Reporters from Oregon Public Broadcasting witnessed the militiamen currently occupying a federally owned wildlife refuge in rural Oregon using government computers and rifling through office papers, according to a Friday report. Militia leader Ryan Bundy denied to OPB that the group had accessed government information or used the computers, despite the reporters’ eyewitness accounts.
“No, we haven’t touched a single personal item. We haven’t touched any of the computers, we haven’t tried to log on—we haven’t done anything. We’re not here to hurt people,” Bundy told OPB reporter John Sepulvado. “Not even the people who work here.”
While on a tour of the Malheur Wildlife Refuge’s visitor center, which the small group of militiamen has occupied since Jan. 2, Sepulvado saw militants interacting with computers in the compounds’ office. The computers can only be accessed with employee ID badges. Lists of names and Social Security numbers, as well as government employee ID cards, were reportedly lying next to the computers.
Given that local law enforcement officials, including Harney County Sheriff David Ward, have received death threats and been followed home in the days since the takeover began, the OPB’s reports raised concerns about the safety of the refuge’s employees.
The FBI declined to comment to the radio station but confirmed that they are looking into whether the militants have accessed government computers.
Well, the militia tribunal would like to correct your counter-pseudo-revolutionary talk, because you people threatened them and it’s no accident no one was there, weekend or not.
If true, they’ve likely violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Up tp 20 years in the federal pen. And no early parole, of course.
© The punishment for an offense under subsection (a) or (b) of this section is—
(1)
(A) a fine under this title or imprisonment for not more than ten years, or both, in the case of an offense under subsection (a)(1) of this section which does not occur after a conviction for another offense under this section, or an attempt to commit an offense punishable under this subparagraph; and
(B) a fine under this title or imprisonment for not more than twenty years, or both, in the case of an offense under subsection (a)(1) of this section which occurs after a conviction for another offense under this section, or an attempt to commit an offense punishable under this subparagraph;
Does anyone believe Y’all Queda wouldn’t try to access their enemy’s (US Government) information?
I sure don’t.
That’s hilarious. Let 'em keep accessing the computers. Track every login and its keystrokes. Then charge them for that as well.
Stupid assholes are probably looking at porn.
said Bundy, while fondling his gun.