Ed’s Note: Even for those of us who are alert and awake, this comes as a surprise. I am astounded at the level of manipulation that federal agencies would manufacture to cause a federal judge to hide the truth from the American people because of “threats”. People threaten each other all the time, everyday, with all kinds of things, yet… very rarely does anything ever come of it. This is an egregious abuse of power and the type of behavior that is found in third-world dictatorships and communist countries, not here in America. God save our country.

By JEFF GERMAN – LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL – Jul 25, 2016

Choosing secrecy over transparency, a federal judge has issued a protective order withholding the bulk of the government’s evidence from the public in the Bunkerville standoff case.

The four-page order, written by U.S. Magistrate Judge Peggy Leen, prohibits defense teams for all 19 defendants from publicly disclosing grand jury transcripts, FBI and police reports, witness statements and other documents the government collected during its investigation into the 2014 armed standoff between Bundy family forces and law enforcement.

Leen issued the order without a public hearing and in the face of opposition from most of the defendants, including Bunkerville rancher Cliven Bundy and his four sons, and the Las Vegas Review-Journal and other media.

“This decision kills an ant with a sledgehammer,” Review-Journal Editor Keith Moyer said Saturday. “As a result, the tax-paying public will be in the dark, and the news media will be severely hampered in doing its job.”

In a 23-page decision filed late Friday, Leen explained that the government was within its constitutional authority to obtain a protective order from her because of security concerns in the high-profile case. Among the concerns Leen cited was a death threat against the prosecutors…. read the entire story here