{"id":15853,"date":"2016-09-23T09:43:46","date_gmt":"2016-09-23T16:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rop.org\/?page_id=8022"},"modified":"2020-12-30T04:18:39","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T04:18:39","slug":"harney-county","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rop.org\/uia\/ru\/section-i\/oregons-patriot-movement-today\/harney-county\/","title":{"rendered":"\u041e\u043a\u0440\u0443\u0433 \u0425\u0430\u0440\u043d\u0438"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">In November 2015, Patriot movement activists started to travel, and sometimes move, to Harney County to work on the case of Dwight and Steven Hammond, who are father and son.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_15853_1('footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_15853_1('footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(1)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15853_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Carli Brosseau, \u201cOregon occupation planned for months by Ammon Bundy and Montana militia leader,\u201d <em>Oregon Live\/Oregonian<\/em>, January 11 (updated February 22), 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/oregon-standoff\/2016\/01\/bundy_militia_leader_plotted_o.html\">www.oregonlive.com\/oregon-standoff\/2016\/01\/bundy_militia_leader_plotted_o.html<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15853_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> The Hammond family are ranchers near Burns, Oregon, and have grazing rights on the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, which is outside of town. For decades they had been in conflict with the Refuge managers. Dwight Hammond had allegedly made multiple death threats against the managers, and both he and his son had been arrested several times. When the two Hammonds were arrested in 1995 after another conflict with Refuge employees, a support rally for them in Burns attracted 500 people, including national Wise Use spokesperson Chuck \u201cRent-A-Riot\u201d Cushman, who once declared that environmentalists were engaging in \u201csystematic, cultural genocide of rural America.\u201d<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_15853_1('footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_2');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_15853_1('footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_2');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(2)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15853_1_2\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Kathie Durbin, \u201cRanchers arrested at wildlife refuge,\u201d <em>High Country News<\/em>, October 3, 1994, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hcn.org\/issues\/20\/582\">www.hcn.org\/issues\/20\/582<\/a>; David Helvarg, <em>The War Against the Greens, Revised and Updated<\/em> (Boulder, CO: Johnson Books, 1994\/2004), 105.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15853_1_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> (The anti-environmental Wise Use movement was a right-wing phenomenon of the Pacific Northwest in the 1990s which was often funded by timber, mining, and chemical companies.) During that same period, businesses in Burns had put signs up refusing service to federal employees.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_15853_1('footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_3');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_15853_1('footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_3');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_3\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(3)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15853_1_3\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">\u201cFull text of: \u2018Nature and threat of violent anti-government groups in America: hearing before the Subcommittee on Crime of the Committee of the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, first session, November 2, 1995,\u201d <em>Internet Archive<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/naturethreatofvi00unit\/naturethreatofvi00unit_djvu.txt\"><span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">https:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/naturethreatofvi00unit\/naturethreatofvi00unit_djvu.txt<\/span><\/a><u>.<\/u> This situation (as well as Dwight Hammond, although not by name) is also mentioned in Stern, <em>A Force Upon the Plain<\/em>, 123.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_3').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15853_1_3', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-image-16121\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"920\" src=\"https:\/\/rop.org\/uia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Cushman.Burns_.1994-600x920-1.jpg\" alt=\"Wise Use propagandist Chuck \u201cRent-A-Riot\u201d Cushman came to Burns, Oregon in 1994 to speak at a rally after the arrest of members of the Hammond family\u2014over 20 years before the Malheur Refuge occupation. (Archival photograph courtesy of Peter Walker).\" class=\"wp-image-16121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rop.org\/uia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Cushman.Burns_.1994-600x920-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/rop.org\/uia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Cushman.Burns_.1994-600x920-1-196x300.jpg 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Wise Use propagandist Chuck \u201cRent-A-Riot\u201d Cushman came to Burns, Oregon in 1994 to speak at a rally after the arrest of members of the Hammond family\u2014over 20 years before the Malheur Refuge occupation. (Archival photograph courtesy of Peter Walker).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their past seemed to have finally caught up with them when in 2010 they were charged with arsons on federal land, as well as related charges. These included charges relating to fires in 2001 and 2006; the second fire burned part of the Malheur Refuge. These crimes carry a five-year mandatory minimum sentence under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996. (The act is a sentencing multiplier which applies to any arson occurring on federal property, whether or not it is politically motivated.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2012, they were convicted of the 2001 arson. While some charges were already dismissed or they were found not guilty, the jury was still deliberating on four more charges when a plea agreement was made. In return for the dismissalof the remaining charges, the two Hammonds agreed to a sentence of at least five years. (Steven was also convicted of the 2006 arson.) However, the sentencing judge gave Dwight Hammond a mere three months and Steven Hammond one year.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_15853_1('footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_4');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_15853_1('footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_4');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_4\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(4)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15853_1_4\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Bill Morlin, \u201cBundy Sons Lead Antigovernment Extremists, Militia in Takeover of Federal Wildlife Headquarters in Oregon,\u201d <em>Southern Poverty Law Center<\/em>, January 4, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.splcenter.org\/hatewatch\/2016\/01\/04\/bundy-sons-lead-antigovernment-extremists-militia-takeover-federal-wildlife-headquarters\">www.splcenter.org\/hatewatch\/2016\/01\/04\/bundy-sons-lead-antigovernment-extremists-militia-takeover-federal-wildlife-headquarters<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_4').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15853_1_4', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Hammonds had claimed that 2001 arson was an attempt to burn invasive species, while the second was an emergency backfire to prevent a nearby forest fire. However, the Department of Justice said the first fire was intentionally set to cover illegal poaching, and the second was set without permission, and threatened a nearby firefighting team. The Hammonds served their sentences and were released, but the government appealed the sentences, as they failed to meet the mandatory minimums. In October 2015, the Hammonds were ordered to return to prison and serve the remainder of their full five-year sentences.