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</font></div><div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">...</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><blockquote style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0.53571rem 1.19048rem 0px 1.13095rem; border-left: 1px solid rgb(202, 202, 202); line-height: 1.6;"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0px; line-height: 30.24px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">According to former FBI Special Agent Michael German, who is now with the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University Law School, <em style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit;">fusion centers have become part of a broader “surveillance-industrial complex” in which security agencies and the corporate sector merge together in a frenzy of mass information gathering, tracking, and surveillance.</span></em> Federal support for fusion centers is predicated on increased government access to “non-traditional information sources,” he notes. And one of the goals of fusion centers is to protect the nation’s critical infrastructure, 85 percent of which is owned by private interests.<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><em style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit;">“The insidious thing is that the role of private-sector entities in fusion centers has grown up without any specific legislation authorizing it,”</span></em> said German, who co-authored a 2007 report on behalf of the ACLU called “What’s Wrong with Fusion Centers?” “Instead, the development of these techniques and relationships, such as the one involving TigerSwan and North Dakota law enforcement, has occurred within the closed-off world of law enforcement.”</font></p></blockquote><h1 style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 2.5rem 0px 0.3rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; line-height: 1.2 !important;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">PROPAGANDA: A battle of memes and misinformation.</font></h1><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0px; line-height: 30.24px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Beyond bashing the heads of peaceful protesters and spying on organizers, TigerSwan's role also included steering public perception of the situation in favor of ETP and DAPL. Do you remember how all the local news reports out of the area just regurgitated what law enforcement was telling them? Who do you think told law enforcement what to say?</font></p><blockquote style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0.53571rem 1.19048rem 0px 1.13095rem; border-left: 1px solid rgb(202, 202, 202); line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0px; line-height: 30.24px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">A document dated October 16, obtained via a public records request, lays out the mission of the TigerSwan-led security team working in North Dakota: <em style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit;">In addition to protecting the pipeline workers, machinery, and construction material, the company was also expected to “protect the reputation of DAPL.”</span></em> The public relations mission quickly became a priority for the firm, documents show. As a leaked situation report from early September puts it, success would require <em style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit;">“strategic messaging from the client that drives the message that we are the good guys, tell the real story and address the negative messaging with good counter messaging.”</span></em><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />On numerous occasions, TigerSwan agents stressed the need to change the public narrative established by protestors and to swing public support in favor of the pipeline. As accounts of protest repression garnered nationwide support for the NoDAPL movement, the firm’s agents painstakingly collected and analyzed media coverage, warning their client about how certain incidents might be received by the public.</font></p></blockquote><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0px; line-height: 30.24px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">And they didn't stop at trying to limit or control the news of the pipeline, they also just straight-up fabricated stories and lies to make ETP look better. (That's called propaganda)</font></p><blockquote style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0.53571rem 1.19048rem 0px 1.13095rem; border-left: 1px solid rgb(202, 202, 202); line-height: 1.6;"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0px; line-height: 30.24px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);">In a report dated September 7, TigerSwan agents discuss the need for a “Social Engagement Plan.” On September 22, they discuss the development of an information operations campaign run by the company’s North Carolina-based intel team and Robert Rice, who </span><em style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit;"><span style="background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);">without disclosing his</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> TigerSwan affiliation posed as “Allen Rice” in a series of amateurish videos in which he provided commentary critical of the protests.</span></span></em><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> The videos, posted on the Facebook pages “Defend Iowa” and <b>“Netizens for Progress and Justice</b></span><span style="background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"><b>,” </b>were removed after The Intercept contacted TigerSwan, Rice, and the pages’ administrators for comment. None responded.</span></font></p></blockquote><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0px; line-height: 30.24px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);">But it gets worse than corny Facebook videos. TigerSwan and various law enforcement also tried to twist and contort events surrounding the severe injuries of protesters, such as</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> Sophia Wilansky, </span><span style="background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);">with baseless accusations of protesters building IEDs and other violent activities.