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I would not want the Bureau of Land Management to manage a damn thing. It is a little discussed Executive agency that the President often uses as a political bludgeon. Unless it provokes a huge armed stand-off not many people really notice.
Well notice this... from their million dollar desert tortoise facility that saw huge amounts of them eventually euthanized, in the end it was discovered that the habitat that the work and planning of Cliven Bundy is what attracted the Desert Tortoise to the land he properly managed. Instead Rocco sends his best button men to put pressure on the ranch for not paying their protection racket. But this time Rocco found out that the folks he tried putting down on had a small army of cowboys waiting for them with 2 words to relay. GO HOME!
I’m smelling another need for that here, the only problem is that the horses can’t give an interview or fire an AR-15. Boy if wishes only could come true.
As I write this I found myself politically targeted at least in part by a property owner and his minions from California. The owner, Gary Paris of Montocido California who has properties in Arizona he apparently inherited allowed the property I was on to run down to decrepit. Long story short, we were to receive value in paid rent ahead for our work and once my part was essentially completed and after going without an AC Unit and coupled with the owners refusal to give me his legal address to formerly complain saw me evicted on lies so bad my neighbor winced at the 15th lie in his case. One major glaring tell tale sign of a political ideologue who in good “cancel culture” form, used my involvement with the Bundys in his eviction case. The only problem is he failed to mention how my involvement was remotely relevant to my always paying my way and working beyond what he compensated me for. In explaining to the Sheriff involved in investigating several things somewhat related I found it necessary to fill him in on why his entering that information into my eviction was not only a violation of my civil rights but it made the lies about the rest understandable. I decided to republish this article so we have it for posterity’s sake.
By ANY MEANS NECESSARY is the motto of the far left. And apparently it is one of Mr. Paris as well
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redoubt news. My article was ina video presentation which was deleted with my entire channel with all of the journalistic work I had done over the years. It was an act of economic and career terrorism by Google / YouTube. Please check out Redoubt - qespecially Shari. She is an awesome reporter.
In an exclusive video interview with Redoubt News, Washington State Representative Matt Shea read from a letter he received concerning a BLM whistle blower named Larry Wooten.
Wooten was the lead investigator for the Bureau of Land Management’s investigation into the Bunkerville/Gold Butte operation that went bad for them in April of 2014.
The letter outlines egregious violations and abuses committed by the Bureau of Land Management employees, lead by SAC Dan Love.
These heinous acts were discovered when Wooten was assigned to investigate the Bunkerville Standoff/Gold Butte operation that took place in April 2014.
Wooten was the lead investigator for nearly 3 years, digging into a multitude of issues. He states in the letter:
…the investigation revealed a widespread pattern of bad judgment, lack of discipline, incredible bias, unprofessionalism and misconduct, as well as likely policy, ethical, and legal violations among senior and supervisory staff at the BLM’s Office of Law Enforcement and Security.
He outlined specifics, such as very derogatory name calling, when he described the unprofessional behavior. Additionally, Wooten states that this behavior was committed “often by law enforcement supervisors who are potential witnesses and investigative team supervisors”.
Agent Wooten outlines in detail how Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Dan Love was known for his bad behavior and allowed to get away with it, as he was “the BLM OLES “Directors boy” and they indicated they were going to hide and protect him.”
But, the information that this courageous whistle blower reveals only gets worse from here.
Wooten goes on to outline that SAC Dan Love had what was called a “Kill Book as a trophy and in essence bragged about getting three individuals in Utah to commit suicide (see Operation CerberusAction out of Blanding, Utah and the death of Dr. Redd).”
The report also describes what appears to be additional people on the BLM hit list, this time, however, Wooten’s own supervisor was an accessory.
My supervisor even took photographs in the secure command post area of the Las Vegas FBI Headquarters and even after he was told that no photographs were allowed, he recklessly emailed out photographs of the “Arrest Tracking Wall” in which Eric Parkerand Cliven Bundy had “X’s” through their face and body (indicating prejudice and bias).
The report that Representative Shea shared has multiple pages and is presented here for you to read for yourself.
Wooten Report
Some people might claim this is a disgruntled employee, and I would say they are probably not wrong. However, there are too many specifics included, and too many verifiable facts, to disregard the report. Any person that uncovered these abuses, and was fired for trying to report them, has every right to be disgruntled.
Wooten explains that in “February of 2017, it became clear to me that keeping quite became an unofficial condition of my future employment with the BLM, future awards, promotions, and a good future job reference.”
