{"id":8303,"date":"2016-09-23T20:13:21","date_gmt":"2016-09-24T00:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rop.org\/?page_id=8050"},"modified":"2020-12-30T04:34:45","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T04:34:45","slug":"appendix-response-malheur-occupation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rop.org\/uia\/section-i\/appendix-response-malheur-occupation\/","title":{"rendered":"Appendix: Response to the Malheur Occupation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mixed Response of Pacific Patriots Network and National Oath Keepers to the Malheur Occupation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The National Oath Keepers\u2019 Response<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">The national Oath Keepers had a different relationship to the Malheur occupation than the Josephine County chapter did. The national had signed the December 11, 2015 \u201cRedress of Grievance,\u201d and promoted it on their website, while praising Ammon Bundy.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(1)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">We the People\u2014United Individuals of these States United, et al., \u201cNOTICE: Redress of Grievance,\u201d dated December 11, 2015, Holding Block, December 30, 2015, <a href=\"http:\/\/holdingblock.blogspot.com\/2015\/12\/we-people-united-individuals-of-these.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">http:\/\/holdingblock.blogspot.com\/2015\/12\/we-people-united-individuals-of-these.html<\/span><\/a>; Jason Van Tatenhove, \u201cA New Resolution put out by Ammon Bundy concerning the Hammond Family,\u201d Oath Keepers, December 15, 2015, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oathkeepers.org\/a-new-resolution-put-out-by-ammond-bundy-concerning-the-hammond-family\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.oathkeepers.org\/a-new-resolution-put-out-by-ammond-bundy-concerning-the-hammond-family<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_1', 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\">At this point, it seems that Ammon Bundy, the national Oath Keepers, and the Pacific Patriots Network were all working together without major conflict. However, differences emerged, and by December 31, 2015 national President Stewart Rhodes made it clear that the Oath Keepers were not going to go to Burns, because the Hammond family had not asked for their help.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_2');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_2');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(2)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_2\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Stewart Rhodes, \u201cThe Hammond Family Does NOT Want an Armed Stand Off, and Nobody Has a Right to Force One On Them,\u201d Oath Keepers, January 1, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oathkeepers.org\/the-hammond-family-does\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.oathkeepers.org\/the-hammond-family-does<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> (A haggard Ammon Bundy replied with a video on January 1, 2016, begging people to come.)<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_3');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_3');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_3\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(3)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_3\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">\u201cDear Friends,\u201d YouTube video, 19:27, posted by \u201cAmmon Bundy,\u201d January 2, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=M7M0mG6HUyk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=M7M0mG6HUyk<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_3').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_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<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One video, apparently from a member of the national Oath Keepers organization, implied that members who helped organize the march would be expelled. The man in it said, \u201cthere will be repercussions&#8221; for making a national callout without the green light from the national leadership. \u201cIf you wanna use our name, and you are not an Oath Keeper, bad things are coming your way.\u201d He added that \u201cindividual state leadership\u201d had gone \u201crogue.\u201d<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_4');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_4');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_4\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(4)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_4\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Originally posted before January 2, 2016 on Facebook at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/video.php?v=774946265942875\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.facebook.com\/video.php?v=774946265942875<\/a>. The video was removed during the occupation.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_4').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_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 national Oath Keepers were unhappy with the takeover, and the day after it began, they republished Three Percenter founder Mike Vanderboegh\u2019s article calling the occupiers \u201cProvocateurs, Sociopaths And Idiots.\u201d<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_5');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_5');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_5\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(5)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_5\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Mike Vanderboegh, \u201cOregon Standoff: Federal Provocateurs, Sociopaths And Idiots,\u201d Oath Keepers, January 3, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oathkeepers.org\/oregon-standoff-federal-provocateurs-sociopaths-and-idiots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.oathkeepers.org\/oregon-standoff-federal-provocateurs-sociopaths-and-idiots<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_5').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_5', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> However, the national group acted in tandem with their Josephine County local during the rest of the occupation. The Pacific Patriots Network\u2019s January 3, 2016 press release appeared on the national\u2019s website\u2014albeit a couple days later.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_6');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_6');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_6\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(6)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_6\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">\u201cOregon III% Press Release on Malheur Wildlife Refuge,\u201d Oath Keepers, January 5, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oathkeepers.org\/oregon-iii-press-release-on-malheur-wildlife-refuge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.oathkeepers.org\/oregon-iii-press-release-on-malheur-wildlife-refuge<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_6').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_6', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> On January 5, the national released the first of a number of claims of insider information about military deployments in the area, and also called on the occupiers to evacuate all women and children from the refuge. They also warned, in Vanderboegh\u2019s words, that there would be \u201cNo Free Wacos\u201d\u2014threatening the federal government to \u201cTreat this with kid gloves or risk a civil war.\u201d<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_7');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_7');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_7\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(7)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_7\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Stewart Rhodes, \u201cURGENT Warning on OR Standoff: Military Special OP Assets Have Been Assigned for Standoff. Keep Women and Children Out of There,\u201d Oath Keepers, January 5, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oathkeepers.org\/urgent-warning-on-or-standoff-military-special-op-assets-have-been-assigned-for-standoff-get-all-children-out-of-there-immediately\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.oathkeepers.org\/urgent-warning-on-or-standoff-military-special-op-assets-have-been-assigned-for-standoff-get-all-children-out-of-there-immediately<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_7').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_7', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> (The Waco tragedy had been a catalyst for the 1990s militia movement, whose members had proclaimed that if militias had been in place, they could have prevented the tragedy by attacking the federal agents.