</span></font></p><blockquote style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0.53571rem 1.19048rem 0px 1.13095rem; border-left: 1px solid rgb(202, 202, 202); line-height: 1.6;"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0px; line-height: 30.24px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);">On a freezing night in November, as police sprayed nonviolent Dakota Access Pipeline opponents with water hoses and rubber bullets, representatives of the FBI, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, North Dakota’s U.S. Attorney’s Office, and local law enforcement agencies frantically exchanged emails as they monitored the action in real time.</span><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><span style="background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);">By 4 a.m. on November 21, approximately 300 water protectors had been injured, some severely. Among them was 21-year-old Sophia Wilansky, who </span><em style="background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254); box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit;">nearly lost her arm after being hit by what multiple sworn witnesses say was a police munition.</span></em><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><span style="background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);">The emails exchanged that night highlight law enforcement efforts to control the narrative around the violent incident by spreading propaganda refuting Wilansky’s story, demonstrate the agencies’ heavy reliance on protesters’ social media feeds to monitor activities, and reveal for the first time the involvement of an FBI informant in defining the story police would promote.</span><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><span style="background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);">Roughly eight hours prior to Sophia Wilansky’s injury, Bismarck police officer Lynn Wanner — who, records indicate, acted as a liaison between intelligence agencies and field officers throughout the anti-DAPL protests — alerted local, state, and federal law enforcement partners that an </span><a href="https://theintercept.com/document/2017/06/03/intel-group-email-thread-2016-11-20/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: pointer; transition: opacity, fill, stroke 0.3s ease 0s;">“FBI inside source”(pg11)</a><span style="background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"> was “reporting propane tanks inside the camp rigged to explode.” Wanner’s email about the FBI informant echoes the story the Morton County Sheriff’s Department would later tell journalists about Wilansky’s injury.</span><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><span style="background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);">“We probably should be ready for a massive media backlash tomorrow although we are in the right. 244 angry voicemails received so far,” wrote Ben Leingang, a North Dakota state official, at about 10 p.m. on November 20. By morning, images of Wilansky’s severely injured arm were circulating online.</span><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><span style="background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);">TigerSwan fretted about the backlash, too. “Protesters are claiming over 100 injuries associated with the demonstration and will surely contort video of the event into anti-DAPL propaganda,” the security firm noted in its internal report that next morning.</span><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><span style="background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);">As another day passed,</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> U.S. Attorney’s Office National Security Intelligence Specialist Terry Van Horn</span><span style="background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"> sent an email to members of various federal agencies noting the FBI’s claim that “a source from the camp reported people were making IED’s from small Coleman type propane canisters.” Van Horn added that Wilansky “was witnessed throwing an IED while on the bridge, it detonated early and caused the below injuries (see graphic photos).”</span></font></p></blockquote><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0px; line-height: 30.24px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">But one bogus theory about Wilansky's injury wasn't enough.</font></p><blockquote style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0.53571rem 1.19048rem 0px 1.13095rem; border-left: 1px solid rgb(202, 202, 202); line-height: 1.6;"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0px; line-height: 30.24px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);">Less than an hour later,</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> <b>Van Horn </b></span><span style="background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"><b>emailed to the thread the text of a Facebook post from the page Netizens for Progress and Justice. </b>“This wasn’t caused by law enforcement, it was caused by dumbass ‘direct action’ protesters that think they are doing the right thing without any consideration for the safety and welfare of honest protesters nearby that are caught up in things,” the post read, going on to describe a theory of the injury that conflicted even with law enforcement’s propane tank theory.</span></font></p></blockquote><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0px; line-height: 30.24px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://theintercept.com/document/2017/06/03/law-enforcement-email-thread-2016-11-22/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; line-height: inherit; cursor: pointer; transition: opacity, fill, stroke 0.3s ease 0s;">His version of events</a>, presented as fact, and feigning concern for Sophia, was that a chain protestors were using to pull barracades with a truck snapped and whipped the flesh from Wilansky's arm. This despite numerous sworn accounts and Sophia's own statements that it was a concussion (stun) grenade thrown by an officer that in fact blew her arm open. Even <a href="http://www.snopes.com/2016/11/22/standing-rock-protester-in-danger-of-losing-arm-after-police-use-force/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; line-height: inherit; cursor: pointer; transition: opacity, fill, stroke 0.3s ease 0s;">Snopes</a> confirmed this. The whole story is absurd and full of attempts to contort the facts to frame the protesters as bad, including suggesting that protesters