Bari v. FBI - Most Memorable Quotes (thus far) 4/29/02

Contact: Kathy Glass, Jean Eisenhower, Steve Christianson 510-663-6330

OAKLAND, CA-In the ongoing civil rights trial of Earth First! organizers Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney against the FBI and Oakland Police Dept., several great one-liners have emerged during testimony that deserve to be shared widely. Come hear for yourself at the Oakland Federal Courthouse, Monday through Thursday, 8:30 am to 1:30 pm, until May 24.

· "If I knew then what I know now, I would have said 'I don't recall'." --Frank Doyle, FBI
· "I don't recall telling him that, but reading it here [in the deposition] I guess I did." --Frank Doyle, FBI
· "Perhaps in the deposition I agreed to things I should have said were otherwise." --Frank Doyle, FBI
· "It depends on your definition of 'informant'." -Phil Sena, FBI
· "I think we are having a problem with the term 'under' here." -Frank Doyle, FBI
· "Isn't it true, Ms. Pickett, that in the Earth First! Journal there is a picture of some kind of singing RODENT playing a monkeywrench?" -- Dennis Barghaan, FBI counsel (with dramatic emphasis), referring to a howling wolf
· "I have no recollection of anything I authored." -Phil Sena, FBI
· "I had no idea what was going on in the case, and furthermore, I wasn't all that interested." --Phil Sena, FBI case agent in charge
· "Threats are in the eye of the beholder." --Phil Sena, FBI
· "The horses would have fit right in." --Lisa Bari, when asked by FBI counsel if it could have been the Royal Canadian Mounted Police that searched her house and demolished the interior
· "If I had to investigate every group in northern California that threatened violence, I'd have to investigate the Republican Party, the Democratic Party, The Sierra Club…" --Phil Sena
· "I am not a SIR!" --Tony Serra, EF! Counsel

Upcoming witnesses this week include plaintiffs Darryl Cherney and Judi Bari (the latter being a videotaped version of her deposition), as well as FBI defendants John Conway, John Reikes, Walt Hemje, and Mike Sims, former Humboldt County Sheriff Gary Philp, and-time permitting-Cecelia Lanman, Josh Karliner, and George Shook.

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