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U.S. v. URFER

Nos. 01-3680, 01-3681.

287 F.3d 663 (2002)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bonnie L. URFER and Michael R. Sprong, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 26, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Vaudreuil (submitted), Office of U.S. Attorney, Madison, WI, for U.S.

Margaret Danielson (submitted), Madison, WI, for Bonnie L. Urfer.

John C. Bachman (submitted), Eau Claire, WI, for Michael R. Sprong.

Before POSNER, EASTERBROOK, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The U.S. Navy has an ELF (extremely low frequency) system that broadcasts communications to submerged U.S. submarines that are armed with intercontinental ballistic missiles fitted with nuclear warheads. The ELF facility in Wisconsin (there is another in Michigan) includes a 28-mile-long antenna strung on wooden poles on federal government land. Urfer and Sprong, the defendants in this case, sawed down three of the poles, disabling the facility...

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