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An apocalyptic religious group seeking to spark civil war by the assassination of dozens of police officers: that was the allegation against the Hutaree Militia from the FBI after eight members were arrested in Michigan and neighboring states. According to its Website, Hutaree identifies members of law enforcement as working for the anti-Christ and seeks to precipitate the final conflict by exploding IEDs at a police funeral. ABC's Dan Harris covered the round-up from New York City. NBC's Pete Williams filed from the Justice Department. Yet neither used the T-word to describe the alleged plot. ABC's Harris called them "one part anti-government militia and one part fundamentalist apocalyptic Christian army." NBC's Williams saw "paramilitary exercises." CBS' Bob Orr distinguished between Hutaree and the vigilance of mass transit officials by calling the militia "a different domestic threat," in other words a non-terrorist one.
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