This report names several BLM agents and employees, but then it goes even further. The US Attorney’s office is also implicated in the cover-up:
When I asked [AUSA (First Assistant and Lead Prosecutor) Steven] Myhre if the former BLM SAC’s statements like “Go out there and kick Cliven Bundy in the mouth (or teeth) and take his cattle” and “I need you to get the troops fired up to go get those cows and not take any crap from anyone” would be exculpatory or if we would have to inform the defense counsel, he said something like “we do now,” or “it is now.”
Wooten took great risk upon himself to report the flagrant and vicious acts committed by these government representatives and the Acting US Attorney, Steven Myhre, had him fired from the investigation.
On February 18, 2017, I was removed from my position as the Case Agent Lead Investigator for the Cliven Bundy/Gold Butte Nevada Case
My supervisor told me that AUSA Steven Myhre “furiously demanded” that I be removed from the case and mentioned something about us (the BLM, specifically my supervisor) not turning over (or disclosing) discovery related material
We have previously reported on the blatant Brady violations the prosecution continues to commit. They have withheld evidence that would have easily exonerated these 19 men. The prosecution knew the Bundy family was not threat, as they have already referred to the “Threat Assessment Report” previously completed. These men should never have been incarcerated at all, let alone kept for nearly 2 years.
The list of exculpatory evidence that has been kept from the defense continues to grow. 2 men, Todd Engel and Greg Burleson, were convicted based on this false information. Will truth win out and their convictions get overturned? If the people are to have any chance of regaining trust in our judicial system, this is what should happen.
What about the men that were pressured to accept plea agreements? If those agreements were based on false evidence the prosecution claimed to have had, or if they did not disclose the true facts of the case, will these men have any recourse to have their pleas overturned?
From left to right - Duane Ehmer, LaVoy Finicum, EJ Parker, Ammon Bundy, and Tom Lacovara-Stewart on location at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Federal land theft site renamed “The Harney County Resource Center”. According to Article 1 Section 8 Clause 17, the Federal Govt. is restricted from acquiring acreage like that in the states once they become states.
It is now in the hands of Judge Gloria Navarro. She has spent months catering to the prosecution. She has proven to be no friend of the defense.
However, was she misled in this case, as well? Have her eyes been opened to the truth of the scandalous behavior of the prosecution and their witnesses?
If she wants to make this right, and see justice is served, she needs to resolve these issues immediately. She needs to dismiss this case, unseal the entire case and evidence, and hold Steven Myhre and company accountable for their actions
We thank Rep. Matt Shea for his courage in reporting this corruption. We need more elected officials to speak up on behalf of their constituents.
And we thank Larry Wooten for his bravery in shedding light on this outrage. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke needs to step up and address his situation, as well.
While celebration commences in the latest victory for persecuted ranchers Dwight and Stephen Hammond by the pardon issued by President Trump we must realize that exposing the truth and the fight for freedom moves on. It's time to call it like it is. While we watch mainstream media continue to propagandize the public regarding the Bundy Standoff, and events at Malheur in Oregon, important information is slipping passed. And to date not one federal agent or prosecutors who have collectively broken many laws have been charged with those crimes but the two FBI agents who fired first upon LaVoy and company hitting Ryan Bundy in the arm and killing LaVoy Finicuim.
In this video you will hear Ammon Bundy's testimony from the trial that Federal Agents conspired to commit acts of blatant murderous activities upon protesters while laughing and joking about it. If the same had been of those protesting speaking of "shoot to kill" actions planned against federal agents there would have been even more charges and likely a minimum of 20 years in Federal prison. In my humble opinion, as long as these people have no "title of nobility", and actually even if they did, they should be governed by the same laws you and I are. And it is absolutely clear that equal protection under the law, and fair treatment is but a myth.
Listen carefully to Ammon Bundy's words regarding the comments of the Bureau of Land Management agents that was captured on their own body cameras. All they were awaiting was to be unleashed. But while waiting, these thugs were speaking of shooting women in the head and plans to kill. No official "ROE" or Rules of Engagement were officially sanctioned as "shoot to kill", at least not officially. Makes you wonder why the Bureau of Land Management illegally shredded a large portion of the evidence of their investigation.
From the Las Vegas Review Journal: November 10, 2016
Bureau of Land Management agents shredded sensitive documents about their roundup of Bundy family cattle in the tense hours before their April 2014 standoff with armed Bundy followers, federal prosecutors have confirmed.
In court papers, prosecutors said the hurried shredding occurred as agents at the impoundment site feared they were in imminent danger and about to be overrun by a crowd of angry Bundy supporters.
