Thread: Oregon militia standoff: FBI surrounds remaining occupiers at wildlife refuge

Thomas Boyd
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Here’s the scene outside the Malheur Wildlife Refuge as media stage for removal of last occupiers #Oregonstandoff

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• IsabelFeiras ‏@IFeiras 33m33 minutes ago
  .@thomasboyd @mollykyoung the @FBIPortland flagged up their intentions days ago! The sign seems to have changed with the progress of this op
  

Cliven Bundy (Multnomah County Sheriff)

Les Zaitz ✔ @LesZaitz

Blaine Cooper, one of original occupiers, has been arrested, according to his wife. Both Coopers left the refuge after LaVoy Finicum shot.

Laura Gunderson ✔ @LGunderson

.@VoteFiore says she and Franklin Graham are headed to refuge in armored vehicle, says she'll be allowed to the checkpoint.#oregonstandoff

8:56 a.m. Thursday: Gavin Seim is live streaming a phone call with militants inside the Malheur refuge. They are speaking with Nevada State Rep. Michele Fiore who says and Rev. Franklin Graham are en route to the refuge with three FBI agents.

Last night, occupiers agreed to leave the refuge if Graham and Fiore were allowed to accompany them.

The stream offers a window into the negotiations taking place between occupants and officials. Follow live with our reporters tweeting the news from the call.

Militants are on edge as they prepare to possibly surrender. “If they double cross, all deals are off,” said armed occupier Sean Anderson. He added that the four remaining militants are currently unarmed and plan to stay unarmed.

http://www.opb.org/news/series/burns...nd-occupation/

Updates:
9:15 a.m.: Blaine Cooper, a member of the core group that took over the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge on Jan. 2, has been arrested, his wife wrote on Facebook on Thursday morning. Cooper's wife, Melissa Cooper, was also among the group occupying the bird sanctuary over the past month. Cooper said Friday that he had not been home since he left the refuge Jan. 26 after learning that Finicum had been killed at a law-enforcement roadblock. A spokeswoman with the FBI in Portland declined to confirm or deny that Cooper had been arrested Thursday morning.

9:03 a.m.: Bundy will make his first appearance in U.S. District Court in Portland at 1:30 p.m. Thursday. Bundy, 74, will appear on federal charges stemming from the 2014 standoff at his ranch in Nevada.

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9:38 a.m.: Sean Anderson says the occupiers are walking out.

9:34 a.m.: Sean Anderson says on the refuge's live stream that the FBI is telling the four remaining occupiers to come out one at a time.

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9:40 a.m.: Sandy Anderson has been arrested, according to the refuge live feed.

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9:43 a.m.: Jeff Banta is heading out, according to the feed.

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9:45 a.m.: David Fry says unless his grievances are heard, he will not come out.