Mark Kessler - Coming Out of the Closet Part 4

Fox News Network's Alan Colmes had a special guest on Tuesday, December 2, 2014. As so often happens on television, the guest was "coming out of the closet", though this had nothing to do with sexual orientation.

The guest, Chief Mark Kessler, formerly chief of the Borough of Gilberton, Pennsylvania Police Department, explained why he got into going after patriots, apparently with a total disregard for the intention of the Second Amendment. Here is an audio of the entire Colmes/Kessler interview. * * * * * * * * * * * * * Following are some excerpts from that interview: COLMES: And you used these videos as not an expression of your own views, but as a way to get other people to respond? KESSLER: Correct. We used them as a tool, and they worked overwhelmingly.

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COLMES: Why wouldn’t your police force, since they are also a government agency, in Gilberton have been in on this so you wouldn’t have to lose your job? KESSLER: I couldn’t tell anybody, I just couldn’t; it was complete deniability. I could not say a word to anyone about the operation. So again it was bigger than me. I seen [sic] an opportunity to advance my law enforcement career, and there was no way I was going to turn it down. Observation: It seems that Kessler's motivation was career oriented. Would this not be true, to some degree, for anybody in law enforcement? * * * COLMES: Were you promised a job by somebody in the federal government to do this? KESSLER: No, it was volunteer work. COLMES: What was in it for you? KESSLER: I got to save a lot of lives, I can tell you that. I got to do a lot of undercover work that I always longed to do at a national level, I mean, I don’t know any law enforcement officer… [that wouldn't jump at the chance to do what I have done?] * * * COLMES: Did it occur to you at the time that you would put your job in jeopardy, because you wouldn’t be regarded as a peace officer of all the residents of Gilberton? KESSLER: Absolutely, but again, it was bigger than me. It was a lot bigger than me. I was given an opportunity of a lifetime to do work that I had always wanted to do, and I jumped on the opportunity. Unfortunately, it was volunteer work, because I was a law enforcement officer and you can’t get paid for that, but I got [sic] reimbursed for going different places. Observation: This is the James Bond syndrome. Living in a fantasy world. However, Kessler was quite poor at what he did. If he had not come out of the closet, he may have had a career. Instead, he is out on both sides of the fence. He is no good to the feds, and, he is surely no good as a patriot. * * * COLMES: How many people would you say came out of the woodwork, or how many groups came to you as a result of the bait that you threw out there? KESSLER: Thousands and thousands and thousands; they have no idea… COLMES: And what? You turned them over to the feds? KESSLER: My job was to find out if they were dangerous or not. If they were a dangerous group or deemed a threat to society, well, then, we took care of business. Observation: Be advised that if you had contact with Kessler, there may still be a surprise in store for you; prepare for it. Relocate any equipment he may have been aware of. Take precautions to protect yourself. * * * COLMES: How is your name not attached to this? You don’t want to tell us what agencies, where you got this information, who you work for? KESSLER: I was intel, I was strictly intelligence. * * * COLMES: You also have a reality show, do you not, in production? KESSLER: Well, it’s still in the works, but we didn’t sign yet; we signed to get one in the works, but we didn’t sign to actually get one started. * * * COLMES: Where can the citizens go to see the results of this? Is there any place we can learn more about it? KESSLER: My part is finished. I’m not at liberty, I can't reveal which agencies… COLMES: Will there be a time when you will be able to reveal that? KESSLER: Yes, I’m sure there will be, but right now, there are still pending investigations going on. I cannot reveal what’s going on… Observation: There are still pending investigations. There is no telling how long that list is, or what may have been included in his reports. It is even possible that an exaggeration, on his part, might put someone at greater risk than their own circumstances warrant. * * * COLMES: You don’t think the Left are a bunch of libtards? KESSLER: No, that’s not my job as a law enforcement officer. That was specifically designed to attract groups of people that are extremists, sovereign citizens, insurrectionists, and it worked absolutely fantastic [sic]. Again I’m happy to say that we took down several plotted attacks that didn’t go through, we took down a group in Georgia. We took down a group in Texas. COLMES: Can you name any of the groups you took down? KESSLER: The Triple X Minutemen is one group. COLMES: Triple X-Minutemen? Who are they? KESSLER: They are from the Georgia area, and they were planning to blow up a federal building. Observation: He has claimed that 53 people will go down. So far, we only have three that we know of. If anybody has information on the Texas group or others that have suffered the wrath of government because of Kessler, please advise the author of this article. * * * * * * * * * * * * * By the evening of the interview, postings on the Internet, including Facebook, were being read or listened to. A hornet's nest had been stirred up by Kessler, and it appears that he attempted to undo the damage he had brought upon himself when he posted, on his Facebook page, this comment (evening of December 3): His coal miner background is apparent in both his grammar and word usage. However, his effort to distance himself from the truth failed, miserably, as the previous articles in this series clearly demonstrate. There is little doubt that Kessler has "come out of the closet", and though he tried to go back in, he has only managed to bring further discredit upon his name.