Why is Obama prosecuting Tim DeChristopher, the gas-lease pranker?
A good question, given all the unprosecuted, indeed celebrated, criminals at high levels-
Tim DeChristopher was convicted at his trial after not being allowed to explain the motives for his prank. Do Motives Matter? The DeChristopher Verdict. The New York Times. By Kirk Johnson.
Inside traders, coal and oil company disaster creators, military contractors break the law with no fear. Two Justices of the Supreme Court plot openly with the Koch Brothers, but who gets convicted? As climate crime continues, who are we sending to jail? Tim DeChristopher? By Bill McKibben. Grist Magazine.
Some people are outraged. Read below (written shortly before his trial).
Why is Obama prosecuting Tim DeChristopher, the gas-lease pranker? Jeremy Bloom. Red, Green, and Blue.

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Dr. Ralph Maughan is professor emeritus of political science at Idaho State University. He has been a Western Watersheds Project Board Member off and on for many years, and also its President. For many years he produced Ralph Maughan's Wolf Report. He was a founder of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition. He and Jackie Johnson Maughan wrote three editions of "Hiking Idaho." He also wrote "Beyond the Tetons" and "Backpacking Wyoming's Teton and Washakie Wilderness." He created and is the administrator of The Wildlife News.
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Environmentalist Tim DeChristopher Talks About Sabotaging Oil and Gas Auction & the Guilty Verdict
http://therealnews.com/t2/component/seyret/?task=videodirectlink&id=9276
Tim DeChristopher: Taking a Leap and Pointing the Way
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/03/04-5
No Other Way Out
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/02/28-0
The original link to the story… The other stories and links are good to read as well.
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/no_other_way_out_20110228/
More Powerful Than We Know: Interview with Tim DeChristopher
Facing jail time for civil disobedience, Tim DeChristopher on why “we have more than enough power” to stop the fossil fuel industry
http://www.yesmagazine.org/planet/more-powerful-than-we-know-interview-with-tim-dechristopher
Civil Disobedience on Trial: Tim DeChristopher Convicted
How does the United States try cases of civil disobedience? Defendant Tim DeChristopher on how much has changed since the founding fathers
http://www.yesmagazine.org/planet/tim-dechristopher-civil-disobedience-on-trial