Lawsuit points finger at lumber companies

Sunday, May 18, 2003

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Five U.S. Forest Service whistleblowers who claim their timber theft unit was abolished to protect lumber companies from prosecutions will make their case at a hearing in June.

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