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Oregon Fire Chief Catches FBI Agents Posing as Militia – Quits His Job in Protest
Activist Post ^ | 1/14/2016

Posted on 01/15/2016 2:49:33 AM PST by Altura Ct.

This week, Harney County Fire Marshall Chris Briels resigned after discovering undercover FBI agents posing as militia members near the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, which has been the site of a standoff for weeks now. According to Briels, he found FBI agents who were impersonating militia members lurking around the town’s armory. When he inquired about the undercover operation with county Judge Steve Grasty he was told to back off.

Just before this discovery was made, there were reports of people who looked like militia harassing locals, which is uncharacteristic of the protesters who initially assembled at the refuge. It turns out that these militia members suspected of harassing locals were actually undercover FBI agents.

During an impromptu press conference, Briels explained how he was so disrespected in his encounter with Grasty and was so disgusted with the situation in general, that he no longer wants to work for a government that he does not believe in. Briels added that he would still be helping people in the community with fire prevention and other issues that he has helped with in the past, but he will just no longer be doing it as a government employee. Briels went on to describe how he exposed undercover FBI agents who had come to town and were creating problems amongst the locals.

When announcing his resignation, Briels described his encounter with the judge.

“I’ve been told by Steve to distance myself from this committee of public safety. I’ve been told that we don’t know what we’re doing. I’ve been told that my life is in danger. I’ve been told all kinds of things. I will not be told what to do. I have my own mind, and I will use my own mind, not somebody else’s,” Briels said.

Many activists and militia members are now suspecting that the undercover agents were planning to act as agent provocateurs and create trouble in order to frame the protesters for things that they did not do. This theory is supported by the fact these undercover agents were reportedly bothering locals and acting in a threatening manner.

However, mainstream media has reported that militia members were harassing locals, but now that version of events is being brought into question considering the fact that undercover agents were posing as militia. The looming threat of agent provocateurs may be one of the reasons why the refuge occupiers are turning away help from outside militias who have attempted to join the occupation.

As the situation at the refuge becomes increasingly volatile, leaders of the occupation have announced that they will soon be making plans to disperse, but they have not yet said when this will happen. Meanwhile, the FBI has said that they will be filing federal charges against the militia members that they have found evidence on throughout the occupation.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: sedition; waco
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1 posted on 01/15/2016 2:49:33 AM PST by Altura Ct.
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To: Altura Ct.

Later


2 posted on 01/15/2016 2:52:26 AM PST by gaijin
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To: Altura Ct.

resigning doesn’t help. We need more good ppl like him in position of power to hold the evil at bay.


3 posted on 01/15/2016 2:54:16 AM PST by 4rcane
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To: Altura Ct.

In the 1960’s, the word was that if you were in a group, the person who pushed hardest for illegal action was likely the FBI informant.


4 posted on 01/15/2016 2:56:04 AM PST by marktwain
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To: Altura Ct.

“It turns out that these militia members suspected of harassing locals were actually undercover FBI agents.”

Agent provocateurs no doubt. Looks like Mr.Briels may have
stumbled on and quite possibly stopped another Twin Peaks Waco
style setup and shootout by undercover government agents.
Our government has blood in it’s eyes and is out to kill
anyone who stands up to it. And they are chomping at the
bit to do it. Fascist governments love killing their own people.
This is the Change the Obama wanted and now he has it.


5 posted on 01/15/2016 3:03:41 AM PST by Slambat
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To: Altura Ct.

He SHOULD have STAYED and FOUGHT!!


6 posted on 01/15/2016 3:05:13 AM PST by Ann Archy (ABORTION....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: marktwain
the person who pushed hardest for illegal action was likely the FBI informant

An informant is one thing - some scum bag who, in order to save themselves from jail time will infiltrate organizations and secretly report to a government agency - but according this judge these people are FBI agents.

That's a whole horse of a different color, and it's disgusting.
I thought the FBI was the last government law enforcement agency worthy of respect, but I see it isn't so.

7 posted on 01/15/2016 3:09:00 AM PST by grobdriver (Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
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To: Altura Ct.

Heavily Armed Idaho 3 Percenters Roll Up on FBI Compound [Oregon Ranch Protest]
The Pete Santilli Show ^ | 9 Jan 2016 | Pete Santilli
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3381826/posts
“...Pacific Patriot Network...”


8 posted on 01/15/2016 3:29:21 AM PST by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." --Costco greeter in "Idiocracy," example of today's politico.)
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To: Altura Ct.

9 posted on 01/15/2016 3:36:40 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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To: marktwain

Word from the 60s is the Klan in NC would have gone broke were it not for the undercover FBI agents, as they were the majority of the members who actually paid their dues.


10 posted on 01/15/2016 3:39:16 AM PST by wrench
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To: Ann Archy

I respect that he made it public and refused to be a party to it. How many others know and are silenced by fear.


11 posted on 01/15/2016 3:39:36 AM PST by nclaurel
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To: Ann Archy
He SHOULD have STAYED and FOUGHT

Shoulda woulda coulda.

We don't know his situation. He answers to the judge obviously. He was told to shut up as a condition of keeping this position . He basically told the judge ‘FU, I quit, and now can say what I want’ By making a public statement he has brought the news media into the picture and publicly outed the agents. I wouldn't be surprise if his ‘sabbatical’ is short lived. Beside, most local Fire Chiefs are volunteers and his resignation may be to an unpaid position

12 posted on 01/15/2016 3:40:56 AM PST by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Ann Archy

He said he was told his life was in danger. He can fight now that he no longer works as a government employee. The press conference is part of his fight.


13 posted on 01/15/2016 3:46:44 AM PST by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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To: Altura Ct.

Agents provocateur - in this case, so the “militia” would be blamed.


14 posted on 01/15/2016 3:47:38 AM PST by ManHunter (You can run, but you'll only die tired... Army snipers: Reach out and touch someone)
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To: Altura Ct.

This is big news. It needs to get to the Trump people, Drudge and others, pronto!


15 posted on 01/15/2016 3:48:37 AM PST by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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To: Hostage

With all those smartphones out there no pics? Faces?


16 posted on 01/15/2016 3:56:43 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

I expect there are vids/pics emerging as this unfolds.


17 posted on 01/15/2016 4:02:37 AM PST by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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To: marktwain
In the 1960's, the word was that if you were in a group, the person who pushed hardest for illegal action was likely the FBI informant.

The way it worked (and still works) is that if you get into legal trouble, you may be given an offer: "Do informant work for us, and you will get probation or a reduced sentence".

That's what happened to Randy Weaver. Some undercover FBI induced him to do some gunsmith work on a shotgun, which wound it up as being a fraction of an inch under the legal limit. Then they told him to join a white supremacist group and become an informant, and they would drop charges. He told them to go to hell. Things went downhill from there.

18 posted on 01/15/2016 4:03:32 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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To: Hostage; LucyT

Many thanks for your post!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3383907/posts?page=15#15

Light,

Ping to article!

Feds trying to stir up trouble....


19 posted on 01/15/2016 4:15:49 AM PST by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: Altura Ct.

FBI is dirty.
Many of the terror attacks like the Murrah building were FBI led.
Are they luring militia there to do them in?
Is this another federal bug mint fiasco?


20 posted on 01/15/2016 4:26:27 AM PST by Joe Boucher (Rubio is a liar, Jeb is worthless, Go Cruz ,Keep stirring the pot Donald.)
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