After the junta declared domestic terrorism a top priority, it appointed a domestic terrorist to head the [[Bureau of Land Management]]. Tracy Stone-Manning was aware that she was being investigated in 1989 and again in 1993 when she agreed to an immunity deal with the government to avoid criminal felony prosecution. Stone-Manning was involved in tree-spiking incidents with the eco-terrorist group [[Earth First!]]. Tree-spiking is the deliberate hammering of a nail or metal rod into a tree trunk with the intention to cause death or serious physical harm to a tree logger when they attempt to cut the tree down with a chain saw. The immunity deal required Stone-Manning to rat out her fellow terrorists and co-conspirators. Investigators testified Stone-Manning was involved in planning the tree-spiking incident in the Clearwater National Forest in 1989.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |title= Clearwater forest trial opens in Idaho tree-spiking case |url=https://lmtribune.com/northwest/clearwater-forest-trial-opens-in-idaho-tree-spiking-case-lawyer-denies-intent-to-harm-anyone/article_33420451-3859-576d-90b7-9a47e6032c9b.html |work=The Lewiston Tribune |agency=Associated Press |date=8 June 1993 |access-date=11 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623192237/https://lmtribune.com/northwest/clearwater-forest-trial-opens-in-idaho-tree-spiking-case-lawyer-denies-intent-to-harm-anyone/article_33420451-3859-576d-90b7-9a47e6032c9b.html |archive-date=23 June 2021 |url-status=live }}</ref> Stone-Manning lied on her Senate questionnaire denying that she had ever been under criminal investigation involving tree-spiking. Sen. John Risch said at Stone-Manning's confirmation hearing:
After the junta declared domestic terrorism a top priority, it appointed a domestic terrorist to head the [[Bureau of Land Management]]. Tracy Stone-Manning was aware that she was being investigated in 1989 and again in 1993 when she agreed to an immunity deal with the government to avoid criminal felony prosecution. Stone-Manning was involved in tree-spiking incidents with the eco-terrorist group [[Earth First!]]. Tree-spiking is the deliberate hammering of a nail or metal rod into a tree trunk with the intention to cause death or serious physical harm to a tree logger when they attempt to cut the tree down with a chain saw. The immunity deal required Stone-Manning to rat out her fellow terrorists and co-conspirators. Investigators testified Stone-Manning was involved in planning the tree-spiking incident in the Clearwater National Forest in 1989.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |title= Clearwater forest trial opens in Idaho tree-spiking case |url=https://lmtribune.com/northwest/clearwater-forest-trial-opens-in-idaho-tree-spiking-case-lawyer-denies-intent-to-harm-anyone/article_33420451-3859-576d-90b7-9a47e6032c9b.html |work=The Lewiston Tribune |agency=Associated Press |date=8 June 1993 |access-date=11 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623192237/https://lmtribune.com/northwest/clearwater-forest-trial-opens-in-idaho-tree-spiking-case-lawyer-denies-intent-to-harm-anyone/article_33420451-3859-576d-90b7-9a47e6032c9b.html |archive-date=23 June 2021 |url-status=live }}</ref> Stone-Manning lied on her Senate questionnaire denying that she had ever been under criminal investigation involving tree-spiking. Sen. John Risch said at Stone-Manning's confirmation hearing:
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{{quotebox-float|"She perjured herself in two ways. One is when she denied having been investigated as the record is absolutely clear she was investigated. And the second, when she said she did not participate in this tree spiking. This was one of the questions that was asked,
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{{quotebox-float|"She perjured herself in two ways. One is when she denied having been investigated as the record is absolutely clear she was investigated. And the second, when she said she did not participate in this tree spiking. This was one of the questions that was asked, 'Did you have personal knowledge of, participate in, or in any way directly or indirectly, support activities associated with the spiking of trees in any forest during your lifetime?' "No." Under oath, "no", "no." Under oath.
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'did you have personal knowledge of, participate in, or in any way directly or indirectly, support activities associated with the spiking of trees in any forest during your lifetime?' "No." Under oath, "no", "no." Under oath.
You know, I've prosecuted, I don't know how many cases. This, for a prosecutor, is shooting fish in a barrel. She shouldn't be in front of this
You know, I've prosecuted, I don't know how many cases. This, for a prosecutor, is shooting fish in a barrel. She shouldn't be in front of this