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_15853_1('footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_5');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_15853_1('footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_5');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_5\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(5)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15853_1_5\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office, District of Oregon, \u201cEastern Oregon Ranchers Convicted of Arson Resentenced to Five Years in Prison,\u201d <em>United States Department of Justice, <\/em>October 7, 2015, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-or\/pr\/eastern-oregon-ranchers-convicted-arson-resentenced-five-years-prison\">www.justice.gov\/usao-or\/pr\/eastern-oregon-ranchers-convicted-arson-resentenced-five-years-prison<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_5').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15853_1_5', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Bundys, Oath Keepers, and Pacific Patriots Network Get Involved<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The case quickly attracted the attention of the Patriot movement. It cleanly fit into the conspiracy theories that drive the movement: rural patriots (and staunch right wingers) like the Hammonds were victims of the nefarious plot Agenda 21. The case also fit into the movement narrative that patriotic Americans would be imprisoned as \u201cterrorists,\u201d as a prelude to a foreign invasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-image-16123\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/rop.org\/uia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/JASON-WILSON-agenda-21-240x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"Sign during the January 2, 2016 march in Burns, Oregon claims that the Hammond family are victims of the Agenda 21 conspiracy theory. (Photo courtesy of Jason Wilson).\" class=\"wp-image-16123\"\/><figcaption>Sign during the January 2, 2016 march in Burns, Oregon claims that the Hammond family are victims of the Agenda 21 conspiracy theory. (Photo courtesy of Jason Wilson).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Patriot movement activists and media repeated and elaborated on various parts of this narrative around the events in Burns. This ranged from claims that the federal government was trying to seize the Hammonds\u2019 land, to signs at the January 2, 2016 Burns rally denouncing Agenda 21, to claims that the FBI were \u201cFrench mercenaries.\u201d<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_15853_1('footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_6');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_15853_1('footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_6');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_6\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(6)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15853_1_6\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">\u201cBurns Oregon FBI French Mercenary at Refuge Center Harney County,\u201d YouTube video, 8:41, posted by \u201cBravo Von Muller,\u201d February 8, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fJJx45xYXJM\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fJJx45xYXJM<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_6').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15853_1_6', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soon after the Hammonds were ordered back to prison, the Bundy family reached out to the Hammond family. Law enforcement says that in October, Patriot movement activists were already moving to Burns.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_15853_1('footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_7');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_15853_1('footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_7');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_7\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(7)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15853_1_7\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Carli Brosseau, \u201cOregon occupation planned for months by Ammon Bundy and Montana militia leader,\u201d <em>Oregonian\/OregonLive<\/em>, January 11 (updated February 22), 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/oregon-standoff\/2016\/01\/bundy_militia_leader_plotted_o.html\">www.oregonlive.com\/oregon-standoff\/2016\/01\/bundy_militia_leader_plotted_o.html<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_7').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15853_1_7', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> In November, Ammon Bundy and others met with Harney County Sheriff David Ward twice, asking him to prevent the Hammonds from being taken into custody and returning to prison; Ward refused.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_15853_1('footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_8');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_15853_1('footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_8');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_8\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(8)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15853_1_8\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">\u201cSheriff\u2019s Report\u2014Dave Ward OR Standoff: Part I,\u201d <em>Spokane Talks Online<\/em>, podcast audio, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spokanetalksonline.com\/sheriffs-report-dave-ward-or-standoff-part-i\/\">www.spokanetalksonline.com\/sheriffs-report-dave-ward-or-standoff-part-i<\/a>; \u201cSheriff\u2019s Report\u2014Dave Ward OR Standoff: Part II,\u201d <em>Spokane Talks Online<\/em>, podcast audio, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spokanetalksonline.com\/sheriffs-report-dave-ward-or-standoff-part-ii\">www.spokanetalksonline.com\/sheriffs-report-dave-ward-or-standoff-part-ii<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_8').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15853_1_8', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On December 15, 2015, the Ammon Bundy, Rayne Payne, and others helped set up a shadow government group\u2014the Harney County Committee of Safety\u2014and on January 2, 2016 Pacific Patriots Network activists held a march to support the Hammonds. At the march\u2019s end, a small, armed splinter group led by Ammon Bundy\u2014and primarily comprised of activists from Nevada and Arizona\u2014occupied the headquarters of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Attracting national attention, the 41-day occupation drew many supporters. On January 27, 2015, Ammon Bundy and other leaders were arrested (and LaVoy Finicum killed) while attempting to spread their tactics to a neighboring county. The last occupiers at the refuge surrendered on February 11, 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Oregon Patriot movement groups went to Burns, none directly participated in the occupation. However, a number of individual Oregonians did join it, however, including Flipp Todd, Duane Ehmer, Michael Stettler, Travis Cox, and Ken Medenbach.