They allowed themselves (the leaders) to become lullabied by the feds into thinking they had freedom to move about outside the compound.
No matter what you think about the armchair quarterbacking....The Bundy’s made a dumb eff’n move. Now they're paying the price, leaving the objective compromised, endangered their guyz. Dumb eff’n move.
It's not such a dumb move if the Feds don't habeas video.