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As a non lawyer, I have been told that the Federal Government can’t run an operation in a county unless the Sheriff agrees. The Sheriff is the highest law enforcement officer in a county.

I was surprised that the Feds came in without state support. The question is where were the Nevada State Police etc.

Nevada Highway Patrol came in when the protest shut down the I-15 freeway yesterday. They were around the area and staying out of the way. Local police departments sent water, ice and food anonymously out to the encampments near Bundy's ranch. I think, as others have already said here, that the local and state police told the Federales they were on their own if they wanted to start spilling blood.

I watched video at Pete Santilli's site yesterday for hours. There was a lot of dead air, but in between, there was a lot of good information. Worth giving up some of my Saturday to figure out what was going on. You didn't see much about this later, but there were some 40 or so cowboys who trucked their ponies in from all over. They were saddled up, armed, and ready to ride out to get the cattle back themselves. They were up hidden in the ridge line. I'm sure the Feds knew they were there, but those on the ground didn't see them until after the Sheriff made his announcement that the BLM was going to leave the area. Then the cowboys (and cowgirls) came riding down off the ridge line and eventually rode out to collect the cattle where the Feds had them penned up... gave me goosebumps to see that.