FBI warned of occupiers' kidnap plot - #BundyTeaParty
Kevin Bogardus and Jeremy P. Jacobs, E&E reporters
Greenwire: Monday, October 17, 2016
... In an email sent Jan. 6, four days after the standoff began, an intelligence analyst in the FBI's Portland, Ore., division warned FBI colleagues as well as Harney County Sheriff David Ward and his staff of a threat involving Ryan Payne, a leader of the standoff.
"Payne reportedly plans to take a 'fed' hostage in exchange for a prisoner currently detained in Seattle," the analyst wrote under the subject line "Duty to Warn — Officer and Citizen Safety" ...
The email was marked "UNCLASSIFIED/LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE" and said it should not be shared outside of the U.S. government. It appears to have been sent to warn Ward. The sheriff, who became a public face of law enforcement during the 41-day standoff, was planning to meet with Payne and Ammon Bundy, another leader of the occupation, the following day, Jan. 7.
It was addressed to Ward and his staff, who are county — not federal — officials. It was also sent to Bureau of Land Management law enforcement and several other FBI officials. The email may have also been intended to inform other law enforcement or agency personnel who were planning to accompany Ward to the meeting ...
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