5/15: The jury was on recess today as a shocking turn of events unfolded at the Oakland Federal Building: Judge Wilken dropped two defendants from the Judi Bari v. FBI/OPD trial, FBI agents Hemje and Conway. These were the agents investigating the Cloverdale bombing incident shortly before Judi Bari was bombed, and are alleged to have masterminded the preparation of files for release to Judi Bari, including the FBI's failure to release crucial files -- the so-called 57 missing documents. The Cloverdale and Judi Bari bombings were initially described by the FBI in court affidavits and to the press as having been perpetrated by Bari and Cherney. On 5/14, Judge Wilken postponed closing arguments in the Bari v. FBI case until Thursday, in order to consider a motion to drop defendants Hemje, Conway, and Buck from the case and to determine jury instructions. The defense would prefer that the jury consider the "mistakes" that "reasonable men could reasonably make" in deciding whether the FBI and OPD violated Bari and Cherney's civil rights. Meanwhile the plaintiffs have filed a motion that the jury be allowed to see the COINTELPRO evidence which had previously been ruled out-of-bounds. Judi Bari v. FBI feature page.