Statement by Gary Hunt, Outpost of Freedom,with regard to the Freedom of the Press

Rumor has it that I was visited by the FBI, yesterday, January 5, 2016. That rumor is true It was not and (should be an) investigation or an interview. Instead, it was to hand me a letter from the Portland, Oregon, United States Attorney's Office, signed by (not sign) by Pamela R. Holsinger, Chief, Criminal Division, on behalf of Billy J. Williams. That letter was a Cease and Desist letter. Today, I told the FBI messenger that I had no intention of complying; that I wanted to look into my legal rights. A few hours later, I was informed by two sources that the government has filed An affidavit, and request for a court order, and a proposed order wherein they order me to remove my articles with discovery information in them, and refrain from publishing any more discovery information.

We, the People, have a right to know what our government is doing, then the Court on Oregon is criminal

This is fast becoming a matter of the First Amendment right of the people to know what their government is doing. This same subject went before the United States Supreme Court, in 1971. That case was "New York Times Co. V. United States 403 U.S. 713", wherein the Court, in defending the public right to know, stated:

"Our Government was launched in 1789 with the adoption of the Constitution. The Bill of Rights, including the First Amendment, followed in 1791. Now, for the first time in the 182 years since the founding of the Republic, the federal courts are asked to hold that the First Amendment does not mean what it says, but rather means that the Government can halt the publication of current news of vital importance to the people of this country."

The New York Times prevailed and the government could not restrain the Times from publishing the Pentagon Papers. The matter before us, now, is equally, or more important in that the right of the people to know how the government operates in their private lives, with "spies" reporting everything that they can about what you do, with no criminal intent, to the government. This is what the KGB did in the Soviet Union. It is what the Stasi did in East Germany. Neither country exists, now, as the police state was not compatible with people used to kings and emperors. It is absolutely unacceptable in a country of free and liberty loving people.

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If exposing government spies that spy on the people is criminal, then I confess to that crime. If, however, We, the People, have a right to know what our government is doing, then the Court on Oregon is criminal. The following documents are the letter and the three filings in the Ammon Bundy, et al, case in Oregon. Cease and Desist Letter Motion to Enforce Protective Order - (Expedited Consideration Requested) Affidavit of FBI Special Agent Ronnie Walker in Support of Motion to Enforce Protective Order [Proposed] Order Enforcing Protective Order