i don t know how many agents they had, 30-some people or whatever. it was just insane. i didn t even think about it. i grabbed the tape and go under it. i just went to the specimen. that was my concern. i could just see these idiots, you know, just try to pack up my dinosaur and take it away and ruin it. how dare they? how dare these people do this? unconscionable. i can t imagine somebody being able to do this here in the united states of america, in a free country. in order to ensure that this dinosaur could be carefully packed up, we helped. it was pretty clear that they didn t know what they were doing. these people didn t know anything. i mean, most of these guys hardly go out in the field at all. what do they know about preparing a fossil or packing it or anything? the larsons were trying to do little bit of negotiating. put sue under lock and key at our place to prevent damage. i said to kevin schieffer, you just tell me and that fossil won t go anywhere. it s not
interested in this at all. whether it began with morris williams or a complaint from the tribe. ultimately, the decision was kevin schieffer s, though, to decide that this was something that they wanted to do. also was shocking from a scientific standpoint, that anybody would behave so recklessly with the greatest paleontological find of all time. if that dinosaur seizure wasn t a publicity stunt, then i don t know what is. there could have been a gang in this town with a warehouse holding a ton of cocaine and human bodies hanging from the rafters and the federal government would not have sent 35 agents and the national guard. sue wasn t a part of what we were looking at or what was being looked at as far as potential criminal violations. there were so many bones, so many invertebrates that were taken off of public lands, taken internationally, sold
litigation experience. i have not had courtroom experience. it s a little unclear as to why schieffer decided to seize sue or decide to become interested in this at all. whether it began with morris williams or a complaint from the tribe. ultimately, the decision was kevin schieffer s, though, to decide that this was something that they wanted to do. also was shocking from a scientific standpoint, that anybody would behave so recklessly with the greate eses pealontological find of all time. there could have been a gang in this town with a warehouse full of cocaine and human bodies hanging from the rafters and the federal government would not have sent 35 agents and the national guard. sue wasn t a part of what we were looking at or what was being looked at as far as potential criminal violations.
you can be all right in this quarter section, but if you get off a little bit remember, this is before gps. if you get off a little bit to the wrong place, you might be dealing with a whole another set of regulations. the tribe claimed that because morris williams, being a member of the tribe, had not purchased a $100 permit to sell something, the fossil should be forfeited is and therefore they owned the fossil. and of course the government said that it was government property and that that was because of the trust land issue. the seizure and the subpoena were the brainchild of acting u.s. attorney kevin schieffer. he was a controversial figure, as a u.s. attorney, because he hadn t had a lot of experience practicing law. he had the ability to drive some people crazy. i do have a fair amount of
how dare they? unconscionable. i can t imagine anybody being able to do this, here in the united states in america in a free country. in order to ensure that this dinosaur can be carefully packed up, we helped. it was pretty clear that hay didn t know what they were doing. these people didn t know anything. i mean, most of these guys hardly go out in the field at all. what do they know about preparing a fossil or packing it or anything? the larsons were trying to do a little bit of negotiating, put sue under lock and key at our place to prevent damage. i said to kevin schieffer, you just tell me, and that fossil won t go anywhere. it s not like it s going to disappear in a briefcase. that request was denied. i m lucky enough to be joined by the director of this amazing documentary, todd douglas-miller. thi this was your idea. i didn t know the backstory of sue. when i watched this i was fascinated. why did you make this film? we were actually making more of a larger f