By Gary Hunt ——Bio and Archives--April 26, 2017
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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.Amendment VI In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining Witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defence.
ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 16(d)(1) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, defense counsel may provide copies of discovery only to the following individuals: (1) The defendants in this case; (2) Persons employed by the attorney of record who are necessary to assist counsel of record in preparation for trial or other proceedings in this case; and (3) Persons who defense counsel deems necessary to further legitimate investigation and preparation of this case. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that defense counsel shall provide a copy of this Protective Order to any person above who receives copies of discovery. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that any person above who receives copies of discovery from defense counsel shall use the discovery only to assist the defense in the investigation and preparation of this case and shall not reproduce or disseminate the discovery material to any other person or entity. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this Protective Order applies only to: (1) Statements by witnesses and defendants to government officials; (2) Sealed documents; and (3) Evidence received from searches of electronic media.
To the knowledge of the government, Hunt is not a member of the staff of any defense counsel representing any Defendant in this case. The Court issued the Protective Order in order to obviate "a risk of harm and intimidation to some witnesses and other individuals referenced in discovery." Order (#285) issued Mar. 9, 2016, at 2. In order to make clear in the public record that the Protective Order prohibits even third parties from disseminating protected materials and information, the Court is filing a Supplement to the Protective Order together with this Order. On this record, therefore, the Court concludes the government has sufficiently demonstrated that Hunt has aided and abetted the dissemination of materials covered by the Protective Order, and, therefore, the Court GRANTS in part the government's Motion (#1680) to Enforce Protective Order as follows: 1. The Court DIRECTS Hunt to remove all protected material and/or information derived from material covered by the Protective Order from his website(s) within 24 hours of the service of this Order; 2. The Court ENJOINS Hunt from further dissemination of material covered by the Protective Order or information derived therefrom to any person or entity. 3. The Court DIRECTS the government to serve Hunt personally with a copy of this Order together with a copy of the Protective Order (#342) and the Supplement(#1692) thereto as soon as possible and to file immediately in the record a certificate stating it has effectuated such personal service or otherwise ensured Hunt has personal knowledge of the contents thereof. 4. In the event that Hunt fails to comply with this Order after he is served, the government may initiate contempt or other enforcement proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction.
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For the reasons stated in the Court's Order (#1691)Granting in Part the Government's Motion to Enforce Protective Order, the Court supplements the Protective Order (#342) issued March 23, 2016, as follows: Any individual or entity that obtains materials protected by the Court's Protective Order (#342) is prohibited from disseminating those materials or any information derived therefrom to any other individual or entity by any means.So, unlike the Order (#1691), I am not named, rather, any person, anywhere, that has passed on any of my articles that contained the excerpts from the Discovery, is now potentially made criminal by the Supplemental Protective Order (#1692). As explained in "Freedom of the Press #14 - Telephonic Hearing", the hearing currently scheduled for May 9, in Portland, is only to determine if the Court has jurisdiction over me. If there is no jurisdiction, that ends the current matter, though it doesn't necessarily close the door. The government could seek to file an injunction in the Eastern District of California (not the Oregon District, where Anna Brown is Judge, though the United States Attorney would simply be wasting your taxpayer dollars, as the case law in enjoining publication of such information is quite clear. In preparation for the May 9 hearing, my attorney, Federal Public Defender Michael Rose, has prepared a Memorandum of Law, with my Declaration attached thereto, addressing the jurisdictional issue. Generally, it makes the same case that I have been making in this "Freedom of the Press" series, for the past four months. Now, the government has to lay out its case. They have until May 1 to do so, though I doubt that the cows will have come home by then. If the Court should rule that it does have jurisdiction in this matter, then they will be defying the intention of the Founders who wrote, and the people that ratified, our Constitution. As Justice Black said, in the Supreme Court decision of New York Times Co. v. United States 403 U.S. 713 (1971):
"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."Will we, the People, tolerate the courts being asked by the Government, once again, "to hold that the First Amendment does not mean what it says"; rather, what the government wants us to believe that it says? This article can be found on line at Freedom of the Press #15 - The Long Arm of the Law; Or Not?
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Gary Hunt was a Professional Land Surveyor. Having been the County Surveyor for Orange County, Florida from 1974 to 1978, he began private practice in 1978 and continued as such until 1993, when events in Waco, Texas caused him to leave his business in pursuit of restoring the Constitution.
In 1989, he began researching, investigating and studying history, law and events where the government was “pointing its guns in the wrong direction”. He began publishing a patriot newspaper, “Outpost of Freedom”, in February 1993.
Since that time, he has investigated numerous occurrences, including, Waco, the Murder of Michael Hill, Ohio Militia Chaplain, Oklahoma City Bombing, and other events. He has attended the sites to investigate the events, and has reported on his investigations.
He has continued to report on his findings on the Internet, as well as write articles about other current events; about the history of the Revolutionary era; and the founding documents.
His Internet home page is outpost-of-freedom.com