The plot included a plan to destroy government buildings in Laos and distribute $9.8 million worth of automatic weapons and anti-aircraft explosives among revolutionaries, according to the court records.said CHP Assistant Commissioner Art Anderson met in March with Hmong community leaders who claimed to be interested in helping recruit Hmong for the CHP. Anderson set up a March 7 tour of the CHP Academy in West Sacramento for 26 Hmong representatives, including at least four who now face federal charges. Plot organizers would not have had enough time to implement such a plan if it existed, Clader said. It takes four to six months to complete a background check before being accepted to the six-month academy, she said. The background process involves psychological testing. Clader did not know of any applications to the CHP resulting from the March meeting, and the CHP is cooperating with federal investigators.

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