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_15853_1('footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_9');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_15853_1('footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_9');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_9\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(9)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15853_1_9\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Conrad Wilson, \u201cTravis Cox Becomes 9th Refuge Occupier to Plead Guilty,\u201d <em>Oregon Public Broadcasting<\/em>, July 20, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opb.org\/news\/series\/burns-oregon-standoff-bundy-militia-news-updates\/malheur-refuge-occupier-guilty-travis-cox\/\">www.opb.org\/news\/series\/burns-oregon-standoff-bundy-militia-news-updates\/malheur-refuge-occupier-guilty-travis-cox<\/a>; Conrad Wilson, \u201cPolice Make First Arrest Related to Stolen Wildlife Refuge Vehicles,\u201d <em>Oregon Public Broadcasting<\/em>, January 15, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opb.org\/news\/series\/burns-oregon-standoff-bundy-militia-news-updates\/man-arrested-in-burns-in-connection-with-stolen-refuge-vehicles\/\">www.opb.org\/news\/series\/burns-oregon-standoff-bundy-militia-news-updates\/man-arrested-in-burns-in-connection-with-stolen-refuge-vehicles<\/a>; ADL, \u201cAnatomy of a Standoff,\u201d <em>Anti-Defamation League, <\/em>2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adl.org\/assets\/pdf\/combating-hate\/Anatomy-of-a-Standoff-MalheurOccupiers.pdf\">www.adl.org\/assets\/pdf\/combating-hate\/Anatomy-of-a-Standoff-MalheurOccupiers.pdf<\/a>. The ADL\u2019s \u201cAnatomy of a Standoff\u201d reported the participation of another Oregonian, Rance Harris, although he disputed this. See under \u201cThoughts\u201d by commentator \u201cHarris\u201d from January 22, 2016, in Houston Wade, \u201cAmmon Bundy is, and militias in general are, bad for America,\u201d <em>Noosphere Geologic Blog<\/em>, January 7, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/noospheregeologic.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/07\/ammon-bundy-is-bad-for-america\"><span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">http:\/\/noospheregeologic.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/07\/ammon-bundy-is-bad-for-america<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_9').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15853_1_9', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> Still the Oregon groups later rallied for the imprisoned Malheur occupiers, and participated in memorials for Finicum, who has since been turned into a martyr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because of the Malheur occupation, a number of Patriot movement activists have moved to Harney County, and some locals have been won over to the movement\u2019s politics. But before December 2015, <em>no<\/em> documented Patriot movement groups were active in the county.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The most famous Patriot movement group in Harney County lasted just forty-one days: the Malheur Refuge occupiers called themselves the Citizens for Constitutional Freedom. The occupation also attracted activists from around the state and country to come\u2014in particular the Pacific Patriots Network, as well as some self-proclaimed judges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Patriot movement activists created the \u201cRedress of Grievance\u201d document on December 11, 2015\u2014signed by many Patriot movement groups\u2014and then held a public meeting on December 15, where they convinced locals to form the Harney County Committee of Safety.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_15853_1('footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_10');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_15853_1('footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_10');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_10\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(10)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15853_1_10\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">We the People\u2014United Individuals of these States United, et al., \u201cNOTICE: Redress of Grievance,\u201d dated December 11, 2015, <em>Holding Block<\/em>, December 30, 2015, <a href=\"http:\/\/holdingblock.blogspot.com\/2015\/12\/we-people-united-individuals-of-these.html\"><span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">http:\/\/holdingblock.blogspot.com\/2015\/12\/we-people-united-individuals-of-these.html<\/span><\/a>; \u201cHarney County Town Hall #1 Dec 15, 2015,\u201d YouTube video, 58:56, posted by \u201cCrooked River Currents View,\u201d December 16, 2015, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3qcr93G0InA\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3qcr93G0InA<\/a>; \u201cHarney County Town Hall #2 Dec 15, 2015,\u201d YouTube video, 1:16:35, posted by \u201cCrooked River Currents View,\u201d December 17, 2015, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JF2c6UYRdE0&amp;feature=youtu.be\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JF2c6UYRdE0&amp;feature=youtu.be<\/a>.In the video, they say information for founding a Committee of Safety can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.committee.org\">www.committee.org<\/a>. Robert Bristow is now listed as the contact at the site; see \u201cThe Committees of Protection, Correspondence and Safety of the various States United under and by the Constitution for the United States of America,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.committee.org\">www.committee.org<\/a>. In May 2016, Bristow was also reported to be the NLA\u2019s \u201cCOS Chairman and National Coordinator.\u201d See Shane Radliff, \u201cThe National Liberty Alliance is Attempting to Subvert the Committee of Safety Concept,\u201d <em>Liberty Under Attack<\/em>, May 16, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.libertyunderattack.com\/national-liberty-alliance-attempting-subvert-committee-safety-concept\">www.libertyunderattack.com\/national-liberty-alliance-attempting-subvert-committee-safety-concept<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_10').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15853_1_10', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> This shadow government group originally had seven residents, although one left soon after the founding, including some prominent citizens. They include Tim Smith, formerchair of the Harney County Republican Party, and Chris Briels, the county fire marshall, until he resigned during the occupation.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_15853_1('footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_11');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_15853_1('footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_11');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_11\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(11)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15853_1_11\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">The six members are Tim Smith (chair), Chris Briels, Duane Schrock, Travis Williams, Melodi Molt, and Rick Habein. <em>Harney County Committee of Safety<\/em>, \u201cCommittee Of Saftey\u2014Members\u201d [sic], <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hccommitteeofsafety.org\/committee-of-safety---members.html\">www.hccommitteeofsafety.org\/committee-of-safety&#8212;members.html<\/a>. See also \u201cHarney County,\u201d <em>Oregon Republican Party<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oregonrepublicanparty.org\/HarneyCounty\">www.oregonrepublicanparty.org\/HarneyCounty<\/a>; Elliot Njus, \u201cOregon standoff: Harney County group felt betrayed by occupation, but working to take up cause,\u201d <em>Oregonian\/OregonLive<\/em>, January 17 (updated January 23), 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/oregon-standoff\/2016\/01\/oregon_standoff_harney_county_2.html\">www.oregonlive.com\/oregon-standoff\/2016\/01\/oregon_standoff_harney_county_2.html<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_11').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15853_1_11', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> Smith said:<br>Basically our two founding principles that we wanted to get done and our goals were to help the Hammond family and to see if we could not help make a transition from federal ownership and federal management to local, county and\/or state, management of our so-called public lands.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_15853_1('footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_12');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_15853_1('footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_12');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_12\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(12)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15853_1_12\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">\u201cRural Route Radio March 10, 2016, Tim Smith from Harney County, Oregon,\u201d <em>Podomatic<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/trentloos.podomatic.com\/entry\/2016-03-10T07_50_37-08_00\"><span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">http:\/\/trentloos.podomatic.com\/entry\/2016-03-10T07_50_37-08_00<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_12').