delayed getting aid to Wilansky because it would 'make a better story', neglecting to mention that the ambulance was delayed by the blockade the police (and TigerSwan) had put up to limit the flow of resources into the camp. There were also <a href="http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/40457-focus-police-are-deliberately-hurting-standing-rock-protesters-to-deter-others-from-coming-father-of-injured-protester-claims" rel="nofollow noopener" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; line-height: inherit; cursor: pointer; transition: opacity, fill, stroke 0.3s ease 0s;">reports from those on the ground</a> that officers were holding their grenades for several seconds before throwing them, so they would explode in the air instead of on the ground. In my opinion, this constitutes a war crime. The police also roundly denied using <em style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit;">any</span></em> grenades despite <a href="https://twitter.com/UR_Ninja/status/800907967646330880" rel="nofollow noopener" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; line-height: inherit; cursor: pointer; transition: opacity, fill, stroke 0.3s ease 0s;">ample evidence</a> to the contrary.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0px; line-height: 30.24px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Despite the lies and inaccuracies, the team eagerly sought to spread this propaganda and muddy the waters against the protesters.</font></p><blockquote style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0.53571rem 1.19048rem 0px 1.13095rem; border-left: 1px solid rgb(202, 202, 202); line-height: 1.6;"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0px; line-height: 30.24px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);">“How can we get this story out?” replied Maj. Amber Balken, a public information officer for the National Guard, which was also involved in policing the protests. “This is a must report,” Balken added, suggesting the name of a local conservative blogger. Cecily Fong, a public information officer with the North Dakota Department of Emergency Services, replied by promising to “get with” the blogger to circulate the article.</span><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><span style="background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);">As The Intercept reported last week<b>, </b></span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><b>Netizens for Progress and Justice also frequently published content produced on behalf of TigerSwan,</b> including videos critical of pipeline opponents.</span><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><span style="background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);">Ultimately, police promoted a story about the incident that echoed the claims of the FBI informant. On November 22, the Morton County Sheriff’s Department distributed press releases implying that Wilansky’s injury had been caused by a protester’s IED.</span><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><span style="background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);">The Intercept reached Lauren Regan, an attorney representing Sophia Wilansky, and read the text of Van Horn’s email to her over the phone. </span><em style="background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254); box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit;">“So much of it is totally factually incorrect,”</span></em><span style="background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"> Regan said.</span><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><em style="background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254); box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit;">“There has never been any evidence I have seen or heard of that gave any credibility to the allegation that propane tanks were being rigged as explosive devices,”</span></em><span style="background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"> continued Regan, who is a staff attorney at the Oregon-based Civil Liberties Defense Center. “To me, the timing of that revelation, in light of their having just basically blown a white woman’s arm off, always seemed extremely dubious.”</span><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><span style="background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);">Sophia Wilansky’s father, Wayne Wilansky, agreed that “there’s not a shred of truth” to Van Horn’s account of Wilansky’s injury. </span><span style="background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254); box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit;">“Obviously, disinformation is a major component of how they dealt with the protests,”</span></span><span style="background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"> he told The Intercept.</span></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0px; line-height: 30.24px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);">...</span></font></p></blockquote></div></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font></div><div><div class="breadcrumb" style="box-sizing: border-box;" times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" serif="serif" font-size="font-size" px="px"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">U.S. Attorneys</a> » <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-nd" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a id="main-content" tabindex="-1" style="box-sizing: border-box;" times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" serif="serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" /></font><div class="fielditems" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a id="main-content" tabindex="-1" style="box-sizing: border-box;" times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" serif="serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" /></font><div class="fielditem even" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a id="main-content" tabindex="-1" style="box-sizing: border-box;" times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" serif="serif" font-size="font-size" px="px"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" /></a><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a id="main-content" tabindex="-1" style="box-sizing: