McGinty had led the effort to develop the President's American Heritage Rivers Initiative. Here now, were federal agents indicating that Katy McGinty was responsible for orders directing the U.S. Forest Service to protect environmental terrorists who had caused millions of dollars in damage to government facilities and private property. We may never know because shortly after that meeting, Congressman Don Young, Chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee set up a commission to look into the Willamette Forest situation. Within a few weeks of that announcement, Katy McGinty resigned her position with CEQ and left for India to join her husband in working for the United Nations. And so the intimidation and violence go on.
Businessmen are afraid to speak out for fear of retaliation.
We didn't want to give the terrorists oxygen. Meanwhile, Congressmen and even FBI agents have received death threats. Hearings were finally held in Congress this past summer. But there was no publicity. There was no action taken.