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15853_1_12', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, others claimed they had much greater powers. At the January 2, 2016 meeting after the Burns march, Oath Keeper Joseph Rice claimed that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The Committee of Safety that\u2019s formed, what\u2019s unique about that, is that is the establishment of a governmental entity. That forces BLM, in their own policy, they must coordinate with you. It becomes no different than a school district, a mining district, or a fire district; they\u2019re pseudo-government entities.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_15853_1('footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_13');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_15853_1('footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_13');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_13\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(13)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15853_1_13\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">\u201cJan. 2, 2016 Town Hall Meeting\u201d YouTube video, 1:08:00, posted by \u201cLiberty Under Attack,\u201d April 11, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=A3t1SopHD18\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=A3t1SopHD18<\/a>; see around 5:23.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_13').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15853_1_13', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Patriot movement activists also said the Committee had the power to \u201ccall in the militia\u201d if they wanted. Ammon Bundy set up a website for the group, although after being given the password the Committee removed from it some material they objected to.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_15853_1('footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_14');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_15853_1('footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_14');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_14\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(14)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15853_1_14\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Elliot Njus, \u201cOregon standoff: Harney County group felt betrayed by occupation, but working to take up cause,\u201d <em>Oregonian\/OregonLive<\/em>, January 17 (updated January 23), 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/oregon-standoff\/2016\/01\/oregon_standoff_harney_county_2.html\">www.oregonlive.com\/oregon-standoff\/2016\/01\/oregon_standoff_harney_county_2.html<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_14').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15853_1_14', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> The site also used the county seal on the website, making it look like an official government agency; eventually this too was removed.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_15853_1('footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_15');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_15853_1('footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_15');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_15\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(15)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15853_1_15\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"> <em>Harney County Committee of Safety<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20160101161137\/http:\/www.hccommitteeofsafety.org\"><span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20160101161137\/http:\/\/www.hccommitteeofsafety.org<\/span><\/a>; \u201cJanuary 8, 2016, Press Release\u2014Clarification on Harney County and Ties to the Committee of Safety Burns,\u201d <em>Harney County<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.co.harney.or.us\/january-8-2016-clarification-on-harney-county-and-ties-to-the-committee-of-safety-burns.html\">www.co.harney.or.us\/january-8-2016-clarification-on-harney-county-and-ties-to-the-committee-of-safety-burns.html<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_15').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15853_1_15', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the first week of the occupation, the Committee held a meeting in Burns, which drew about one hundred people; Committee members also spoke during the comment sessions at the large public gatherings for county residents held during the takeover.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_15853_1('footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_16');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_15853_1('footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_16');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_16\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(16)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15853_1_16\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Cole Miller and KOIN 6 News Staff, \u201cBurns community meeting: Thanks, militia. Go home,\u201d <em>KOIN6<\/em>, January 8 (updated January 10), 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/koin.com\/2016\/01\/08\/burns-community-meeting-thanks-militia-go-home\"><span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">http:\/\/koin.com\/2016\/01\/08\/burns-community-meeting-thanks-militia-go-home<\/span><\/a>. For the recording of January 8, 2016 meeting, see Stewart Rhodes, \u201cLive Feed (Now a Recording ) of Harney County Committee of Safety Meeting,\u201d <em>Oath Keepers<\/em>, January 8, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oathkeepers.org\/live-feed-of-harney-county-committee-of-safety-meeting\">www.oathkeepers.org\/live-feed-of-harney-county-committee-of-safety-meeting<\/a>. Rural Organizing Project members, as well as the author, were at public meetings in Burns where Committee of Safety members spoke.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_16').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15853_1_16', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> The occupation split the committee; all of them drafted a letter asking the occupiers to leave, but only three wanted it delivered, which it was.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_15853_1('footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_17');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_15853_1('footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_17');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_17\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(17)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15853_1_17\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Elliot Njus, \u201cOregon Standoff: Harney County Group Felt Betrayed by Occupation, But Working to Take Up Cause,\u201d <em>Oregonian\/OregonLive<\/em>, January 17 (updated January 23), 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/oregon-standoff\/2016\/01\/oregon_standoff_harney_county_2.html\">www.oregonlive.com\/oregon-standoff\/2016\/01\/oregon_standoff_harney_county_2.html<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_17').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15853_1_17', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The refusal of the local elected government to give the occupiers a meeting space in town pushed Committee member Chris Briels (who originally had said felt \u201cbetrayed\u201d by the Bundy\u2019s occupation of the refuge) further to the occupier\u2019s side. Briels gave a press conference at the occupation, accompanied by at least one other committee member.