The federal government lost its war against Cliven Bundy

 Ryan Lenz, Southern Poverty Law Center
Sunday, Oct 19, 2014 11:00 AM EST

Six months after the standoff in Nevada, officials have failed to issue either an arrest or an indictment

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It has been six months since the federal government called off its attempt to round up cattle belonging to Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy amid a tense standoff with heavily armed militiamen who trained their weapons on federal agents.
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For weeks prior, the antigovernment right had been portraying a federal court order to remove Bundy's herd from public lands as a prime example of federal overreach - even though Bundy had refused to pay more than $1 million in accumulated grazing fees and fines because he said he didn't recognize the government's legitimacy.
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Militias from around the country responded to Bundy's plight, hoping that in that tiny corner of the desert they could make a stand against the government they see as the enemy. And when the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) abandoned the operation to avoid a bloody shootout, they declared victory.
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Government officials promised accountability for those who broke the law by taking up arms against federal agents. It seems unfathomable, in fact, that the U.S. Department of Justice would allow a mob of antigovernment zealots to get away with using the threat of violence to block the enforcement of the law.
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But, as the months have dragged on, there has been no response. Not an arrest. Not an indictment. Nothing.

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