Lawyers argue Feds should reveal if NSA surveillance was done on refuge occupiers
By Maxine Bernstein | The Oregonian/OregonLive
on May 12, 2016 at 10:15 AM
updated May 12, 2016 at 10:25 AM
... "Defendants are entitled to know how the government monitored their communications and activities and then to test...whether the government's evidence is derived from that surveillance,'' defense lawyer Amy Baggio wrote in a court filing Wednesday afternoon.
Baggio represents Joseph O'Shaughnessy, one of 26 accused of conspiring to impede federal officers from doing their work at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge through intimidation, threats or force. The federal indictments stem from the armed occupation of the federal wildlife refuge ...
... a law enforcement officer submitted an application under the All Writs Act to place blocks or controls on five phones used during the final days of the Malheur refuge occupation ...
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