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VERY TRICKY

October 05, 2007

It looks as though the marshals who arrested Ed and Elaine Brown got into the fortified compound by posing as supporters:

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - New Hampshire tax fugitives Ed and Elaine Brown were arrested by deputy U.S. marshals who showed up at their door last night posing as supporters that the Browns had invited to their secluded home.

U.S. Marshal Stephen Monier says the Browns, who had vowed not to be taken alive, were arrested peacefully by a small team of deputies on their front porch

So the standoff ended quietly:

As Monier put it: "They invited us in, and we escorted them out."

It sounds like a good thing that they were invited in. Given the "homemade bombs" and "booby traps" scattered about the compound, an uninvited guest might have gotten a warm reception.

Related: NOW THE BROWNS WILL BE LOCKED IN FROM THE OUTSIDE

Tags: ed brown.elaine brown.tax protesters.

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