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rhodes tried to insert himself as a dealmaker on January 6, penning an open letter to Ammon Bundy, asking him \u201cto submit yourself to the authority of the Committee of Safety and the people of Harney County at large, and let them know, in no uncertain terms, that they are now in charge, and you <em>will<\/em> comply with whatever they decide must be done, whether you agree with it or not.\u201d Ammon wasn\u2019t having it.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_8');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_8');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_8\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(8)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_8\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Stewart Rhodes, \u201cA Recommended Honorable Exit Strategy For Ammon Bundy,\u201d Oath Keepers, January 6, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oathkeepers.org\/a-recommended-honorable-exit-strategy-for-ammon-bundy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.oathkeepers.org\/a-recommended-honorable-exit-strategy-for-ammon-bundy<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_8').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_8', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> The national Oath Keepers had been publicly backing the new Committee of Safety for several days, and posted a live feed of the Committee\u2019s January 8 meeting. Rhodes says, \u201cThis is exactly what needs to be done in every county in the West\u2014the people coming together to take the bull by the horns and stand together with THEM in charge.\u201d<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_9');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_9');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_9\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(9)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_9\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Stewart Rhodes, \u201cLive Feed (Now a Recording) of Harney County Committee of Safety Meeting,\u201d Oath Keepers, January 8, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oathkeepers.org\/live-feed-of-harney-county-committee-of-safety-meeting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.oathkeepers.org\/live-feed-of-harney-county-committee-of-safety-meeting<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_9').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_9', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> National Oath Keepers Media Director Jason Van Tatenhove spoke during the public section of the meeting, showing that the national leadership was already on the ground in Burns at that early date.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_10');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_10');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_10\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(10)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_10\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">\u201cBurns Oregon\u2014Important Committee of Safety Meeting,\u201d YouTube video, 3:18:38, posted by \u201cPete Santilli Show,\u201d January 8, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ELXMyTjMmXk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ELXMyTjMmXk<\/a>; see 1:07:44.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_10').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_10', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> On January 9, the Pacific Patriots Network (including Rice) held a press conference at the refuge; it was interrupted by a clearly annoyed LaVoy Finicum, who asked them to put their rifles away for image reasons. Tatenhove filmed the event; later, Oath Keepers National Operations NCO Joseph Santoro also came to Burns.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_11');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_11');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_11\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(11)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_11\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">\u201cFriday Jan 9th Morning Press Briefing with III%, CFCF and PPN from the Oregon Refuge Center,\u201d YouTube video, 15:52, posted by \u201cOathKeepersOK,\u201d January 10, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yKKaFvn69DY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yKKaFvn69DY<\/a>. At 4:07 the person filming identifies himself as Tatenhove. He later interviews Finicum at the Refuge headquarters; see Jason Van Tatenhove, \u201cExclusive Oath Keepers Interview with LaVoy Finicum at the Refuge in Harney, OR,\u201d Oath Keepers, January 20, 2016, www.oathkeepers.org\/exclusive-oath-keepers-interview-with-lavoy-finicum-at-the-refuge-in-harney-or. On Santoro, see Stewart Rhodes, \u201cLetter to U.S. Military From SGM Joseph A. Santoro (Ret), Oath Keepers Operations NCO, Writing from Burns, OR,\u201d Oath Keepers, January, 15, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oathkeepers.org\/letter-to-u-s-military-from-sgm-joseph-a-santoro-ret-oath-keepers-operations-nco-writing-from-burns-or\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.oathkeepers.org\/letter-to-u-s-military-from-sgm-joseph-a-santoro-ret-oath-keepers-operations-nco-writing-from-burns-or<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_11').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_11', 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\">By January 12, the national Oath Keepers began a more vigorous defense of the armed occupation; Rhodes says it was \u201cessentially a civil disobedience sit-in like the left has been doing for decades\u2026. People need to get over it and chill out.\u201d<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_12');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_12');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_12\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(12)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_12\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Stewart Rhodes, \u201cBurns, OR Town Hall Meeting Jan. 11, 2016. Sheriff Ward: \u2018There\u2019s an Hour Glass and It\u2019s Runnin, and Time\u2019s Gonna Run Out\u2019,\u201d Oath Keepers, January 12, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oathkeepers.org\/burns-town-hall-meeting-jan-12-2016-sheriff-ward\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.oathkeepers.org\/burns-town-hall-meeting-jan-12-2016-sheriff-ward<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_12').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_12', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> They then started pushing the line that the Hammonds were being driven off their land as part of the supposed Agenda 21 conspiracy.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_13');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_13');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_13\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(13)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_13\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Shorty Dawkins, \u201cWhat Is Really Behind The Hammond Situation?\u201d Oath Keepers, January 12, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oathkeepers.org\/what-is-really-behind-the-hammond-situation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.oathkeepers.org\/what-is-really-behind-the-hammond-situation<\/a>; \u201cAgenda 21 Primer,\u201d Oath Keepers, January 14, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oathkeepers.org\/agenda-21-for-dummies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.oathkeepers.org\/agenda-21-for-dummies<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_13').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_13', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> On January 15, the Oath Keepers national made an appeal to U.S. military and FBI agents, repeating the \u201cNo Free Wacos\u201d slogan, and threatening civil war again.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_14');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_14');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_14\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(14)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_14\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Stewart Rhodes, \u201cWarning to U.S. Military and Federal LEOs: Do Not Follow Orders to \u2018Waco\u2019 Ammon Bundy Occupation, or Risk Civil War,\u201d Oath Keepers, January 15, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oathkeepers.org\/critical-warning-to-u-s-military-and-federal-leo-do-not-follow-orders-to-waco-ammon-bundy-occupation-in-oregon-or-you-risk-starting-a-civil-war\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.oathkeepers.org\/critical-warning-to-u-s-military-and-federal-leo-do-not-follow-orders-to-waco-ammon-bundy-occupation-in-oregon-or-you-risk-starting-a-civil-war<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_14').