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_15853_1('footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_18');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_15853_1('footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_18');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_18\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(18)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15853_1_18\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Ibid; \u201cBREAKING: Harney County Fire Chief Resigns. FBI Caught Posing As Militia At Local Armory,\u201d YouTube video, 11:57, posted by \u201cPete Santilli Show,\u201d January 13, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SB6m7x3QDAg\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SB6m7x3QDAg<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_18').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15853_1_18', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> When the occupiers started talking about redistributing the refuge to those who had owned it before it was established by the federal government in 1908, the Committee was tapped to research the old land deeds.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_15853_1('footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_19');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_15853_1('footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_19');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_19\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(19)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15853_1_19\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Les Zaitz, \u201cOccupiers want U.S. to surrender all federal lands,\u201d <em>Oregonian\/OregonLive<\/em>, January 15 (updated February 22), 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/oregon-standoff\/2016\/01\/occupiers_want_us_to_surrender.html\">www.oregonlive.com\/oregon-standoff\/2016\/01\/occupiers_want_us_to_surrender.html<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_19').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15853_1_19', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-image-16124\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/rop.org\/uia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/spencer-Briels-bundy-etc-300x200-1.jpg\" alt=\"Chris Briels (Harney County Committee of Safety), speaks at a press conference during the Malheur Refuge occupation. (Photograph courtesy of Spencer Sunshine).\" class=\"wp-image-16124\"\/><figcaption>Chris Briels (Harney County Committee of Safety), speaks at a press conference during the Malheur Refuge occupation. (Photograph courtesy of Spencer Sunshine).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the occupation was going on, Committee Chair Tim Smith travelled to Boise, Idaho, to speak at Storm Over the Rangelands conference\u2014a collection of opponents of federal land holdings.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_15853_1('footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_20');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_15853_1('footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_20');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_20\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(20)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15853_1_20\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Harrison Berry, \u201c\u2019Storm Over Rangelands\u2019 Conference in Boise Spotlights Federal Land Use\u2014and Brings Out Demonstrators,\u201d <em>Boise Weekly<\/em>, January 31, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boiseweekly.com\/boise\/storm-over-rangelands-conference-in-boise-spotlights-federal-land-useand-brings-out-demonstrators\/Content?oid=3705463\">www.boiseweekly.com\/boise\/storm-over-rangelands-conference-in-boise-spotlights-federal-land-useand-brings-out-demonstrators\/Content?oid=3705463<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_20').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15853_1_20', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> Currently he is involved in the <em>Malheur Redress<\/em>, a new newspaper in Harney County.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_15853_1('footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_21');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_15853_1('footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_21');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_21\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(21)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15853_1_21\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Smith is listed as the paper\u2019s \u201cSr. Advisor.\u201d See \u201cAbout the Malheur Redress,\u201d <em>Malheur Redress<\/em>, May 11, 2016, 2, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.malheurredress.com\/assets\/malheur-redress-may-11.pdf\">www.malheurredress.com\/assets\/malheur-redress-may-11.pdf<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_21').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15853_1_21', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As of August 2016, the Committee is still active in Harney County and holds weekly meetings. Candidates in the May 2016 primary were asked what they thought about the Committee. Three in the commissioner and judge races said they had attended Committee meetings: Barbara Cannady, Rob Frank, and Anna Jo Surber.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_15853_1('footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_22');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_15853_1('footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_22');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_22\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(22)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15853_1_22\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">\u201cCommissioner\/Judge Question #3,\u201d \u201cHarney\u00a0County\u00a0Politicians\u00a0Q&amp;A\u201d Facebook group, April 27, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/511827449004208\/permalink\/511851465668473\">www.facebook.com\/groups\/511827449004208\/permalink\/511851465668473<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_22').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15853_1_22', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, at the beginning of the occupation, a Facebook page for a Harney County Three Percenter chapter was started. In late February 2016, the Oregon III% vice president said there was a new group initiated by local residents for Grant, Malheur and Harney counties, called the Tri County Three Percent.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_15853_1('footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_23');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_15853_1('footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_23');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_23\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(23)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15853_1_23\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">The \u201cOregon III% Harney County\u201d Facebook page was created on January 4, 2016. A press release from Oregon III% President David Samuel Hill, dated February 25, 2016, says, \u201cLeaders of Oregon III% have been working on trying to get a group going in zone 7. In the process of this the locals set up their own group called Tri County III%. This group has command over Grant, Malheur and Harney counties. The forming of this group was a spontaneous event spurred along by the arrival of the Bundies, the formation of the safety committee and various patriot groups that soon flooded Burns. The locals wanted their own group and long story short formed it up. The III% had a hand in guiding them in the founding this group. With his help they are getting set up very similar to Oregon III% and Idaho III%. This will help us to work together and will be invaluable should our two groups ever decide to join. But for now they are their own group with their own command. We will respect that they are their own group and aid them if they require our assistance.\u201d Screenshots in possession of author.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_23').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15853_1_23', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> At least five Patriot movement speakers also came to Burns during and after the occupation, including KrisAnne Hall and Richard Mack.