Joe Miller countersues for legal cost of fighting to keep the truth about his past unethical behaviors from being revealed. And just what are his ties to the Alaska Citizens Militia anyway?

From the Alaska Dispatch:

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Joe Miller is not happy about having to deal what he's termed a "petty" issue: His use of his colleagues' computers to try to unseat a GOP leader he'd had enough of.

The media lawsuits were filed against the Fairbanks North Star Borough, which is Miller's former employer and the keeper of records related to his job there as a part-time attorney.

Now, Miller wants the borough to pay for any legal fees he'll rack up, according to papers filed in court Wednesday. And, he wants the borough and former mayor Jim Whitaker punished. Miller has suffered damages from "illegal and unconstitutional disclosures" of contents in his personnel file, according to a filing by attorney John Tiemessen, and will wait to show how severely he has been harmed until the cases go to trial.

Miller is arguing that borough law and the Alaska Constitution protect his right to privacy, and that leaks about his job history are in violation of those protections.

So essentially Joe Miller is suing for the legal costs that he will accrue as he fights to keep any facts from being revealed that may further damage his reputation, completely ignoring the fact that if he had simply cooperated with the press in the first place there would have been NO legal cost for him to worry about.

Of course Miller was afraid to do that because he is well aware that the information in his employment file may blow his campaign out of the water.

(For those confused by the fact that Miller seems to be represented by a different attorney than Sarah Palin's pet poodle Thomas Van Flein, don't be.  He is a member of Van Flein's law firm.)

I have to imagine that Miller is having significant difficulty focusing on his campaign right now.  Especially since the ties between the militia nutjobs in Alaska and his rent-a-Gestapo are coming to light.

From TPM:

William Fulton, the head of DropZone Security, denies that he's a member of the Alaska Citizens Militia -- though he inarguably has some ties to the militia, and has even been referred to as the "supply Sergeant" by the head of the group.

The ACM was started by Norm Olsen, who the Southern Poverty Law Center reports also started the Michigan Militia, though he was kicked out after touting this theory about the Oklahoma City bombing: "The Japanese government had bombed the federal building there as a return favor for the sarin gas subway attack that he said the U.S. government carried out in Tokyo."

(You know getting kicked out of one of these militias for being to wingnutty is almost like being kicked off of a pro-basketball team for being too tall. This Norm Olsen guy is obviously a real headcase!)

And though Fulton denies being a member of the ACM, Olsen is among those Fulton communicates with on the ACM message board. Writing under the username "bob bob" but signing his posts "DropZone Bill," Fulton has posted 42 times since January, according to Google.

Check out one of "DropZone Bill's" posts on the ACM forum page from just last Saturday:

Thats why I said we all should know our flanks if your in My AOR (Area of Ressponsibility) by all means say hi tell me what area your operating in and how I can identify you same goes for me I will be more than happy to provide that same information to all those on my flanks by doing that before hand we can fix a lot of these issues what I don't agree with is getting involved with what ifs, triggers, internal politics, or communicating tactical information with other groups/units the less technical details we know about each other before the ballon goes up the better that way if one goes down for being stupid or set-up or both, the rest of us are clean. I'm not saying we should hide in the shadows by any means I just think tactical planning should stay within individual groups.

Get to know the guys and groups around you cut up the land scape like a pie each group having its own AOR it is responsible for. If your a lone operator it may just be your house or block but disseminate that information to the group or groups that butt up against you. Get a map of your area draw boundary lines, but that is all that should be on it. I have no problem sitting down with you or any of the other guys operating out of the Anchorage bowl and hacking out areas that way we all know each other and where everybody will operate the larger issues come when we start sharing plans and other tactical information.

I also am very glad this conversation sprang out of our meeting this needs to be had better now then later and this bulletin board is a great resource allowing us all to develop our thoughts and really take the time to hammer this out we all owe Norm a thank you for making this venue available to us.

Dropzone Bill

It is obvious from reading this forum post, and the ones both  preceding and following it, that these guys really believe that a war with the Federal government, and UN peace keeping troops, is imminent.  They are essentially gathering weapons and exchanging tactical information so that they will only kill Federal agents, military personnel, and civilians who wander into their perimeter, and NOT EACH OTHER.

I am beginning to believe that THIS information might be just as important, or even more important, than finding out about Joe Miller's unethical behavior while working for the North Star borough.

I would like somebody to ask Teabagger Joe, what his involvement is with ANY militia members in Alaska, and if he is aware that the guy he hired to rough up Tony Hopfinger is actively planning to take up arms against our own military members and Federal agents? Remember he DID make that remark about admiring how East Germany managed to control the flow of immigrants with that great fence of theirs.

(BTW for any of you who think I might be exaggerating the crazy, I invite you to click the link to the ACM forum page and read a few of those posts for yourself. And if you live in Alaska good luck trying to sleep tonight.)