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High-tech created captivating ending

Gavin Seim called it a miracle. But even if you don’t see the hand of the almighty in it, the live-streamed phone calls that Seim orchestrated from his Ephrata home with the holdouts at the Malheur bird preserve was an improbable, unprecedented and altogether gripping experience. Surrounded by the FBI, the four remaining occupiers took turns talking to Seim, Nevada lawmaker Michele Fiore and others – expressing their willingness to die, their distrust of the FBI, their demand to be allowed to simply walk away, their end-of-the world desperation – and tens of thousands of us listened in. The stream was live for five hours Wednesday night and again this morning, up until the final holdout surrendered. We listened as the occupiers, Seim and Fiore debated what the founding fathers would do/Shawn Vestal, SR. More here.

Question: Did you listen to the live-streaming hosted by Gavin Seim of Ephrata, Wash.?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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