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_15853_1('footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_24');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_15853_1('footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_24');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_24\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(24)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15853_1_24\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">KrisAnne Hall on January 18 and 19, David Whitney on February 11, Richard Mack on February 12 and March 26, Michael Maharrey on February 15, and Angus McIntosh on February 22. PDFs of flyers in possession of author.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_24').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15853_1_24', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/rop.org\/uia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Whitney-Burns-300x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"Flyer advertising one of many Patriot movement speakers that came to Burns, Oregon around the time of the occupation.\" class=\"wp-image-16125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rop.org\/uia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Whitney-Burns-300x300-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rop.org\/uia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Whitney-Burns-300x300-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption>Flyer advertising one of many Patriot movement speakers that came to Burns, Oregon around the time of the occupation.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/rop.org\/uia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/McIntosh-Burns-232x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"Burns, Oregon was flooded with Patriot movement speakers during and after the Malheur occupation.\" class=\"wp-image-16126\"\/><figcaption>Burns, Oregon was flooded with Patriot movement speakers during and after the Malheur occupation.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/rop.org\/uia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Maharrey-Burns-300x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"Burns, Oregon was flooded with Patriot movement speakers during and after the Malheur occupation.\" class=\"wp-image-16127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rop.org\/uia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Maharrey-Burns-300x300-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rop.org\/uia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Maharrey-Burns-300x300-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption>Burns, Oregon was flooded with Patriot movement speakers during and after the Malheur occupation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-mute footnotes_reference_container\"> <div class=\"footnote_container_prepare\"><p><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_label pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_15853_1();\">References<\/span><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button\" style=\"\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_15853_1();\">[<a id=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_15853_1\">+<\/a>]<\/span><\/p><\/div> <div id=\"footnote_references_container_15853_1\" style=\"display: none;\"><table class=\"footnotes_table footnote-reference-container\"><caption class=\"accessibility\">References<\/caption> <tbody> \r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_15853_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_1');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_1\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>1<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Carli Brosseau, \u201cOregon occupation planned for months by Ammon Bundy and Montana militia leader,\u201d <em>Oregon Live\/Oregonian<\/em>, January 11 (updated February 22), 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/oregon-standoff\/2016\/01\/bundy_militia_leader_plotted_o.html\">www.oregonlive.com\/oregon-standoff\/2016\/01\/bundy_militia_leader_plotted_o.html<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_15853_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_2');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_2\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>2<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Kathie Durbin, \u201cRanchers arrested at wildlife refuge,\u201d <em>High Country News<\/em>, October 3, 1994, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hcn.org\/issues\/20\/582\">www.hcn.org\/issues\/20\/582<\/a>; David Helvarg, <em>The War Against the Greens, Revised and Updated<\/em> (Boulder, CO: Johnson Books, 1994\/2004), 105.<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_15853_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_3');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_3\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>3<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">\u201cFull text of: \u2018Nature and threat of violent anti-government groups in America: hearing before the Subcommittee on Crime of the Committee of the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, first session, November 2, 1995,\u201d <em>Internet Archive<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/naturethreatofvi00unit\/naturethreatofvi00unit_djvu.txt\"><span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">https:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/naturethreatofvi00unit\/naturethreatofvi00unit_djvu.txt<\/span><\/a><u>.<\/u> This situation (as well as Dwight Hammond, although not by name) is also mentioned in Stern, <em>A Force Upon the Plain<\/em>, 123.<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_15853_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_4');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_4\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>4<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Bill Morlin, \u201cBundy Sons Lead Antigovernment Extremists, Militia in Takeover of Federal Wildlife Headquarters in Oregon,\u201d <em>Southern Poverty Law Center<\/em>, January 4, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.splcenter.org\/hatewatch\/2016\/01\/04\/bundy-sons-lead-antigovernment-extremists-militia-takeover-federal-wildlife-headquarters\">www.splcenter.org\/hatewatch\/2016\/01\/04\/bundy-sons-lead-antigovernment-extremists-militia-takeover-federal-wildlife-headquarters<\/a>.<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_15853_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_5');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_5\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>5<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office, District of Oregon, \u201cEastern Oregon Ranchers Convicted of Arson Resentenced to Five Years in Prison,\u201d <em>United States Department of Justice, <\/em>October 7, 2015, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-or\/pr\/eastern-oregon-ranchers-convicted-arson-resentenced-five-years-prison\">www.justice.gov\/usao-or\/pr\/eastern-oregon-ranchers-convicted-arson-resentenced-five-years-prison<\/a>.<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_15853_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_6');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_6\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>6<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">\u201cBurns Oregon FBI French Mercenary at Refuge Center Harney County,\u201d YouTube video, 8:41, posted by \u201cBravo Von Muller,\u201d February 8, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fJJx45xYXJM\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fJJx45xYXJM<\/a>.