LYCOS RETRIEVER 
Beam
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While he was active in Aryan Nations, Beam ... maintained ties with a range of far-right activists. For example, he joined Pete Peters, a leading propagandist and preacher of Identity, at an October 1992 meeting that Peters convened in Estes Park, Colorado. Richard Butler and Kirk Lyons were also among the 160 attendees who gathered to discuss the federal siege of Randy Weaver's mountainside hideaway at Ruby Ridge, Idaho. They pledged, in Peters' words, "to confront the injustice and tyranny manifested in the killings of Vicki Weaver and her son Samuel," both of whom had been shot by federal agents in the standoff. The meeting has gained an inaccurate reputation as the birthplace of the militia movement; the consensus among those in attendance that perceived government despotism had to be met with paramilitary action was clearly significant, however, as was the recommendation to propound leaderless resistance and, specifically, Beam's essay about it.
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Operation of the Beam Probes requires the use of a UV lamp such as Macken Instruments' Model 22-UV to illuminate the surface. Although any long-wave ultraviolet lamp can be used, Model 22-UV offers small size, high illumination level, and the ability to stand on end.
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On April 24, 1987, Beam and 13 others were indicted by a federal grand jury in Fort Smith, Arkansas. The charges filed by the Justice Department accused them of participating in "a seditious conspiracy between July 1983 and March 1985 to overthrow the government." Also indicted were Butler, the influential, now deceased organizer Robert Miles, and several members of The Order, the far-right terrorist group that had issued a "Declaration of War" against the United States in 1984. Specific crimes in the alleged conspiracy included the firebombing of a Jewish community center in Bloomington, Indiana; attempting to blow up a natural gas pipeline in Fulton, Arkansas; purchasing firearms and explosives in Missouri and Oklahoma; and stealing over $4 million from banks and armored cars in Washington State.
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The Beam Probes are designed primarily to be used with medium and low-power laser beams. The thinness of the plates, while allowing accurate positioning, does limit the heat dissipation of this model. The maximum allowable power is 50 watts for intermittent duty. When used with laser beam powers between 50 watts and 10 watts, the plates should be allowed to cool after absorbing 700 watt seconds of energy. The Beam Probes can be used indefinitely with beam powers of 7 watts or less.
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In the February 1992 issue of The Seditionist, Beam called for an overhaul of the movement's tactics; he advocated the formation of small, autonomous underground groups driven by ideology rather than by the directions of leaders and membership organizations. Because those outside the cell would not be aware of planned attacks, Beam explained, leaks or infiltration became far less likely. He warned that this approach would be more grueling than the status quo; in tiny "phantom cells," in the absence of leadership figures, cell members would need to be self-sustaining and committed ideologues capable of independent judgment and activity. "Those who join organizations to play 'let's pretend' or who are 'groupies' will be quickly weeded out," he explained. "All individuals and groups operate independently of each other and never report to a central headquarters or single leader for direction or instruction….Participants in a program of Leaderless Resistance through phantom cell or individual action must know exactly what they are doing, and exactly how to do it."
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Joe Beam was a presenter at the 9th annual Smart Marriages Conference in Dallas, Texas. The Conference will be June 23-26. Joe will help wrap up the event with a speech on Sunday, June 26.
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