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_14', 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 January 19, the national made the first call up of members to come to Harney County\u2014something that tellingly hadn\u2019t happened until then. Members were told to engage in a campaign to win the \u201chearts and minds\u201d of local residents, taking actions like shoveling snow from sidewalks.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_15');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_15');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_15\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(15)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_15\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Jason Van Tatenhove, \u201cOath Keepers Call For Volunteers For PPN Buffer Operation in Harney County, OR,\u201d Oath Keepers, January 19, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oathkeepers.org\/call-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.oathkeepers.org\/call-up<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_15').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_15', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> On January 24, Oath Keepers national issued the first of several \u201cSituation Reports\u201d\u2014military-style analyses of what the government was doing in the area.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_16');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_16');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_16\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(16)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_16\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Sam Culper\u2019s posts on the Oath Keepers website are \u201cMalheur SITREP: 2200L 23 JAN 2016,\u201d January 23, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oathkeepers.org\/malheur-sitrep-2200l-23-jan-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.oathkeepers.org\/malheur-sitrep-2200l-23-jan-2016\/<\/a>; \u201cMalheur SITREP: 2200L 24 JAN 2016,\u201d January 24, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oathkeepers.org\/malheur-sitrep-2200l-24-jan-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.oathkeepers.org\/malheur-sitrep-2200l-24-jan-2016\/<\/a>; \u201cMalheur SITREP: 2100L 25 JAN 2016,\u201d January 25, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oathkeepers.org\/malheur-sitrep-2100l-25-jan-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.oathkeepers.org\/malheur-sitrep-2100l-25-jan-2016\/<\/a>; and \u201cMalheur SITREP: 2100L 29 JAN 2016,\u201d January 29, 2016, www.oathkeepers.org\/malheur-sitrep-1900l-29-jan-16\/.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_16').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_16', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> On the same day LaVoy Finicum was also on a radio show with Rhodes, who advised Finicum to leave the refuge and seek the protection of a county sheriff. Finicum was killed two days later en route to a meeting in Grant County attended by its constitutional sheriff, Glenn Palmer.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_17');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_17');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_17\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(17)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_17\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Jason Van Tatenhove, \u201cAudio of Haunting Oath Keepers Phone Call With LaVoy Finicum Two Days Before His Death,\u201d Oath Keepers, February 8, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oathkeepers.org\/new-audio-files-of-the-last-conversation-had-between-lavoy-finicum-stewart-rhodes-todd-engle-and-jason-van-tatenhove\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.oathkeepers.org\/new-audio-files-of-the-last-conversation-had-between-lavoy-finicum-stewart-rhodes-todd-engle-and-jason-van-tatenhove<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_17').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_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\">It should be noted that the Oath Keepers came under heavy criticism from other Patriot movement factions for their initial denunciation of, and then later lackluster support for, the occupation.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_18');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_18');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_18\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(18)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_18\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">For example, \u201cOath Keepers Has Failed Oregon &amp; America,\u201d YouTube video, 0:59, posted by \u201cCounter Tyranny Ops,\u201d January 7, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hJbF9s0Uy4k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hJbF9s0Uy4k<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_18').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_18', 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 wp-image-16163\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rop.org\/uia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/LaVoy-death-coordinates-.jpg\" alt=\"This memorialization combines the logo of the Three Percenters, the brand of LaVoy Finicum\u2019s ranch, and the coordinates of the remote area where he was killed.\" class=\"wp-image-16163\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rop.org\/uia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/LaVoy-death-coordinates-.jpg 960w, https:\/\/rop.org\/uia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/LaVoy-death-coordinates--300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rop.org\/uia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/LaVoy-death-coordinates--150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rop.org\/uia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/LaVoy-death-coordinates--768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption>This memorialization combines the logo of the Three Percenters, the brand of LaVoy Finicum\u2019s ranch, and the coordinates of the remote area where he was killed.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Pacific Patriots Network\u2019s Response<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">Pacific Patriots Network also signed the December 11, 2015 \u201cRedress of Grievance\u201d document.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_19');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_19');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_19\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(19)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_19\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">We the People\u2014United Individuals of these States United, et al., \u201cNOTICE: Redress of Grievance,\u201d dated December 11, 2015, Holding Block, December 30, 2015, <a href=\"http:\/\/holdingblock.blogspot.com\/2015\/12\/we-people-united-individuals-of-these.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">http:\/\/holdingblock.blogspot.com\/2015\/12\/we-people-united-individuals-of-these.html<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_19').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_19', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> Members organized the January 2, 2016 march in Burns in support of the Hammonds, and several spoke at the march. They had also met with Harney County community members before the January 2, 2016 march, to calm their fears of violence. \u201cWe are not coming into your town to shoot it up,\u201d Brandon Curtiss said. \u201cWe won&#8217;t fire anything unless we&#8217;re fired upon.\u201d<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_20');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_20');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_20\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(20)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_20\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Les Zaitz, \u201cBurns residents confront militia over fears of violence,\u201d Oregonian\/OregonLive, January2, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/pacific-northwest-news\/index.ssf\/2016\/01\/burns_residents_confront_milit.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.oregonlive.com\/pacific-northwest-news\/index.ssf\/2016\/01\/burns_residents_confront_milit.html<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_20').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_20', 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\">After Ammon Bundy and fewer than a dozen others broke out of the march and took over the refuge headquarters, the Pacific Patriots Network-led march continued on to the Harney County Fairgrounds in Burns, where most of the group\u2019s leadership was present and expressed their opposition to the occupation. Brandon Curtiss went so far as to call Ammon Bundy, Jon Ritzheimer, Ryan Payne, and Blaine Cooper \u201cbad apples.