The shredding began the evening of April 11, 2014, and continued until BLM agents were forced to abandon the impoundment camp the next morning, BLM Agent Kent Kleman wrote in an accompanying four-page affidavit.
Among the items shredded were copies of the impoundment operations plan, maps and papers containing cellphone numbers and personal information about government employees and contractors involved in the roundup, Kleman said.
The destruction of the documents was necessary to “prevent disclosure of law enforcement sensitive information to persons engaged in criminal activity,” prosecutors wrote in their court papers.
So the claim is that this was "sensitive material". They were "worried about being overrun and the material being seized by the Bundy Protesters". This explanation is not only laughable but it also shows what they were actually producing themselves was the fecal matter of cows (BS) while shooting prize bulls in the head and shooting more and placing them in a huge mass grave hole dug by them in the desert which I personally recorded with Ryan Bundy and Jerry Delemus.
Of course this same agency had prosecutors, FBI, helicopters, trucks coming and going, etc.
So why was this evidence not simply removed to storage pending the trials?
The "destruction of documents" (a crime) is then justified in their minds because they were scared.
The same thugs that were chomping at the bit on body cams to kill protesters.
Defense investigator, Keith Gordon, had obtained bags of shredded evidence left behind by the BLM, and Hill sought to dismiss the charges against his client on grounds it amounted to the destruction of evidence in the criminal case.
But prosecutors responded that the dismissal is unwarranted and that Hill failed to establish that he has been unable to obtain copies of the shredded documents from other sources.
They also argued in their court papers that the shredding occurred because the BLM agents did not want the information to fall into the hands of people who had threatened them. It was not done to withhold evidence in a criminal case put together nearly two years later, they said.
In his affidavit, Kleman added that the shredding was “not conducted in bad faith or to hide exculpatory information that would have been useful to the defense.”
Kleman said agents had a duty as law enforcement officers to keep the internal documents from the Bundy forces as tensions mounted during the confrontation.
“Such information was contained in the confidential operational plan from the impound, which is a master planning document of the operation that included not only details of how the government planned to carry out the cattle impound but also included detailed personal information of the government employees and contractors who planned and participated in the operation,” Kleman said.
Hill offered a different opinion in an interview.
“The government’s nonchalance about the destruction of evidence is just the latest travesty in this case,” he said. “In this country, you have a right to see the documents made by the people trying to put you in prison. The government shouldn’t get a pass for shredding papers and notes that just might have shown that Ammon didn’t do anything wrong.
The shredding effort comes on the heels of another unusual government disclosure in the high-profile case.
Prosecutors confirmed in court documents that undercover FBI agents posed as a documentary film crew to gather evidence during their investigation into the Bunkerville standoff. Ryan Bundy was deeply suspicious about this so called production company as you can see here:
What freedom of the press do we really have, especially if you are a whistle-blower or someone revealing government corruption, if you have to assume the press interviewing you are themselves undercover agents?
Defense lawyers who have seen FBI reports of the undercover operation have said in court documents that the company’s name was Longbow Productions.
Several of the defendants charged in the case, including Ammon Bundy, were tricked into doing interviews with the undercover agents before they were charged, defense lawyers have alleged. These FBI agents posing as journalists fed Greg Burleson booze and got him to speak hypothetically about the "defensive perimeter" of the Ranch and or Militia camp, while the BLM openly were chomping at the bit to commit murder with impunity.
Prosecutors contend the ruse was a proper investigative technique. Of course they do. What do they care about the Free Press or the chilling effect this all will have for people trying to get the word out about government corruption and overreach?
“We cannot overstate how damaging it is for federal agents to pose as journalists,” Katie Townsend, the litigation director for the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, said in a statement. “This practice undermines the credibility of the independent news media, and should not be tolerated.”
Myhre’s team of prosecutors had dismissed several claims of missing and hidden evidence by the defendants as “fantastical” and a “fishing expedition.” However, an investigation into the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) handling of the 2014 Nevada standoff with the Bundys revealed “incredible bias,” widespread misconduct and likely illegal actions by the BLM.
Tim Pearce Daily Caller
A federal judge rejected prosecutors’ request Tuesday to reconsider her dismissal of the case against Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, his two sons and friend Ryan Payne.
U.S. District Judge Gloria M. Navarro dismissed conspiracy charges against the four men on Jan. 8 after finding that prosecutors had acted “with prejudice” throughout the trial, The Oregonian reported. Federal prosecutors violated federal law and failed to share evidence favorable to the defendant’s case with the court.
