PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon State Police trooper testified a government informant was driving Ammon Bundy when the Oregon standoff leader was arrested on his way to a community meeting north of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.
Trooper Jeremiah Beckert said Wednesday that informant Mark McConnell alerted police that Bundy and other occupiers were traveling Jan. 26 and provided their location.
Beckert then described the ensuing traffic stop and arrests. He said he did not see what happened to Robert “LaVoy” Finicum, the occupation spokesman shot by police after fleeing the stop.
U.S. District Judge Anna Brown warned attorneys not bring up the circumstances of the Finicum shooting in front of jurors. When it was mentioned, she told jurors this trial is not about the Finicum shooting.
Bundy and six co-defendants are charged with conspiring to impede federal officers from doing their jobs at the wildlife refuge.
http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/trooper-driver-for-refuge-occupier-a-government-informant/
And once again, we called it almolst immediately.
Good work, Trenchers.
http://www.fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/finicum-shooting-was-bundy-driverbodyguard-an-fbi-agent-provocateur/156016
I heard someone suggest that Mark McConnell was a rat long ago.
I think Henry said it, or it may have been Mr. Koernke, but I don’t think this is a big surprise. What’s important is that you see how close these people can get.
Keep your organization small, preferably comprised of people you’ve known for a long time, and keep an eye on them too. Beware of people released from jail early — they may have been let out simply because they have the ability to get close to you.
Just have to do what the mob had been doing for years…keep small circle with surveillance detail on the outter circle. I know that that situation would mean there is some kind of structure…but there always is regardless. Humans are herd animals. Followers and leaders. Intelligence will keep you alive and out of firefights. Guns only give you a fighting chance for the current battle.
I have people asking all the time how do I join a group or do you know of a group I can get into. I always respond if your not in 1 now forget it. If you find a group and you do get in and they find out you are a GI you will be killed and fed to the hogs. Some of the looks are hilarious!