federal agencies, and it was the national guard. the u.s. attorney at the time kevin schieffer, got reporters together in the federal building in rapid city and announced that the seizure was ongoing. the purpose of our action this morning is to preserve the scientific knowledge and integrity of these fossils. then of course the entire press corps hopped in their cars and we drove to hill city. they were supposed to take things related to sue, but they took everything. they went through all of our offices, all of our desks, all of our mail trays, taking mail opened, unopened. somebody called me and said the fbi s got crime scene tape around the institute, and they re taking sue. i hung up the phone, and i went as fast as i could down to the institute. 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 go down to the office, and there s two fbi agents sitting there. you ve stolen this from federal land, and we re coming here to seize this. i got a phone call from peter larson, because it wasn t just the fbi. it was personnel from south dakota tech. it was personnel from other federal agencies, and it was the national guard. the u.s. attorney at the time, kevin schieffer, got reporters together in the federal building in rapid city and announced that the seizure was ongoing. the purpose of our action this morning is to preserve the scientific knowledge and integrity of these fossils. then, of course, the entire press corps hopped in their cars and we drove to hill city. they were supposed to take things related to sue, but they took everything. they went through all of our offices, all of our desks, all of our mail trays, taking mail opened, unopened. somebody called me and said the fbi s got crime scene tape around the institute, and
tape around the main building. do not cross. police line. do not cross. it was hard to know what was really happening at that point. i go down to the office, and there s two fbi agents sitting there. you ve stolen this from federal land, and we re coming here to seize this. i got a phone call from peter larson, because it wasn t just the fbi. it was personnel from south dakota tech. it was personnel from other federal agencies, and it was the national guard. the u.s. attorney at the time kevin schieffer, got reporters together in the federal building in rapid city and announced that the seizure was ongoing. the purpose of our action this morning is to preserve the scientific knowledge and integrity of these fossils. then, of course, the entire press corps hopped in their cars and we drove to hill city. they were supposed to take things related to sue, but they took everything. they went through all of our offices, all of our desks, all of our mail trays, taking mail opene
and we drove to hill city. they were supposed to take things related to sue, but they took everything. they went through all of our offices, all of our desks, all of our mail trays, taking mail opened, unopened. somebody called me and said the fbi s got crime scene tape around the institute, and they re taking sue. i hung up the phone, and i went as fast as i could down to the institute. 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 wh
i got a phone call from peter larson, because it wasn t just the fbi. it was personnel from south dakota tech. it was personnel from other federal agencies, and it was the national guard. the u.s. attorney at the time kevin schieffer, got reporters together in the federal building in rapid city and announced that the seizure was ongoing. the purpose of our action this morning is to preserve the scientific knowledge and integrity of these fossils. then of course the entire press corps hopped in their cars and we drove to hill city. they were supposed to take things related to sue, but they took everything. they went through all of our offices, all of our desks, all of our mail trays, taking mail opened, unopened. somebody called me and said the fbi s got crime scene tape around the institute, and they re taking sue. i hung up the phone, and i went as fast as i could down to the institute.