<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_15853_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_7');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_7\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>7<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Carli Brosseau, \u201cOregon occupation planned for months by Ammon Bundy and Montana militia leader,\u201d <em>Oregonian\/OregonLive<\/em>, January 11 (updated February 22), 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/oregon-standoff\/2016\/01\/bundy_militia_leader_plotted_o.html\">www.oregonlive.com\/oregon-standoff\/2016\/01\/bundy_militia_leader_plotted_o.html<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_15853_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_8');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_8\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>8<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">\u201cSheriff\u2019s Report\u2014Dave Ward OR Standoff: Part I,\u201d <em>Spokane Talks Online<\/em>, podcast audio, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spokanetalksonline.com\/sheriffs-report-dave-ward-or-standoff-part-i\/\">www.spokanetalksonline.com\/sheriffs-report-dave-ward-or-standoff-part-i<\/a>; \u201cSheriff\u2019s Report\u2014Dave Ward OR Standoff: Part II,\u201d <em>Spokane Talks Online<\/em>, podcast audio, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spokanetalksonline.com\/sheriffs-report-dave-ward-or-standoff-part-ii\">www.spokanetalksonline.com\/sheriffs-report-dave-ward-or-standoff-part-ii<\/a>.<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_15853_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_9');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_9\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>9<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Conrad Wilson, \u201cTravis Cox Becomes 9th Refuge Occupier to Plead Guilty,\u201d <em>Oregon Public Broadcasting<\/em>, July 20, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opb.org\/news\/series\/burns-oregon-standoff-bundy-militia-news-updates\/malheur-refuge-occupier-guilty-travis-cox\/\">www.opb.org\/news\/series\/burns-oregon-standoff-bundy-militia-news-updates\/malheur-refuge-occupier-guilty-travis-cox<\/a>; Conrad Wilson, \u201cPolice Make First Arrest Related to Stolen Wildlife Refuge Vehicles,\u201d <em>Oregon Public Broadcasting<\/em>, January 15, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opb.org\/news\/series\/burns-oregon-standoff-bundy-militia-news-updates\/man-arrested-in-burns-in-connection-with-stolen-refuge-vehicles\/\">www.opb.org\/news\/series\/burns-oregon-standoff-bundy-militia-news-updates\/man-arrested-in-burns-in-connection-with-stolen-refuge-vehicles<\/a>; ADL, \u201cAnatomy of a Standoff,\u201d <em>Anti-Defamation League, <\/em>2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adl.org\/assets\/pdf\/combating-hate\/Anatomy-of-a-Standoff-MalheurOccupiers.pdf\">www.adl.org\/assets\/pdf\/combating-hate\/Anatomy-of-a-Standoff-MalheurOccupiers.pdf<\/a>. The ADL\u2019s \u201cAnatomy of a Standoff\u201d reported the participation of another Oregonian, Rance Harris, although he disputed this. See under \u201cThoughts\u201d by commentator \u201cHarris\u201d from January 22, 2016, in Houston Wade, \u201cAmmon Bundy is, and militias in general are, bad for America,\u201d <em>Noosphere Geologic Blog<\/em>, January 7, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/noospheregeologic.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/07\/ammon-bundy-is-bad-for-america\"><span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">http:\/\/noospheregeologic.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/07\/ammon-bundy-is-bad-for-america<\/span><\/a>.<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_15853_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_10');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_10\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>10<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">We the People\u2014United Individuals of these States United, et al., \u201cNOTICE: Redress of Grievance,\u201d dated December 11, 2015, <em>Holding Block<\/em>, December 30, 2015, <a href=\"http:\/\/holdingblock.blogspot.com\/2015\/12\/we-people-united-individuals-of-these.html\"><span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">http:\/\/holdingblock.blogspot.com\/2015\/12\/we-people-united-individuals-of-these.html<\/span><\/a>; \u201cHarney County Town Hall #1 Dec 15, 2015,\u201d YouTube video, 58:56, posted by \u201cCrooked River Currents View,\u201d December 16, 2015, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3qcr93G0InA\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3qcr93G0InA<\/a>; \u201cHarney County Town Hall #2 Dec 15, 2015,\u201d YouTube video, 1:16:35, posted by \u201cCrooked River Currents View,\u201d December 17, 2015, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JF2c6UYRdE0&amp;feature=youtu.be\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JF2c6UYRdE0&amp;feature=youtu.be<\/a>.In the video, they say information for founding a Committee of Safety can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.committee.org\">www.committee.org<\/a>. Robert Bristow is now listed as the contact at the site; see \u201cThe Committees of Protection, Correspondence and Safety of the various States United under and by the Constitution for the United States of America,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.committee.org\">www.committee.org<\/a>. In May 2016, Bristow was also reported to be the NLA\u2019s \u201cCOS Chairman and National Coordinator.\u201d See Shane Radliff, \u201cThe National Liberty Alliance is Attempting to Subvert the Committee of Safety Concept,\u201d <em>Liberty Under Attack<\/em>, May 16, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.libertyunderattack.com\/national-liberty-alliance-attempting-subvert-committee-safety-concept\">www.libertyunderattack.com\/national-liberty-alliance-attempting-subvert-committee-safety-concept<\/a>.<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_15853_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_11');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_11\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>11<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">The six members are Tim Smith (chair), Chris Briels, Duane Schrock, Travis Williams, Melodi Molt, and Rick Habein. <em>Harney County Committee of Safety<\/em>, \u201cCommittee Of Saftey\u2014Members\u201d [sic], <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hccommitteeofsafety.org\/committee-of-safety---members.html\">www.hccommitteeofsafety.org\/committee-of-safety&#8212;members.html<\/a>. See also \u201cHarney County,\u201d <em>Oregon Republican Party<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oregonrepublicanparty.org\/HarneyCounty\">www.oregonrepublicanparty.org\/HarneyCounty<\/a>; Elliot Njus, \u201cOregon standoff: Harney County group felt betrayed by occupation, but working to take up cause,\u201d <em>Oregonian\/OregonLive<\/em>, January 17 (updated January 23), 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/oregon-standoff\/2016\/01\/oregon_standoff_harney_county_2.html\">www.oregonlive.com\/oregon-standoff\/2016\/01\/oregon_standoff_harney_county_2.html<\/a>.<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_15853_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_12');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_12\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>12<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">\u201cRural Route Radio March 10, 2016, Tim Smith from Harney County, Oregon,\u201d <em>Podomatic<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/trentloos.podomatic.com\/entry\/2016-03-10T07_50_37-08_00\"><span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">http:\/\/trentloos.podomatic.com\/entry\/2016-03-10T07_50_37-08_00<\/span><\/a>.<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_15853_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_13');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_13\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>13<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">\u201cJan. 2, 2016 Town Hall Meeting\u201d YouTube video, 1:08:00, posted by \u201cLiberty Under Attack,\u201d April 11, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=A3t1SopHD18\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=A3t1SopHD18<\/a>; see around 5:23.<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_15853_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_14');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_14\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>14<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Elliot Njus, \u201cOregon standoff: Harney County group felt betrayed by occupation, but working to take up cause,\u201d <em>Oregonian\/OregonLive<\/em>, January 17 (updated January 23), 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/oregon-standoff\/2016\/01\/oregon_standoff_harney_county_2.html\">www.oregonlive.com\/oregon-standoff\/2016\/01\/oregon_standoff_harney_county_2.html<\/a>.