Posted on 10/18/2016 4:01:44 AM PDT by Nextrush
Defense lawyers rested in the Oregon standoff case Monday after they called a witness who confirmed he was an informant for the FBI who infiltrated the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in late January and supervised the shooting range for several days.
The man who occupiers initially knew only by his alias "John Killman" was revealed as Fabio Minoggio, a Las Vegas resident who was subpoenaed by the defense to testify after prosecutors declined to confirm whether or not he was a government informant......
Minoggio....wore black-rimmed glasses resting on the bridge of his nose and was dressed in a blue polo shirt and orange cargo pants. He testified that he was at the refuge from Jan. 23 through Jan. 26, and the FBI reimbursed him for his expenses.....
While at the refuge, Minoggio said he was asked to oversee the shooting range...He said he provided training on firearms safety and proficient use of firearms.....
Minoggio, according to testimony Monday, was one of 15 confidential informants who fed the FBI information....
"We are dealing here with a situation of a confidential informant who is participating in the commission of the alleged offense," defense lawyer Marcus Mumford said in court.
Earlier Monday proseuctors had refused to confirm whether or not the man who went by "Mr. Killman" was working for the government.....
Defense lawyer Matthew Schindler, who represents defendant Kenneth Medenbach, argued that the defense team had the right to know who these "mystery people" were who brought all the 22 long guns and 12 handguns to the refuge that prosecutors has FBI agents paraded before jurors. Schindler pointed out that prosecutors and the FBI did not identify where or from whom each firearm or ammunition came from.......
(Excerpt) Read more at oregonlive.com ...
“Bob Jones-Smith”
LOL. But exactly so. One too many people in a two man team.
Years ago it occurred to me that the gummints vulnerability was it’s inability to deal with isolated, lone actors. In the years since moose limb terrorists have discovered this. We are fortunate they are still few. For many of us our military training makes it difficult to consider an operation where one has no ability to communicate. No ability to coordinate. Our oppressors have made these basic elements impossible.
Yet it occurred to me, as far as we know, bacteria, viruses, and other pathogens do none of these things yet they can be very lethal. As our gummint becomes more and more the enemy of the people that very gummint becomes increasingly paranoid and for good reason. That paranoia produces behaviors that make it increasingly obvious just what the magnitude of gummint corruption really is. It is a vicious cycle. A cycle that is self defeating for corrupt gummint.
IMHO, there is an inflection point here somewhere and my senses tell me we are almost there. Our gummint is so corrupt, so paranoid, so encumbered by it’s own defenses it is completely dysfunctional. It is too paranoid to turn back and lacks any inertia to move forward. It is “spinning it’s wheels” as fast as it can but the burden it is carrying can not be applied as traction so it is completely immobile and unable to respond, meanwhile the engine and transmission are coming apart.
Somebody has to drive and cover retreat.
thank you
The term is “Federal Shafting”.
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Farcical Bureau of Instigation stooges brought ALL the firearms , ran the range and allowed for the filming that was later used against the defendants while refusing to acknowledge their informants roles ...
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