\u201d<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_21');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_21');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_21\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(21)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_21\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">\u201cJan. 2, 2016 Town Hall Meeting,\u201d YouTube video, 1:08:00, posted by \u201cLiberty Under Attack\u201d (originally filmed by S. Thomas Lewis), April 11, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=A3t1SopHD18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=A3t1SopHD18<\/a>; see around 9:50.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_21').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_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\">However, the Pacific Patriots Network position on the occupation evolved quickly, and they attempted to insert themselves between the occupiers and law enforcement authorities. A January 3, 2016 press release said they \u201cin no way condone nor support\u201d the occupation, nor had they \u201cplanned or advocated for any form of armed uprising.\u201d But the next day, a new press release suddenly described the occupation as \u201cno different than a sit in protest at a college.\u201d<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_22');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_22');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_22\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(22)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_22\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Pacific Patriots Network\u2014Oath Keepers\u2014III%, \u201cPress Release: Malheur Wildlife Refuge Siege,\u201d January 3, 2016, Pacific Patriots Network, <span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">http:\/\/pacificpatriotsnetwork.com\/press_release_2016-01-03.php;<\/span> Pacific Patriots Network\u2014Oath Keepers\u2014III%, \u201cPress release regarding Malheur Wildlife Refuge,\u201d Pacific Patriots Network, January 4, 2016 <a href=\"http:\/\/pacificpatriotsnetwork.com\/press_release_2016-01-04.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">http:\/\/pacificpatriotsnetwork.com\/press_release_2016-01-04.php<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_22').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_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\">By January 7, they issued a \u201cCall to Action,\u201d asking that members come to Burns \u201cto establish a safety perimeter of protection for the occupiers so as to prevent a Waco-style situation from unfolding during this peaceful occupation.\u201d<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_23');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_23');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_23\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(23)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_23\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Pacific Patriots Network\u2014Oath Keepers\u2014III%, \u201cRe; Immediate Call to Action,\u201d Pacific Patriots Network, January 7, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pacificpatriotsnetwork.com\/press_release_2016-01-07.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.pacificpatriotsnetwork.com\/press_release_2016-01-07.php<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_23').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_23', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> Pacific Patriots Network leaders, including Joseph Rice, Brandon Rapolla, and Brandon Curtiss spoke the Harney County Committee of Safety\u2019s town hall meeting in Burns on January 8.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_24');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_24');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_24\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(24)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_24\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">\u201cBurns Oregon\u2014Important Committee of Safety Meeting,\u201d YouTube video, 3:18:38, streamed live by \u201cPete Santilli Show,\u201d January 8, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ELXMyTjMmXk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ELXMyTjMmXk<\/a>. Rice speaks at 1:02:39; Curtiss and Rapolla speak later on.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_24').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_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<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pacific Patriots Network leaders showed up on January 9, and held a press conference at the refuge, which LaVoy Finicum interrupted to tell them to put their long guns away.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_25');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_25');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_25\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(25)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_25\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">\u201cFriday Jan 9th Morning Press Briefing with III%, CFCF and PPN from the Oregon Refuge Center,\u201d YouTube video, 15:52, posted by \u201cOathKeepersOK,\u201d January 10, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yKKaFvn69DY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yKKaFvn69DY<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_25').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_25', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> Then they drove into Burns and deployed their armed members on the block around the county courthouse, where they met with Sheriff Ward and delivered their \u201cArticles of Resolution\u201d\u2014a document which suggested a series of actions to be taken by both sides to end the conflict.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_26');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_26');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_26\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(26)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_26\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">OPB Staff, \u201cNew Armed Group Enters Harney County, Meets With Sheriff,\u201d January 9, (updated January 10), 2016, OR Public Broadcasting, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opb.org\/news\/series\/burns-oregon-standoff-bundy-militia-news-updates\/armed-convoy-arrives-at-harney-county-courthouse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.opb.org\/news\/series\/burns-oregon-standoff-bundy-militia-news-updates\/armed-convoy-arrives-at-harney-county-courthouse<\/a>; \u201cBefore the Board of County Commissioners for Harney County, State of Oregon, Proposal for Resolution of the Peaceful Occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge by Citizens for Constitutional Freedom,\u201d dated January 8, 2016, Pacific Patriots Network, www.pacificpatriotsnetwork.com\/downloads\/Proposed Resoulition of Peacful Occupation \u2013 Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.pdf; Pacific Patriots Network, \u201cStatement Regarding proposed Articles of Resolution,\u201d January 10, 2016, Pacific Patriots Network, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pacificpatriotsnetwork.com\/proposed_resolution_2016-01-10.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.pacificpatriotsnetwork.com\/proposed_resolution_2016-01-10.php<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_26').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_26', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> (Neither party accepted it.) The Pacific Patriots Network then went to the airport, where the FBI was stationed, and\u2014while armed\u2014met with some agents; this was trumpeted by the Oath Keepers as a \u201cHistoric \u2018militia\u2019 moment.\u201d<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_27');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_27');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_27\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(27)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_27\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">\u201cHistoric \u2018Militia\u2019 Moment: Pacific Patriot Network (Including Oath Keepers) Calls On FBI,\u201d Oath Keepers, January 10, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oathkeepers.org\/9435-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.oathkeepers.org\/9435-2<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_27').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_27', 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 January 20, they called on Governor Brown to send a mediator in, but denounced her the next day when, instead, she called on federal authorities to \u201cimmediately\u201d end the occupation.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_28');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_28');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_28\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(28)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_28\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Letter from Joseph Rice to Governor Kate Brown, January 20, 2016, Pacific Patriots Network, www.pacificpatriotsnetwork.com\/downloads\/PPN \u2013 Request \u2013 Governor Brown Letter \u2013 Mediator.pdf; Pacific Patriots Network\u2014Oath Keepers\u2014III%, \u201cPress Release,\u201d January 21, 2016, Pacific Patriots Network, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pacificpatriotsnetwork.com\/press_release_2016-01-21.