Report: FBI Had Infiltrated Oregon Refuge Compound Undetected

A sign pictured at a road closure near an FBI and police checkpoint leading into the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters near Burns, Ore., on February 5, 2016, as four armed men continue to occupy the site.... A sign pictured at a road closure near an FBI and police checkpoint leading into the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters near Burns, Ore., on February 5, 2016, as four armed men continue to occupy the site. (Photo by Alex Milan Tracy) *** Please Use Credit from Credit Field *** MORE LESS
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The FBI entered the compound at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Tuesday night without being discovered by the four remaining occupiers, before moving in on the militiamen on Wednesday, The Oregonian reported.

Per The Oregonian:

FBI tactical teams had quietly moved into the refuge compound Tuesday night, entering the buildings undetected by the occupiers. They apparently were in the buildings through the day Wednesday before agents moved against the encampment.

FBI agents then moved in on Wednesday night after spotting one of the occupiers leaving the militia’s encampment in an ATV. Law enforcement approached the ATV, which then quickly returned to camp. The FBI then surrounded the occupiers’ camp in armored vehicles and set up barricades.

After negotiations with the FBI and Nevada state lawmaker Michelle Fiore — a longtime ally of the Bundy family — the occupiers agreed to turn themselves in to authorities Thursday morning.

Federal authorities also arrested Cliven Bundy on Wednesday night at the Portland airport, but it’s not clear what the elder Bundy was charged with.

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  1. Further proof this lot has no clue what they’re doing, they were just derping around hoping the government would wander off and let them retreat back to Dumbfuckistan without charges.

    BZZZZZZT!! Wrong answer!

  2. Are you kidding me!?!? These “militia” couldn’t keep their perimeter secure? That’s basic training! How delusional does one have to be to challenge the baddest military on the planet in such a remote location? Merciless ridicule should be part of the prison sentences for these clowns.

  3. These aren’t “militia”, they’re wanna-bes.

  4. Yeah, but they got real camo and weapons and stuff!!

  5. Avatar for jw1 jw1 says:

    ♫♪ I’m so tired
    Tired of waiting
    Tired of waiting for you

    It’s your life
    And you can do what you want
    Do what you like
    But please don’t keep-a me waiting
    Please don’t keep-a me waiting… ♫♪

    jw1

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