the Benewah Valley.</span><span style="font-weight: normal; "> </span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-weight: normal; ">Direct information from the group, however, has been more difficult to come by.</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-weight: normal; ">The Citadel Project has received extensive coverage since it was first reported in this newspaper, Dec. 12. In addition to daily newspaper coverage, the Associated Press carried a story about the proposed city that would be built behind a large wall, much like a medieval castle. Last week, the community was the topic of a joke on The Colbert Report, a popular national television program on Comedy Central. The comedy spoof was followed by coverage on The Drudge Report, which linked to a report about the armed community.</span><span style="font-weight: normal; "> </span></div><span class="text_exposed_show" style="font-weight: normal; display: inline; "><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">The web site and a forum operated by supporters of the endeavor are active, but efforts to talk directly to proponents of the project have been unsuccessful. </div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">Now reports are swirling that a key player in the project is a convicted felon. </div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">Our newspaper has been in contact with the Southern Poverty Law Center and has learned that it’s possible one of the major individuals involved is a three-time convicted felon. </div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">Attached is a full report detailing the most recent information uncovered.</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; "><a href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.splcenter.org%2Fblog%2F2013%2F01%2F18%2Fconvicted-extortionist-a-key-figure-in-idaho-citadel-patriot-project%2F&h=VAQEsIHD8AQGsiMogn73RgBEo78ESAqlZiuNeCeh3215DiQ&s=1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; 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"> </div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Moscow, Idaho</div><div><br></div><div>"<span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">There's room at the top they are telling you still</span><span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "> </span></div><span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill </span><br style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); 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