The problem is that they have such highly developed images of their own capabilities that they don't realize that if they had respected militia leaders in every state where they could slip in a stooge or two every couple years and keep a real tab on them. Instead they get loud on the blogs and in the press and instead of having highly visible patriots that they can watch they get the one man or two man teams who can keep tabs on them.
They get some good press off of an Hutarri but they get cleaned out by someone like the Clinic Bomber down in NC.
What they don't understand is that what we say here is not even close to what we really know and are able to accomplish.
The run that "They hate cops" rubbish and thus never pickup on the number of LEO we actually have in our ranks.
If they get these Cartels running loose in the back country they will end up having to call on the Militias to dig them out.
I understand that the ATF and the FBI have real agents who are doing the job like professionals, but like the Military they also have Political assignees' who have to get some lights and paper for the gipper or start looking for a job in Security.