 The defense lawyers also protested that the timing of the trial was terrible as it was near the anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing.They pointed out that Schrum had broken off his surveillance of Lampley between August and October to investigate a different militia in Eufaula – not something that would've happened "if they really thought he was going to hurt anybody".Their attorneys pointed out that Jonathan Bernstein of the Anti-Defamation League had not been warned that he was a possible target until three months after Lampley had brought him up – which was only explicable if the FBI "knew that Ray Lampley was not a threat."