It seems that the remaining occupiers of the refuge are free to go. That hardly seems fair. It's unclear, and even so to the occupiers.Probably the most charged federal crime is conspiracy. Prosecutors love to charge this crime because it lets them sweep in a broader set of evidence to trial than they otherwise would be able to.
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Basically for most federal crimes a federal conspiracy is an agreement between two and more people to commit a federal crime.
Matt Kaiser, Atty
He described the arrests a day earlier as authorities taking “the first steps to bring this occupation to a conclusion,” and said authorities were still working to “empty the refuge of those who continue to illegally occupy” the land. Anyone who wanted to leave could do so, but only after traveling through a checkpoint where they would be identified, Bretzing said.
WaPo
They somehow have maintained enough Internet bandwidth to continue streaming video from inside the 187,000-acre refuge, located 30 miles south of Burns, Oregon in remote Harney County.
In one segment of a live broadcast that clearly appears to have been made within the refuge Tuesday morning, at least three armed occupiers kept watch for law enforcement.
"They're coming to kill us," one said into the camera as hundreds watched and commented on the YouTube stream.
FBI agent in charge Greg Bretzing said in a news conference Wednesday morning that they "continue to work to empty the refuge of those who continue to illegally occupy...in safest way possible."
Oregon Live
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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