border-box;" times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" serif="serif" font-size="font-size" px="px"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">LECC Coordinator </strong><img alt="North Dakota LECC" src="https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/usao-nd/pages/images/2015/02/02/lecc-nd.jpg" title="North Dakota LECC" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; max-width: 100%; width: 179px; height: 145px; float: right;" /><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Terry Van Horn</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Phone: 701-297-7400 or 888-716-7395<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /> </font></a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"> </p><h6 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; clear: both; background: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-stretch: normal;" helvetica="Helvetica" neue="Neue" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" text-transform="text-transform" uppercase="uppercase" color="color" rgb="rgb" padding="padding" px="px" line-height="line-height" em="em">LECC OBJECTIVES</h6><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em;">A primary responsibility of the U.S. Department of Justice is to work closely with prosecutors, police, and other criminal justice agencies to ensure that all levels of government are more effective in protecting citizens against serious and violent crime. The LECC program, which stresses cooperation with and assistance to state and local law enforcement agencies, is one of the U. S. Attorney's Office's highest priorities.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">United States Attorney Chris Myers, </strong>in cooperation with <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem,</strong> continues to vigorously implement the LECC initiative.</span> Together they co-sponsor training for state, local, tribal, and federal law enforcement agencies, and establish and utilize specific subcommittees where appropriate. United States Attorney Myers and Attorney General Stenehjem strive to ensure that the LECC program continues to achieve its law enforcement objectives.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />A primary objective of the LECC program for the District of North Dakota is to create an environment where the needs of law enforcement and victims are identified, and where state, local, tribal, and federal agencies can work together to meet one another's needs. The key to better coordination is communication among the different levels of government, and the LECC is an excellent channel to achieve this communication.</p><h6 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; clear: both; background: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-stretch: normal;" helvetica="Helvetica" neue="Neue" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" text-transform="text-transform" uppercase="uppercase" color="color" rgb="rgb" padding="padding" px="px" line-height="line-height" em="em">LECC SUBCOMMITTEES</h6><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em;">The LECC for the District of North Dakota has several subcommittees to address specialized areas of law enforcement needs across the District. <span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">District Intelligence Specialist Terry Van Horn</strong></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>heads the LECC subcommittees, which are made up of highly specialized and experienced personnel. The subcommittees exchange information and resources, and engage in joint investigations and operations.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />The various subcommittees are:</p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3em;">Health Care Fraud</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3em;">Bankruptcy Fraud</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3em;">Financial Fraud</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3em;">Victim/Witness Assistance</li></ul><h6 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; clear: both; background: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-stretch: normal;" helvetica="Helvetica" neue="Neue" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" text-transform="text-transform" uppercase="uppercase" color="color" rgb="rgb" padding="padding" px="px" line-height="line-height" em="em">LECC TRAININGS</h6><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em;">An important function of the LECC is to provide no-cost training on various topics for law enforcement personnel. Many of the training seminars are intended to assist line-level officers. The various LECC seminars offered in North Dakota, ranging from child abuse to computer crime investigation techniques, provide specialized education to over 200 law enforcement officials from a broad range of multilevel government law enforcement agencies.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em;">The North Dakota LECC consists of over 400 individuals, including state, local, tribal, and federal agencies, as well as the military and Royal Canadian Mounted Police.</p><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em;">Federal agency members include:</p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3em;">Federal Bureau of Investigation</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3em;">Drug Enforcement Administration</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3em;">Internal Revenue Service</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; 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</div><div>By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times</div><div>
</div><div>Thursday, February 9, 2017</div><div>
</div><div><b>Five Dakota Access pipeline activists have been indicted on federal charges,</b> accused of setting fire to a bridge in order to stop authorities from reaching a protest camp illegally built on private property.</div><div>
</div><div>The indictment unsealed Wednesday stems from one of the protest’s most chaotic confrontations, an all-day Oct. 27 melee that saw agitators set blazes, <b>hurl rocks and Molotov cocktails at police</b>, and try to start a buffalo stampede with riders on horseback.</div><div>
</div><div> </div><div>About 700 protest-related arrests have been made since August, mostly for trespassing and rioting involving activists who posted bail and were promptly released, but the indictment reveals that at least a handful of activists remain in jail pending trial on federal crimes.</div><div><b>