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.pacificpatriotsnetwork.com\/press_release_2016-01-21.php<\/a>; KOIN 6 Staff, \u201cGov. Brown: Militia at Malheur \u2018intolerable\u2019,\u201d KOIN 6, January 20 (updated January 21), 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/koin.com\/2016\/01\/20\/militia-at-malheur-national-wildlife-refuge-01202016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">http:\/\/koin.com\/2016\/01\/20\/militia-at-malheur-national-wildlife-refuge-01202016<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_28').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_28', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> After the arrests and shooting of Finicum on January 26, the Pacific Patriots Network initially held off responding, saying \u201cNo mobilization of any kind is to take place until every piece of speculation and hearsay have been verified or dismissed.\u201d<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_29');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_29');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_29\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(29)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_29\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Pacific Patriots Network\u2014Oath Keepers\u2014III%, \u201cPacific Patriots Network\u2014Official Statement for Immediate Release,\u201d Pacific Patriots Network, January 26, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pacificpatriotsnetwork.com\/press_release_2016-01-26.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.pacificpatriotsnetwork.com\/press_release_2016-01-26.php<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_29').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_29', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> But by January 28, Pacific Patriots Network leader BJ Soper was calling for \u201cthousands\u201d of people to come to Burns to \u201cpeacefully\u201d force the FBI out of Oregon and force several Harney County leaders to resign.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_30');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_30');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_30\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(30)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_30\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Gargoyle, Twitter post, January 28, 2016, 8:44 a.m, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Patztense\/status\/692750185819213824\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/Patztense\/status\/692750185819213824<\/span><\/a>; Carli Brosseau,\u201c\u2018Thousands\u2019 called to Burns to tell FBI to leave after occupation leader\u2019s arrest,\u201d Oregonian\/OregonLive, January 28 (updated February 23), 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/oregon-standoff\/2016\/01\/thousands_called_to_burns_to_t.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.oregonlive.com\/oregon-standoff\/2016\/01\/thousands_called_to_burns_to_t.html<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_30').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_30', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> The Pacific Patriots Network issued a \u201ccall to action\u201d the next day, with a slightly watered down demands. They called for the Oregon State Police to detain the FBI agents involved in the Finicum shooting, and for the FBI to leave Harney County (as well as for the same county officials to resign).<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_31');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_31');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_31\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(31)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_31\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Pacific Patriots Network, \u201cOfficial Call to Action,\u201d Pacific Patriots Network, January 29, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/pacificpatriotsnetwork.com\/official_call_to_action_2016-01-29.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">http:\/\/pacificpatriotsnetwork.com\/official_call_to_action_2016-01-29.php<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_31').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_31', 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-16164\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"479\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/rop.org\/uia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/R.-BJ-Soper-FBI-standoff.png\" alt=\"BJ Soper (COCG) calls for supporters to converge in Harney County to drive out the FBI and force the resignation of elected officials opposed to his movement.\" class=\"wp-image-16164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rop.org\/uia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/R.-BJ-Soper-FBI-standoff.png 479w, https:\/\/rop.org\/uia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/R.-BJ-Soper-FBI-standoff-211x300.png 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 479px) 100vw, 479px\" \/><figcaption>BJ Soper (COCG) calls for supporters to converge in Harney County to drive out the FBI and force the resignation of elected officials opposed to his movement.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">February 1, 2016 saw dueling rallies at the Harney County Courthouse. The Pacific Patriots Network held one, largely consisting of out of towners and drawing 150 people. A counter-rally, organized with support from the Rural Organizing Project, was attended almost entirely by locals; with 350 people, they outnumbered the Patriot movement crowd substantially. Then daily rallies in Burns called by Patriot movement groups were cancelled due to lack of participation.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_32');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_32');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_32\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(32)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_32\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Amelia Templeton and Amanda Peacher, \u201cEmotional Protesters Face Off In Burns,\u201d Oregon Public Broadcasting, February 1 (updated February 3), 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opb.org\/news\/series\/burns-oregon-standoff-bundy-militia-news-updates\/emotions-boil-over-on-both-sides-in-burns-protests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.opb.org\/news\/series\/burns-oregon-standoff-bundy-militia-news-updates\/emotions-boil-over-on-both-sides-in-burns-protests<\/a>; \u201cRural Oregon speaks out!,\u201d February 8, 2016, Rural Organizing Project, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rop.org\/7744-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.rop.org\/7744-2<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_32').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_32', 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-16165\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"684\" height=\"669\" src=\"https:\/\/rop.org\/uia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2.5.16-Rally-no-locals.png\" alt=\"Patriot movement rally in Burns, Oregon during the Malheur occupation fails to attract any local residents.\" class=\"wp-image-16165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rop.org\/uia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2.5.16-Rally-no-locals.png 684w, https:\/\/rop.org\/uia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2.5.16-Rally-no-locals-300x293.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><figcaption>Patriot movement rally in Burns, Oregon during the Malheur occupation fails to attract any local residents.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last, it should be noted that media connected to these two groups was important in publicizing the Malheur occupiers\u2019 version of events. Internet broadcaster Pete Santilli, who is close to the Oath Keepers, was a key figure in livestreaming events from the refuge. <em>The Voice of Idaho\u2019s<\/em> Michael Emry, who said he was an \u201cembedded\u201d reporter with the 3% of Idaho (a Pacific Patriots Network member group), also provided coverage from a Patriot movement perspective.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_33');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_8303_1('footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_33');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_33\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(33)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_33\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">See Pete Santilli Show, YouTube channel, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCYr9ruxjGbBB1MOpuU6tpAQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCYr9ruxjGbBB1MOpuU6tpAQ<\/a>; TVOI News\u2014The Voice of Idaho, <a href=\"http:\/\/tvoinews.