Feds say they have no evidence of any NSA surveillance of refuge occupiers

[struggle4progress]

By Maxine Bernstein | The Oregonian/OregonLive
on May 26, 2016 at 12:32 PM
updated May 26, 2016 at 12:34 PM

Federal prosecutors say they have no evidence that any national security surveillance was used to investigate the armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Ethan Knight said intelligence agents made no wiretap interceptions in the case, and he's not aware of any electronic surveillance by national security agencies targeting the 41-day occupation of the refuge in Harney County.

Knight was responding to a defense motion that asked a judge to order prosecutors to disclose whether law enforcement officers intercepted their emails, phone calls or other electronic communications using national security surveillance methods.

"The defendants' request amounts to mere speculation,'' Knight wrote in his memo ...

http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-standoff/2016/05/feds_say_they_have_no_evidence.html

[Warren DeMontague]

1. Nah, the NSA is too busy working with the DEA to spy on and arrest domestic drug users.

http://www.salon.com/2013/08/10/the_nsa_dea_police_state_tango/