</b></div><div><b>The five men, identified by authorities using aerial photography at the scene</b>, are charged with torching blockades on the Backwater Bridge erected by protesters using “stacked logs, fallen trees, tires and other miscellaneous items,” according to an affidavit.</div><div>
</div><div>“As law enforcement approached the bridge, individuals at the bridge were notified that law enforcement was approaching,” said the affidavit by Derek J. Hill, a special agent for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.</div><div>
</div><div>“At this point, several protesters made their way to the County Road 134 Bridge and began to pour gasoline on the barricades,” he said. “Approximately three barricades were constructed on the west side of the bridge. The barricades were set on fire and these fires resulted in law enforcement having to stop their forward movement.”</div><div>
</div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Three of the five men charged with civil disorder and using fire to commit a federal crime are still at large: Brandon Aaron Miller-Castillo, 22; Brennon J. Nastacio, 36, and Dion Ortiz, 20.</span></div><div>
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</div><div>“These defendants currently remain fugitives and their whereabouts are unknown,”<b> U.S. Attorney for North Dakota Christopher C. Myers</b>’ office said in a statement. “Law enforcement is requesting the assistance of the public in locating these individuals.”</div><div>
</div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Co-defendant Michael Mateo Markus was arraigned Feb. 3 in federal court in Bismarck. Co-defendant James A. White was arrested Wednesday and slated to appear in court Monday.</span></div><div>
</div><div>Mr. Markus, who also goes by the nickname “Rattler,” has pleaded not guilty. He is represented by attorneys from the Water Protector Legal Collective, according to court documents.</div><div>
</div><div>The protesters had erected a makeshift camp on property owned by Energy Transfer Partners, which is building the 1,172-mile, four-state oil pipeline.</div><div>
</div><div>The company began work Thursday on the final 1,100-foot stretch of the project. “We have started the drill to go beneath Lake Oahe and expect to be completed in a total of 60 days with another 23 days to fill the line to Patoka,” spokeswoman Vicki Granado said. “We look forward to having the pipeline in service in approximately 83 days.”</div><div>
</div><div>The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers granted an easement over the objections of the Standing Rock Sioux, whose reservation is located about a half-mile from the pipeline.</div><div>
</div><div>The tribe has filed for a temporary injunction to stop construction, with a court date scheduled for Monday.</div><div>
</div><div>“This administration has expressed utter and complete disregard for not only our treaty and water rights, but the environment as a whole,” the tribe said in a statement. “Process exists for a reason. This reversal is pure politics and is arbitrarily shunning safe drinking water for millions of Americans in favor of corporate oil interests.”</div><div>
</div><div>The corps granted after a two-year review an easement for the oil pipeline, which will run alongside a natural gas pipeline under Lake Oahe, but then withdrew its approval in December under pressure from the tribe and protesters.</div><div>
</div><div>The corps had undertaken an environmental impact statement, which was withdrawn after President Trump issued a memorandum last month for an expedited review on Dakota Access and the Keystone XL pipelines.</div><div>
</div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">At least one other activist remains in federal jail. Red Fawn Fallis, 37, was initially charged with attempted murder for firing three shots as she lay face-down on the ground while deputies tried to restrain her, but the Morton County charge later was dropped.</span></div><div>
</div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Instead, she faces federal counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, civil disorder, and discharge of a firearm in relation to a felon crime of violence.</span> A trial by jury has been set for March 7 in Bismarck federal court.</div></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font></div><div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 28px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">More federal charges have been filed against a pipeline protester accused of shooting toward law enforcement officers in October. </font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 28px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Red Fawn Fallis, 37, of Colorado, allegedly fired a gun while being arrested during a police raid of the northern "front line" Dakota Access Pipeline camp Oct. 27.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 28px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">An indictment filed Jan. 5 charges her with felony counts of civil disorder and discharging a firearm in relation to a felony crime of violence -- which, in this case, is civil disorder. These charges are in addition to an earlier charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. </font></p><div id="tncms-region-article_instory_top" class="tncms-region hidden-print" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 28px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Fallis pleaded not guilty to all charges Monday morning. A three-day trial was scheduled<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> for March 7 </span>with U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland in Bismarck.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 28px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">If convicted of discharging the firearm, Fallis faces a minimum of 10 years in prison. </font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 28px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Federal public defender Neil Fulton, whose office is defending Fallis, said he has never seen a felony civil disorder charge in federal court.