FBI: Law officers involved with supremacists

ATLANTA - An FBI agent testified Wednesday that Georgia law enforcement officers may have ties to the National Alliance, the nation&#39;s largest white supremacist organization. <br> <br> The testimony came at a bond hearing for 42-year-old Chester James Doles, a Dahlonega man who authorities say was the Georgia organizer of the National Alliance and a former Ku Klux Klan grand dragon. <br> <br> FBI Special Agent Joseph Thompson said an informant who met with Doles since 2001 told police about law enforcement ties to the group. No names were mentioned in court. <br> <br> Thompson said, ``That shows that Mister Doles has a support network including law enforcement.&#39;&#39; He said you vastly increase the capacity of the network by having authorities as members because they can look the other way. <br> <br> U.S. Magistrate Linda Walker denied bond to Doles, who was arrested last week on charges he was a felon in possession of firearms. Walker mentioned the law enforcement connections when refusing bond.

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