Latest News re: Oregon's RW Bundy-Led Armed Insurrection
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As we enter Day 9 of the standoff at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, here are the latest developments:
Ammon Bundy and his band of militants appeared ready to settle in for the long haul Saturday when a rifle-toting "security detail" broke the relative lull that had fallen over their weeklong standoff at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.
The arrival of 20 more armed men at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters Saturday added kindling to a potentially combustible mix, raising concerns that law enforcement's low-key response to the situation might backfire. Observers say the FBI, which has jurisdiction over the federal refuge, has been deliberately patient. After deadly confrontations in Waco, Texas, and Ruby Ridge, Idaho, during the 1990s, authorities have adopted a "wait-them-out" response to similar situations in hopes of preventing another conflagration. If authorities wait too long, though, they risk losing control of the situation – creating a more dangerous or protracted confrontation.
In taking control of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters, militants occupying the site have also taken over the desks of the people who work at the site – their cubicles, their computers and, evidently, their personnel files. Oregon Public Broadcasting visited the compound Friday and reported that militants appeared to be using federal computers inside the compound, machines that can be accessed only with employees' ID badges. Lists of names and Social Security numbers were visible, alongside government ID cards.
(30 miles from the Malheur Refuge's Federal Building occupied by armed insurrectionists)-> The FBI has staged at the Burns Municipal Airport, blocking entrance to a U.S. Bureau of Land Management base there used to fight fires during the summer. Men in FBI gear were posted Saturday in a sport utility vehicle along Airport Road about five miles east of the city, keeping cars and trucks from entering a BLM "SEAT Base" where another large vehicle sat equipped with FBI signage, numerous antennae, a satellite dish and other gear.
Ranchers and federal land managers have a longstanding and symbiotic relationship across the west. But the relationship is a contentious one, too, providing fuel that stokes an ongoing standoff at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Militants occupying the refuge say their goal is to divvy up its tens of thousands of acres among dozens of ranchers, and wrest control of all public land in Harney County back from the federal government. But an analysis by The Oregonian/OregonLive shows that blowing up a century-old system of federal control over public rangelands wouldn't be a good thing for most ranchers in Harney County or elsewhere.
Much more at this link, including additional information, plus a number of embedded links to highlight/source some of the information:
http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-standoff/2016/01/oregon_standoff_what_you_need_3.html#incart_river_index
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Weird, cuz I saw "FBI Surveillance Van" on the list of available wi-fi networks near my house, and I'm nowhere CLOSE to Oregon!!11!
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