</font></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 28px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">"I don't think it's terribly common, but it exists on the books," he said. </font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 28px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">During a December preliminary hearing for Fallis on the firearm possession charge, a federal agent said she fired three shots from a gun in her left hand while officers tried to subdue her. 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height: 1px; margin: -1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute; width: 1px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Mute</font></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p style="text-align: left; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 28px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In addition, Hill stated that law enforcement found three spent casings in a revolver allegedly possessed by Fallis and two speed strips with six live rounds in each of her pockets. Fallis has a prior felony conviction for being an accessory to a crime in Colorado, Hill testified.</font></p><p style="text-align: left; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 28px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The gun allegedly involved was a .38-caliber Ruger revolver. A complaint filed in the case said a boyfriend of Fallis' reported the same type of gun missing on Oct. 28.</font></p><div id="tncms-region-article_instory_middle" class="tncms-region hidden-print" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p style="text-align: left; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 28px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Fallis' case has drawn national attention, spawning a "Free Red Fawn" movement. A <a href="http://indi.com/freeredfawn" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">website started for her</a> says she was working as a medic on Oct. 27, and while she was being arrested, "one officer pulled his weapon and placed it against her back. While she was pinned to the ground, shots were fired."</font></p><p style="text-align: left; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 28px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Her cause has been endorsed by actors Jane Fonda and Mark Ruffalo, and an online fundraiser has solicited more than $57,000 on her behalf. </font></p><p style="text-align: left; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 28px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Magistrate Judge Charles Miller asked Fallis on Dec. 12 to fill out a financial affidavit relating to funds raised online, with the idea being that she may need to repay some of her public defense costs. No such affidavit has been filed in the public records system.</font></p><p style="text-align: left; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 28px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Fulton said his office is working with Fallis and investigating the case, which may be delayed from its March trial date. </font></p><p style="text-align: left; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 28px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">"What's next will depend on what we find," Fulton said. </font></p></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/live-updates-from-the-dakota-access-pipeline-protests-oct-27/">http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/live-updates-from-the-dakota-access-pipeline-protests-oct-27/</a></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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The Grand Jury Charges:
On or about January 6, 2017, in the District of North Dakota,
MAX GARETT MOEDE,
knowingly and forcibly assaulted, resisted, opposed, impeded, intimidated, and interfered
with a federal officer, namely, Three Affiliated Tribes Police Officer Andres Martinez, a
federal officer by virtue of a contract between the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Three
Affiliated Tribes, pursuant to Title 25, United States Code, Section 2804, while Officer
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</font></div><div><h2 style="text-align: left; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 10px 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Christopher C. Myers</font></h2><p class="rteright" style="text-align: left; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></p><p style="text-align: left; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">On Feb. 6, 2016, the Honorable U. S. District Court Chief Judge Ralph R. Erickson continued the appointment of Christopher C. Myers as the United States Attorney for the District of North Dakota.</font></span></p><p style="text-align: left; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Myers has served as acting and interim U.S. Attorney since March of 2015.</font></span></p><p style="text-align: left; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Myers stated that, "I have been honored and privileged to serve as U.S. Attorney for the District of North Dakota for the past two years. I am excited to continue leading this dedicated and talented group of attorneys and support staff at the U.S. Attorney’s Office. We strive every day to do our very best to serve the citizens of North Dakota and continue to work shoulder-to-shoulder with our federal, state, local, and tribal partners to ensure public safety. Violent crime, especially those crimes perpetrated against children, remain a priority as will the fight against organized crime.</font></p><p style="text-align: left; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">"While violent and sophisticated criminal organizations attempt to prey on North Dakotans throughout the State, our collective law enforcement response will be swift and sure. Rest assured, we will retain the quality of life we enjoy in North Dakota. Criminal organizations will find North Dakota a particularly unfavorable place to do business."</font></p><p style="text-align: left; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">As U.S. Attorney, Chris will place special emphasis on providing a voice for victims of crime in North Dakota. Accordingly, the acronym, <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">V.O.I.C.E.</strong>, highlights the top priorities of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in North Dakota:...