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">http:\/\/tvoinews.com<\/span><\/a>. Thanks to Cheri Roberts for pointing out the influence of these two Patriot movement media outlets during the Malheur occupation.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_33').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_8303_1_33', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> Both were arrested after the occupation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/rop.org\/uia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/PeterWalker16.jpg\" alt=\"Patriot movement live broadcaster Pete Santilli (left) at the Malheur occupation in January 2016. He is sporting the insignia of the 3% of Idaho. (Photo courtesy of Peter Walker)\" class=\"wp-image-16166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rop.org\/uia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/PeterWalker16.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/rop.org\/uia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/PeterWalker16-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rop.org\/uia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/PeterWalker16-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption>Patriot movement live broadcaster Pete Santilli (left) at the Malheur occupation in January 2016. He is sporting the insignia of the 3% of Idaho. (Photo courtesy of Peter Walker)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\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_8303_1();\">References<\/span><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button\" style=\"\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_8303_1();\">[<a id=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_8303_1\">+<\/a>]<\/span><\/p><\/div> <div id=\"footnote_references_container_8303_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_8303_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_1');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_1\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>1<\/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, Holding Block, December 30, 2015, <a href=\"http:\/\/holdingblock.blogspot.com\/2015\/12\/we-people-united-individuals-of-these.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">http:\/\/holdingblock.blogspot.com\/2015\/12\/we-people-united-individuals-of-these.html<\/span><\/a>; Jason Van Tatenhove, \u201cA New Resolution put out by Ammon Bundy concerning the Hammond Family,\u201d Oath Keepers, December 15, 2015, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oathkeepers.org\/a-new-resolution-put-out-by-ammond-bundy-concerning-the-hammond-family\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.oathkeepers.org\/a-new-resolution-put-out-by-ammond-bundy-concerning-the-hammond-family<\/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_8303_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_2');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_2\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>2<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Stewart Rhodes, \u201cThe Hammond Family Does NOT Want an Armed Stand Off, and Nobody Has a Right to Force One On Them,\u201d Oath Keepers, January 1, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oathkeepers.org\/the-hammond-family-does\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.oathkeepers.org\/the-hammond-family-does<\/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_8303_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_3');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_3\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>3<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">\u201cDear Friends,\u201d YouTube video, 19:27, posted by \u201cAmmon Bundy,\u201d January 2, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=M7M0mG6HUyk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=M7M0mG6HUyk<\/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_8303_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_4');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_4\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>4<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Originally posted before January 2, 2016 on Facebook at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/video.php?v=774946265942875\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.facebook.com\/video.php?v=774946265942875<\/a>. The video was removed during the occupation.<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_8303_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_5');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_5\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>5<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Mike Vanderboegh, \u201cOregon Standoff: Federal Provocateurs, Sociopaths And Idiots,\u201d Oath Keepers, January 3, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oathkeepers.org\/oregon-standoff-federal-provocateurs-sociopaths-and-idiots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.oathkeepers.org\/oregon-standoff-federal-provocateurs-sociopaths-and-idiots<\/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_8303_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_6');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_6\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>6<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">\u201cOregon III% Press Release on Malheur Wildlife Refuge,\u201d Oath Keepers, January 5, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oathkeepers.org\/oregon-iii-press-release-on-malheur-wildlife-refuge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.oathkeepers.org\/oregon-iii-press-release-on-malheur-wildlife-refuge<\/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_8303_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_7');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_7\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>7<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Stewart Rhodes, \u201cURGENT Warning on OR Standoff: Military Special OP Assets Have Been Assigned for Standoff. Keep Women and Children Out of There,\u201d Oath Keepers, January 5, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oathkeepers.org\/urgent-warning-on-or-standoff-military-special-op-assets-have-been-assigned-for-standoff-get-all-children-out-of-there-immediately\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.oathkeepers.org\/urgent-warning-on-or-standoff-military-special-op-assets-have-been-assigned-for-standoff-get-all-children-out-of-there-immediately<\/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_8303_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_8');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_8\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>8<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Stewart Rhodes, \u201cA Recommended Honorable Exit Strategy For Ammon Bundy,\u201d Oath Keepers, January 6, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oathkeepers.org\/a-recommended-honorable-exit-strategy-for-ammon-bundy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.oathkeepers.org\/a-recommended-honorable-exit-strategy-for-ammon-bundy<\/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_8303_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_9');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_9\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>9<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Stewart Rhodes, \u201cLive Feed (Now a Recording) of Harney County Committee of Safety Meeting,\u201d Oath Keepers, January 8, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oathkeepers.org\/live-feed-of-harney-county-committee-of-safety-meeting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.oathkeepers.org\/live-feed-of-harney-county-committee-of-safety-meeting<\/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_8303_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_10');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_10\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>10<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">\u201cBurns Oregon\u2014Important Committee of Safety Meeting,\u201d YouTube video, 3:18:38, posted by \u201cPete Santilli Show,\u201d January 8, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ELXMyTjMmXk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ELXMyTjMmXk<\/a>; see 1:07:44.