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Last year, the Northwest Forum’s June and August meetings had three infiltrators. One was Patrik Hermannson of Hope Not Hate. The second was the girlfriend of a member of the local Cascadia group. The third was David Lewis, a Seattle journalist.

Obviously, we needed to rethink our vetting procedures.

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Washington is a “two-party consent state.” Thus it is a crime to “intercept or record a private telephone call, in-person conversation, or electronic communication unless all parties to the communication consent.” Thus if Hope Not Hate operative Patrik Hermansson releases any recordings of people at the June’s Seattle Northwest Forum (which expressly forbids photographs and recording without the consent of participants), he will be admitting to a crime, and any damaged parties will pursue legal remedy.  (more…)

Patrik Hermansson

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“These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country . . .” — Thomas Paine

In May of this year, I went to London to speak at the London Forum and the first annual Jonathan Bowden dinner. Stead Steadman introduced me to a young Swedish man going by the name Erik Hellberg. (more…)