<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_15853_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_15');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_15\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>15<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\"> <em>Harney County Committee of Safety<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20160101161137\/http:\/www.hccommitteeofsafety.org\"><span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20160101161137\/http:\/\/www.hccommitteeofsafety.org<\/span><\/a>; \u201cJanuary 8, 2016, Press Release\u2014Clarification on Harney County and Ties to the Committee of Safety Burns,\u201d <em>Harney County<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.co.harney.or.us\/january-8-2016-clarification-on-harney-county-and-ties-to-the-committee-of-safety-burns.html\">www.co.harney.or.us\/january-8-2016-clarification-on-harney-county-and-ties-to-the-committee-of-safety-burns.html<\/a>.<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_15853_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_16');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_16\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>16<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Cole Miller and KOIN 6 News Staff, \u201cBurns community meeting: Thanks, militia. Go home,\u201d <em>KOIN6<\/em>, January 8 (updated January 10), 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/koin.com\/2016\/01\/08\/burns-community-meeting-thanks-militia-go-home\"><span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">http:\/\/koin.com\/2016\/01\/08\/burns-community-meeting-thanks-militia-go-home<\/span><\/a>. For the recording of January 8, 2016 meeting, see Stewart Rhodes, \u201cLive Feed (Now a Recording ) of Harney County Committee of Safety Meeting,\u201d <em>Oath Keepers<\/em>, January 8, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oathkeepers.org\/live-feed-of-harney-county-committee-of-safety-meeting\">www.oathkeepers.org\/live-feed-of-harney-county-committee-of-safety-meeting<\/a>. Rural Organizing Project members, as well as the author, were at public meetings in Burns where Committee of Safety members spoke.<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_15853_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_17');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_17\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>17<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Elliot Njus, \u201cOregon Standoff: Harney County Group Felt Betrayed by Occupation, But Working to Take Up Cause,\u201d <em>Oregonian\/OregonLive<\/em>, January 17 (updated January 23), 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/oregon-standoff\/2016\/01\/oregon_standoff_harney_county_2.html\">www.oregonlive.com\/oregon-standoff\/2016\/01\/oregon_standoff_harney_county_2.html<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_15853_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_18');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_18\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>18<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Ibid; \u201cBREAKING: Harney County Fire Chief Resigns. FBI Caught Posing As Militia At Local Armory,\u201d YouTube video, 11:57, posted by \u201cPete Santilli Show,\u201d January 13, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SB6m7x3QDAg\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SB6m7x3QDAg<\/a>.<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_15853_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_19');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_19\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>19<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Les Zaitz, \u201cOccupiers want U.S. to surrender all federal lands,\u201d <em>Oregonian\/OregonLive<\/em>, January 15 (updated February 22), 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/oregon-standoff\/2016\/01\/occupiers_want_us_to_surrender.html\">www.oregonlive.com\/oregon-standoff\/2016\/01\/occupiers_want_us_to_surrender.html<\/a>.<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_15853_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_20');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_20\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>20<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Harrison Berry, \u201c\u2019Storm Over Rangelands\u2019 Conference in Boise Spotlights Federal Land Use\u2014and Brings Out Demonstrators,\u201d <em>Boise Weekly<\/em>, January 31, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boiseweekly.com\/boise\/storm-over-rangelands-conference-in-boise-spotlights-federal-land-useand-brings-out-demonstrators\/Content?oid=3705463\">www.boiseweekly.com\/boise\/storm-over-rangelands-conference-in-boise-spotlights-federal-land-useand-brings-out-demonstrators\/Content?oid=3705463<\/a>.<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_15853_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_21');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_21\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>21<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Smith is listed as the paper\u2019s \u201cSr. Advisor.\u201d See \u201cAbout the Malheur Redress,\u201d <em>Malheur Redress<\/em>, May 11, 2016, 2, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.malheurredress.com\/assets\/malheur-redress-may-11.pdf\">www.malheurredress.com\/assets\/malheur-redress-may-11.pdf<\/a>.<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_15853_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_22');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_22\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>22<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">\u201cCommissioner\/Judge Question #3,\u201d \u201cHarney\u00a0County\u00a0Politicians\u00a0Q&amp;A\u201d Facebook group, April 27, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/511827449004208\/permalink\/511851465668473\">www.facebook.com\/groups\/511827449004208\/permalink\/511851465668473<\/a>.<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_15853_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_23');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_23\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>23<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">The \u201cOregon III% Harney County\u201d Facebook page was created on January 4, 2016. A press release from Oregon III% President David Samuel Hill, dated February 25, 2016, says, \u201cLeaders of Oregon III% have been working on trying to get a group going in zone 7. In the process of this the locals set up their own group called Tri County III%. This group has command over Grant, Malheur and Harney counties. The forming of this group was a spontaneous event spurred along by the arrival of the Bundies, the formation of the safety committee and various patriot groups that soon flooded Burns. The locals wanted their own group and long story short formed it up. The III% had a hand in guiding them in the founding this group. With his help they are getting set up very similar to Oregon III% and Idaho III%. This will help us to work together and will be invaluable should our two groups ever decide to join. But for now they are their own group with their own command. We will respect that they are their own group and aid them if they require our assistance.\u201d Screenshots in possession of author.<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_15853_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_15853_1_24');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_15853_1_24\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>24<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">KrisAnne Hall on January 18 and 19, David Whitney on February 11, Richard Mack on February 12 and March 26, Michael Maharrey on February 15, and Angus McIntosh on February 22. 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