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Created on Sunday, 31 January 2016 11:08 | Written by OPB Staff
... OPB spoke with the remaining occupiers inside the refuge Sunday by cellphone. They say federal authorities have locked down their ability to make or receive calls.
David Fry, one of the four remaining militants, said the FBI made it so the occupiers cant make outgoing calls on their cellphones. Fry said he can receive incoming calls, but that the other three in the refuge appear unable to receive calls on their cellphones. The militants also said theyve lost access to the internet.
The militants said they arent currently inside any of the buildings at the refuge and theyve been using a generator so they arent sure if the FBI also cut power to the buildings.
Sean Anderson .. expressed frustration with the FBIs barricade that is preventing media from getting into the refuge ...
http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/291321-168609-militants-accuse-fbi-of-blocking-communications
struggle4progress
(118,290 posts)Marais Jacon-Duffy
12:03 PM, Jan 31, 2016
... Fry has played a major role in communicating with the FBI , he told OPB reporters. He said he spoke to an FBI negotiator three times in the last 24 hours
They dont want us to die. Theyre begging us to come home," he said. "Go to prison, for five years, is what theyre saying" ...
http://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/warren-county/blanchester/blanchester-man-one-of-final-four-armed-protestors-left-at-oregon-wildlife-refuge
Monk06
(7,675 posts)malaise
(269,038 posts)They are delusional dingbats.
2naSalit
(86,646 posts)mormons, they have been conditioned to believe they are saints... for whom there is no sin if they are the ones committing the "act(s)".
malaise
(269,038 posts)It's OK if you're a ReTHUG
2naSalit
(86,646 posts)womanofthehills
(8,718 posts)quote from Sean Anderson a few days ago:
" We were just four drunks, we don't have any military experience, and now we're the shining stars,
malaise
(269,038 posts)SwankyXomb
(2,030 posts)Complaining that they're being treated like criminals.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)I really hope he gets the help he needs.
Kaleva
(36,307 posts)"The family member also said Anderson envisions that in 100 years from now the Oregon occupation will be looked back on as a Boston Tea Party event."
"On Wednesday, in the early hours, he posted on Facebook what appeared to be a reference to losing his cellphone service: "My last words .....(let the history books record) Woop woop."
cwydro
(51,308 posts)I think he's just a wannabe.
The Fry kid worries me because I think he's got no way to save face except to go down.
The Feds are handling this well I think. They'll just wait till the weed and beer runs out.
Maybe it's wrong of me, but I love that the Bundys etc. cannot bond out until these fools give up.
matt819
(10,749 posts)And these buffoons think they can declare war on the US. Pathetic. Criminal. But pathetic.
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)uppityperson
(115,677 posts)Even if it's only in their paranoid little minds?
sinkingfeeling
(51,457 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)Surround them and cut off comms
KingCharlemagne
(7,908 posts)Siege of Leningrad. Not well, methinks.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)They would have been drinking vodka instead of Bud.
KingCharlemagne
(7,908 posts)Cartoonist
(7,317 posts)ljm2002
(10,751 posts)madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)Quixote1818
(28,944 posts)Egnever
(21,506 posts)There is a small percentage of the population that is buying into their poor me I am peaceful shtick.
Glad they got cut off but going to miss the entertainment.
csziggy
(34,136 posts)So calls ARE getting in. Maybe the other people they are trying to call have their numbers blocked so they aren't charged as part of the anti-government conspiracy?
Generic Other
(28,979 posts)Phone service like grazing rights are not free.
struggle4progress
(118,290 posts)Monk06
(7,675 posts)when their phone and internet access is cut off.
Demand snacks and cigarettes
No shortage of dope tho "Pass that bowl"
Living off Coors and energy bars cause they are so fat it will take them months to starve to death
Oh and can we leave after threatening to kill the police without any charges? Can't have felonies because I'll lose my 2A rights
What a bunch of muppets
Baitball Blogger
(46,730 posts)What did they expect? It's time to shut them down. period.
kwassa
(23,340 posts)It says so in the Constitution.
Mendocino
(7,495 posts)"well regulated" WiFi?
kwassa
(23,340 posts)So the National WiFi Association says.
Mendocino
(7,495 posts)"Hehyy BooBoo, what's up with this bluescreen?"
kwassa
(23,340 posts)struggle4progress
(118,290 posts)4 remaining militants want pardons before they will willingly leave
Jennifer Dowling and KOIN 6 News Staff
Published: January 31, 2016, 1:13 pm
Updated: January 31, 2016, 4:08 pm
... Phone numbers for Jeff Banta, David Fry, Sean Anderson and Sandy Anderson were not working when KOIN 6 News called Sunday morning. OPB reports Fry said 3 of the 4 occupiers cant make or receive phone calls ...
On Saturday, a recorded message from jailed militia leader Ammon Bundy to the remaining occupiers, urging them to leave and go home, was ignored.
Your husband and your brother-in-law and all your friends are in prison right now because they do what they want to do, Sean Anderson said Saturday, I have to submit to people I dont believe or trust. You say Ammon is directed by God. So am I ...
http://koin.com/2016/01/31/busy-signals-on-phones-of-4-remaining-malheur-militia/
warrprayer
(4,734 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)They want their cell phones - using publicly-owned federally-regulated cell signals - and their wi-fi - using that federally created internet - but they're all frustrated because they've been cut off. Really rugged individualists, aren't they? "Oh yeah, I was gonna be at the Alamo, but they had such spotty wi-fi, I just couldn't see sticking it out."
GoCubsGo
(32,086 posts)Tough shit. You assholes have been blocking refuge workers and scientists from being able to do their jobs, as well as preventing their families from living safely in their homes. Take your complaints and stick 'em where the sun don't shine.