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Opinion

Opinion  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
November 3, 2010

YP – Major blows to the defense of accused FBI agent Hal Neilson for trial starting soon

Accused FBI agent Hal Neilson had to two major procedural defeats in pre-trial motions. The first was to prevent the defense from claiming “selective prosecution”. The second was overruling defense objections to key government expert witnesses. Hal Neilson Order 110210 Hal Neilson Order Number 2 110210
Opinion  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
November 3, 2010

YP – Government asserts that Sid Backstrom and Zach Scruggs failed polygraph on “Did Zach know”

Sid Backstrom attempted to corroborate the petitioner’s (Zach’s) denials (that he knew about the money), but failed an FBI polygraph on that question. David Zachary Scruggs also failed an FBI polygraph showing deception when he said that he knew nothing about money changing hands. Govt asserts Zach Scruggs and Sid Backstrom failed polygraph

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