</font></p></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font></div><div style=""><p style="text-align: left; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 28px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">North Dakota senators have asked the president to keep the current U.S. attorney in his role through the new administration.</font></p><p style="text-align: left; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 28px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., and Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., asked President Donald Trump on Feb. 27 to allow Chris Myers to continue serving as the U.S. attorney for the district of North Dakota.</font></p><p style="text-align: left; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 28px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Myers has been in the role since Obama-appointed U.S. Attorney Tim Purdon resigned in February 2015 and handed off the job. He was officially appointed a year later by Ralph Erickson, chief judge for the district, due to the continued vacancy.</font></p><div id="tncms-region-article_instory_top" class="tncms-region hidden-print" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p style="text-align: left; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 28px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">"Seldom in my years of serving North Dakota have I had the privilege of working with a more capable, tenacious and focused individual," said Heitkamp, who also hired Myers as a Bureau of Criminal Investigations agent early in his career, in a statement. "Chris Myers is the right person at the right time for this critical position."</font></p><p style="text-align: left; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 28px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Hoeven said in an interview Tuesday that he recommended Myers, a nonpartisan career prosecutor, due to his strong background, experience and recent work.</font></p><p style="text-align: left; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 28px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">"The biggest thing is he believes in law and order," Hoeven said. </font></p><p style="text-align: left; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 28px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Hoeven said Myers has also been responsive to requests from the congressional delegation for assistance with such issues as bringing FBI agents to Williston, fighting the growing influx of opioids and ensuring background checks for adults living in foster care homes for Native American children. </font></p><p style="text-align: left; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 28px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Myers has a professional background in prosecuting organized drug crime. As U.S. attorney, he has positioned himself publicly as a leader in the<b> fight against heroin and synthetic opioids</b> in the state by way of prosecution and community outreach. His office has prosecuted dealers whose drugs led to overdose deaths, and Myers hosted forums in Bismarck and Fargo last year to alert people about the growing problem. </font></p><p style="text-align: left; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 28px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">It has been an honor to serve the citizens of North Dakota for the past 15 years in the U.S. Attorney's office,"</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Myers said in a statement. 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height: 1px; margin: -1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute; width: 1px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Mute</font></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p style="text-align: left; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 28px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Purdon, Myers' predecessor, lauded the senators choice of Myers to continue in the post. He said Myers' strength is in prosecuting large-scale drug trafficking organizations, including ones with ties to Canada and Mexico. </font></p><p style="text-align: left; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 28px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">"His reputation is such that he’s well liked by cops and prosecutors and feared by drug kingpins across the country," Purdon said.</font></p><p style="text-align: left; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 28px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Purdon said he believes Myers has come to understand the public safety issues in Indian Country, including domestic violence and sex assault. </font></p><div id="tncms-region-article_instory_middle" class="tncms-region hidden-print" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p style="text-align: left; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 28px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">"I'm hopeful he’ll continue to make that a top priority of the office," Purdon said. </font></p><p style="text-align: left; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 28px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Rep. Kevin Cramer is also supporting the recommendation.</b></font></p><p style="text-align: left; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 28px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>If Trump continues Myers' position, he will not need to be confirmed by the Senate, Hoeven said.</b> By avoiding an official appointment, Myers could stay with the office as a prosecutor during a future administration or presidential appointment.</font></p><p style="text-align: left; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 28px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Myers joined the U.S. attorney's office in 2002, according to his official biography. Before becoming the top prosecutor, he was the lead Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force prosecutor for 10 years. Prior to that, he was a prosecutor in Clay and Cass counties and a special agent with the Bureau of Criminal Investigations. </font></p><p style="text-align: left; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 28px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">A North Dakota native, Myers is a graduate of Fargo North High School and has a law degree from Drake University.</font></p></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="">==</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>