<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_8303_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_11');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_11\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>11<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">\u201cFriday Jan 9th Morning Press Briefing with III%, CFCF and PPN from the Oregon Refuge Center,\u201d YouTube video, 15:52, posted by \u201cOathKeepersOK,\u201d January 10, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yKKaFvn69DY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yKKaFvn69DY<\/a>. At 4:07 the person filming identifies himself as Tatenhove. He later interviews Finicum at the Refuge headquarters; see Jason Van Tatenhove, \u201cExclusive Oath Keepers Interview with LaVoy Finicum at the Refuge in Harney, OR,\u201d Oath Keepers, January 20, 2016, www.oathkeepers.org\/exclusive-oath-keepers-interview-with-lavoy-finicum-at-the-refuge-in-harney-or. On Santoro, see Stewart Rhodes, \u201cLetter to U.S. Military From SGM Joseph A. Santoro (Ret), Oath Keepers Operations NCO, Writing from Burns, OR,\u201d Oath Keepers, January, 15, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oathkeepers.org\/letter-to-u-s-military-from-sgm-joseph-a-santoro-ret-oath-keepers-operations-nco-writing-from-burns-or\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.oathkeepers.org\/letter-to-u-s-military-from-sgm-joseph-a-santoro-ret-oath-keepers-operations-nco-writing-from-burns-or<\/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_8303_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_12');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_12\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>12<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Stewart Rhodes, \u201cBurns, OR Town Hall Meeting Jan. 11, 2016. Sheriff Ward: \u2018There\u2019s an Hour Glass and It\u2019s Runnin, and Time\u2019s Gonna Run Out\u2019,\u201d Oath Keepers, January 12, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oathkeepers.org\/burns-town-hall-meeting-jan-12-2016-sheriff-ward\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.oathkeepers.org\/burns-town-hall-meeting-jan-12-2016-sheriff-ward<\/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_8303_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_13');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_13\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>13<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Shorty Dawkins, \u201cWhat Is Really Behind The Hammond Situation?\u201d Oath Keepers, January 12, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oathkeepers.org\/what-is-really-behind-the-hammond-situation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.oathkeepers.org\/what-is-really-behind-the-hammond-situation<\/a>; \u201cAgenda 21 Primer,\u201d Oath Keepers, January 14, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oathkeepers.org\/agenda-21-for-dummies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.oathkeepers.org\/agenda-21-for-dummies<\/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_8303_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_14');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_14\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>14<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Stewart Rhodes, \u201cWarning to U.S. Military and Federal LEOs: Do Not Follow Orders to \u2018Waco\u2019 Ammon Bundy Occupation, or Risk Civil War,\u201d Oath Keepers, January 15, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oathkeepers.org\/critical-warning-to-u-s-military-and-federal-leo-do-not-follow-orders-to-waco-ammon-bundy-occupation-in-oregon-or-you-risk-starting-a-civil-war\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.oathkeepers.org\/critical-warning-to-u-s-military-and-federal-leo-do-not-follow-orders-to-waco-ammon-bundy-occupation-in-oregon-or-you-risk-starting-a-civil-war<\/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_8303_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_15');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_15\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>15<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Jason Van Tatenhove, \u201cOath Keepers Call For Volunteers For PPN Buffer Operation in Harney County, OR,\u201d Oath Keepers, January 19, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oathkeepers.org\/call-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.oathkeepers.org\/call-up<\/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_8303_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_16');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_16\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>16<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Sam Culper\u2019s posts on the Oath Keepers website are \u201cMalheur SITREP: 2200L 23 JAN 2016,\u201d January 23, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oathkeepers.org\/malheur-sitrep-2200l-23-jan-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.oathkeepers.org\/malheur-sitrep-2200l-23-jan-2016\/<\/a>; \u201cMalheur SITREP: 2200L 24 JAN 2016,\u201d January 24, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oathkeepers.org\/malheur-sitrep-2200l-24-jan-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.oathkeepers.org\/malheur-sitrep-2200l-24-jan-2016\/<\/a>; \u201cMalheur SITREP: 2100L 25 JAN 2016,\u201d January 25, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oathkeepers.org\/malheur-sitrep-2100l-25-jan-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.oathkeepers.org\/malheur-sitrep-2100l-25-jan-2016\/<\/a>; and \u201cMalheur SITREP: 2100L 29 JAN 2016,\u201d January 29, 2016, www.oathkeepers.org\/malheur-sitrep-1900l-29-jan-16\/.<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_8303_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_17');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_17\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>17<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Jason Van Tatenhove, \u201cAudio of Haunting Oath Keepers Phone Call With LaVoy Finicum Two Days Before His Death,\u201d Oath Keepers, February 8, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oathkeepers.org\/new-audio-files-of-the-last-conversation-had-between-lavoy-finicum-stewart-rhodes-todd-engle-and-jason-van-tatenhove\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.oathkeepers.org\/new-audio-files-of-the-last-conversation-had-between-lavoy-finicum-stewart-rhodes-todd-engle-and-jason-van-tatenhove<\/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_8303_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_18');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_18\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>18<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">For example, \u201cOath Keepers Has Failed Oregon &amp; America,\u201d YouTube video, 0:59, posted by \u201cCounter Tyranny Ops,\u201d January 7, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hJbF9s0Uy4k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hJbF9s0Uy4k<\/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_8303_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_19');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_19\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>19<\/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, Holding Block, December 30, 2015, <a href=\"http:\/\/holdingblock.blogspot.com\/2015\/12\/we-people-united-individuals-of-these.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">http:\/\/holdingblock.blogspot.com\/2015\/12\/we-people-united-individuals-of-these.html<\/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_8303_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_20');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_20\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>20<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Les Zaitz, \u201cBurns residents confront militia over fears of violence,\u201d Oregonian\/OregonLive, January2, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/pacific-northwest-news\/index.ssf\/2016\/01\/burns_residents_confront_milit.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.oregonlive.com\/pacific-northwest-news\/index.ssf\/2016\/01\/burns_residents_confront_milit.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_8303_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_21');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_21\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>21<\/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 (originally filmed by S. Thomas Lewis), April 11, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=A3t1SopHD18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=A3t1SopHD18<\/a>; see around 9:50.<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_8303_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_22');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_22\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>22<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Pacific Patriots Network\u2014Oath Keepers\u2014III%, \u201cPress Release: Malheur Wildlife Refuge Siege,\u201d January 3, 2016, Pacific Patriots Network, <span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">http:\/\/pacificpatriotsnetwork.com\/press_release_2016-01-03.php;<\/span> Pacific Patriots Network\u2014Oath Keepers\u2014III%, \u201cPress release regarding Malheur Wildlife Refuge,\u201d Pacific Patriots Network, January 4, 2016 <a href=\"http:\/\/pacificpatriotsnetwork.com\/press_release_2016-01-04.