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After Ruby Ridge and Waco, authorities keep a low profile in Oregon
Four days into the armed occupation of a wildlife reserve in Oregon’s rugged backcountry, and something’s still missing.
The police.
While local authorities and federal agents have kept an extraordinarily low profile as the dissatisfied ranchers and activists remain holed up in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters, one recently retired FBI commander said he’d be shocked if law enforcement hasn’t monitored the every move of the occupiers.
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Greg Vecchi, former chief of the FBI’s Behavioral Science Unit, said the agency...
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