“The Court’s finding of outrageous government conduct was not in error,” Navarro wrote in her 11-page ruling, obtained by The Oregonian. “On the contrary, a universal sense of justice was violated by the Government’s failure to provide evidence that is potentially exculpatory.”
The prosecutors’ request did not make any new arguments or bring forth any evidence that Navarro had not already considered in her decision to dismiss the case.
“The Court gave somber consideration to the ramifications of its Order and found that it was in the interest of justice to dismiss the case with prejudice,” Navarro wrote. “A motion for reconsideration should not be ‘used to ask the Court to rethink what it has already thought.’”
Prosecutors requested the court grant another trial against the Bundys and Payne, calling the missteps and violations throughout the trial “inadvertent.”
“The Brady violations found by the court are regrettable and benefit no one,” Nevada’s Acting U.S. Attorney Steven Myhre wrote in a legal brief, according to The Oregonian. “But because the government neither flagrantly violated nor recklessly disregarded its obligations, the appropriate remedy for such violations is a new trial.”
Myhre’s team of prosecutors had dismissed several claims of missing and hidden evidence by the defendants as “fantastical” and a “fishing expedition.” However, an investigation into the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) handling of the 2014 Nevada standoff with the Bundys revealed “incredible bias,” widespread misconduct and likely illegal actions by the BLM.
An adult female passenger in the off-road vehicle was struck in the head and the hand and transported to a local hospital where she underwent surgery for gunshot wounds. According to witnesses, the female victim was shot from behind with her hands up.
On Sunday, June 10, 2018, at approximately 11:00 PM, Riverside County California Sheriff’s deputies from the Thermal Sheriff’s Station responded to the area of Berdoo Canyon Road east of Dillon Road to assist the Joshua Tree National Park Service and BLM rangers with the investigation into an officer involved shooting in the area.
The Sheriff’s Department’s Central Homicide Unit also responded and assumed command of the investigation.
The Coalition of Western States’ preliminary investigation revealed BLM officers responded to assist Joshua Tree National Park Service Rangers in the remote area of Berdoo Canyon Road east of Dillion Road, with an alleged illegal off-road vehicle operation and failure to yield investigation. It was reported that BLM officer Miller stopped an off-road vehicle and at that time officer Miller allegedly discharged his sidearm. An adult female passenger in the off-road vehicle was struck in the head and the hand and transported to a local hospital where she underwent surgery for gunshot wounds. According to witnesses, the female victim was shot from behind with her hands up. The adult male driver was also detained at the scene. Neither of the victims were charged. It must be noted at this point that off-road vehicle operation is legal in the area in which this incident occurred. No BLM agents were injured during this incident. The victims names will not be released at this time, pending completion of the investigation. BLM Officer Miller has been placed on administrative leave per their Department policy.
In response to the shooting of an American citizen by the Bureau of Land Management, the Coalition of Western States has interviewed local and state level BLM directors and we have spoken directly to Riverside County Sheriff investigators. We have also interviewed the victims at length.
Two legislators familiar with this incident traveled to Washington D.C. and met with department heads from the Department of the Interior. As a result of that meeting, the Bureau of Land Management law enforcement authority is now under review.
This is an active investigation. Additional details will be released as they are available. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department encourages anyone with information regarding this incident to contact Central Homicide Investigator Moody at (760) 393-3500, or the Thermal Sheriff’s Station.
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Montana Senator Jessica Fielder gives a presentation during the trip the Bundy family made to her state. She stated that after reviewing all court records, transcripts, etc, her findings caused her to petition the President and Congress to get involved in relieving the plight of the overreach of the Federal Government. If only more of our elected representatives could have the kind of backbone she has, the world would be a better place.
Ladies and gentlemen meet Cliff Gardner. Born in 1938 in Nevada, Cliff was raised alongside Shoshone and learned well the ways of the real West that many Americans around the land never get to see or to know. He has compiled more research on the history of the land, the government, and the agendas that have been implemented over land use and why. Here he lays out his testimony for all to hear. Let it stand as a testimony of life, and to shine a light into the darkness. I personally respect this man, and am honored to present this to all of you.
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Tom Lacovara-Stewart / Lorri Anderson / Bruce Ray Riggs
In an exclusive interview with Tom Lacovara-Stewart, Ammon Bundy digs into some of the 302 reports from his discovery to show a deliberate and long term provocation of his father and his family to try and exacerbate and push the situation to a flashpoint by which the BLM could then act upon to get them off their land. This was never about Land Management, fees, or the desert tortoise. It was about taking the land of the last rancher of 53 in Clark County Nevada and by means of threats, intimidation, and terrorism via color of law, to deprive him and many more of their rights.