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">http:\/\/pacificpatriotsnetwork.com\/press_release_2016-01-04.php<\/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_8303_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_23');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_23\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>23<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Pacific Patriots Network\u2014Oath Keepers\u2014III%, \u201cRe; Immediate Call to Action,\u201d Pacific Patriots Network, January 7, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pacificpatriotsnetwork.com\/press_release_2016-01-07.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.pacificpatriotsnetwork.com\/press_release_2016-01-07.php<\/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_8303_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_24');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_24\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>24<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">\u201cBurns Oregon\u2014Important Committee of Safety Meeting,\u201d YouTube video, 3:18:38, streamed live by \u201cPete Santilli Show,\u201d January 8, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ELXMyTjMmXk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ELXMyTjMmXk<\/a>. Rice speaks at 1:02:39; Curtiss and Rapolla speak later on.<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_8303_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_25');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_25\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>25<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">\u201cFriday Jan 9th Morning Press Briefing with III%, CFCF and PPN from the Oregon Refuge Center,\u201d YouTube video, 15:52, posted by \u201cOathKeepersOK,\u201d January 10, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yKKaFvn69DY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yKKaFvn69DY<\/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_8303_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_26');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_26\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>26<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">OPB Staff, \u201cNew Armed Group Enters Harney County, Meets With Sheriff,\u201d January 9, (updated January 10), 2016, OR Public Broadcasting, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opb.org\/news\/series\/burns-oregon-standoff-bundy-militia-news-updates\/armed-convoy-arrives-at-harney-county-courthouse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.opb.org\/news\/series\/burns-oregon-standoff-bundy-militia-news-updates\/armed-convoy-arrives-at-harney-county-courthouse<\/a>; \u201cBefore the Board of County Commissioners for Harney County, State of Oregon, Proposal for Resolution of the Peaceful Occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge by Citizens for Constitutional Freedom,\u201d dated January 8, 2016, Pacific Patriots Network, www.pacificpatriotsnetwork.com\/downloads\/Proposed Resoulition of Peacful Occupation \u2013 Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.pdf; Pacific Patriots Network, \u201cStatement Regarding proposed Articles of Resolution,\u201d January 10, 2016, Pacific Patriots Network, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pacificpatriotsnetwork.com\/proposed_resolution_2016-01-10.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.pacificpatriotsnetwork.com\/proposed_resolution_2016-01-10.php<\/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_8303_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_27');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_27\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>27<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">\u201cHistoric \u2018Militia\u2019 Moment: Pacific Patriot Network (Including Oath Keepers) Calls On FBI,\u201d Oath Keepers, January 10, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oathkeepers.org\/9435-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.oathkeepers.org\/9435-2<\/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_8303_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_28');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_28\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>28<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Letter from Joseph Rice to Governor Kate Brown, January 20, 2016, Pacific Patriots Network, www.pacificpatriotsnetwork.com\/downloads\/PPN \u2013 Request \u2013 Governor Brown Letter \u2013 Mediator.pdf; Pacific Patriots Network\u2014Oath Keepers\u2014III%, \u201cPress Release,\u201d January 21, 2016, Pacific Patriots Network, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pacificpatriotsnetwork.com\/press_release_2016-01-21.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.pacificpatriotsnetwork.com\/press_release_2016-01-21.php<\/a>; KOIN 6 Staff, \u201cGov. Brown: Militia at Malheur \u2018intolerable\u2019,\u201d KOIN 6, January 20 (updated January 21), 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/koin.com\/2016\/01\/20\/militia-at-malheur-national-wildlife-refuge-01202016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">http:\/\/koin.com\/2016\/01\/20\/militia-at-malheur-national-wildlife-refuge-01202016<\/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_8303_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_29');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_29\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>29<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Pacific Patriots Network\u2014Oath Keepers\u2014III%, \u201cPacific Patriots Network\u2014Official Statement for Immediate Release,\u201d Pacific Patriots Network, January 26, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pacificpatriotsnetwork.com\/press_release_2016-01-26.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.pacificpatriotsnetwork.com\/press_release_2016-01-26.php<\/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_8303_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_30');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_30\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>30<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Gargoyle, Twitter post, January 28, 2016, 8:44 a.m, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Patztense\/status\/692750185819213824\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/Patztense\/status\/692750185819213824<\/span><\/a>; Carli Brosseau,\u201c\u2018Thousands\u2019 called to Burns to tell FBI to leave after occupation leader\u2019s arrest,\u201d Oregonian\/OregonLive, January 28 (updated February 23), 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/oregon-standoff\/2016\/01\/thousands_called_to_burns_to_t.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.oregonlive.com\/oregon-standoff\/2016\/01\/thousands_called_to_burns_to_t.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_8303_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_31');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_31\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>31<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Pacific Patriots Network, \u201cOfficial Call to Action,\u201d Pacific Patriots Network, January 29, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/pacificpatriotsnetwork.com\/official_call_to_action_2016-01-29.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">http:\/\/pacificpatriotsnetwork.com\/official_call_to_action_2016-01-29.php<\/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_8303_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_32');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_32\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>32<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Amelia Templeton and Amanda Peacher, \u201cEmotional Protesters Face Off In Burns,\u201d Oregon Public Broadcasting, February 1 (updated February 3), 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opb.org\/news\/series\/burns-oregon-standoff-bundy-militia-news-updates\/emotions-boil-over-on-both-sides-in-burns-protests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.opb.org\/news\/series\/burns-oregon-standoff-bundy-militia-news-updates\/emotions-boil-over-on-both-sides-in-burns-protests<\/a>; \u201cRural Oregon speaks out!,\u201d February 8, 2016, Rural Organizing Project, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rop.org\/7744-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.rop.org\/7744-2<\/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_8303_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_8303_1_33');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_8303_1_33\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>33<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">See Pete Santilli Show, YouTube channel, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCYr9ruxjGbBB1MOpuU6tpAQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCYr9ruxjGbBB1MOpuU6tpAQ<\/a>; TVOI News\u2014The Voice of Idaho, <a href=\"http:\/\/tvoinews.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">http:\/\/tvoinews.com<\/span><\/a>. 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