Subject: [Tweeters] Friends of Malheur Is Asking For Our Assistance/How
Date: Nov 13 09:08:33 2016
From: Steve Loitz - steveloitz at gmail.com


Wow, dropping that subpoena was an overreach. Good to see the judge quash
it.

On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 12:49 AM, Steve Krival <stevekrival at live.com> wrote:

> I know most of you followed and were dismayed by the illegal occupation of
> Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, and if you are like me were not pleased
> with the results of the recent trial of the leaders of that takeover.
> Today?s Friends of Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Newsletter contains a
> request for help from the President of the Friends group, Gary Ivey. The
> article explains what the request is and why he is making it. It is posted
> at this internet address:
>
>
>
> http://files.constantcontact.com/3f9268fe201/59eddea9-c3f5-
> 4d67-8d8b-c0835e53ae78.pdf
>
>
>
> In a second article in the Newsletter, we who are members of the Friends
> group, and others who have donated but are not members, are told that Ryan
> Bundy, a principle defendant in the case, attempted to subpoena our names.
> The article presents that the rationale for this was that, ?Bundy told the
> court he wanted to find out if anyone involved in his federal conspiracy
> trial, stemming from the 41-day takeover of the federal bird sanctuary,
> were members of the nonprofit or donated money to support the group.? The
> friends group hired an attorney who was able to quash the subpoena. Given
> the nature of the takeover group I feel relieved that that was the case,
> not just for myself, but for many of you as well, as it is not implausible
> to imagine anyone of us could have become a target for malicious activity.
> The second article is posted at this address:
>
>
>
> http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-standoff/2016/10/
> friends_of_malheur_national_wi.html
>
>
>
> It would seem that unbeknownst to us (or me at least) the events at
> Malheur came even closer to some of our lives than we might have imagined
> possible.
>
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Steve Loitz
Ellensburg, WA
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