Militant Sean Anderson at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge

The federal investigation of the crimes committed at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge during the standoff with Ammon Bundy and his armed militants is slow-going for a number of reasons.

The last four occupiers told a federal judge that there were booby traps around the property:

"They spoke to us about booby traps. We don't know how sophisticated or what kind," said the official, speaking on the condition of anonymity. Materials to create explosives could be found on the refuge, the official said, because workers there previously performed controlled burns of the land.

Investigators found explosives, firearms and a truly gross discovery— the occupiers left the place in the shittiest condition possible:

Federal officials have found two large excavated trenches and an "improvised road on or adjacent to grounds containing sensitive artifacts,'' the prosecutors wrote. "At least one of these trenches contains human feces,'' according to Knight and Barrow.

The improvised road appeared three weeks into the occupation. The militants decided it would be easier to get between the buildings if they built themselves a new road—right through an important archaeological site for the Burns Paiute Tribe—which has lived on the land for roughly 6,000 years.

The Bundy-led crew repeatedly bragged on camera about taking better care of the refuge than the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. It’s safe to say we can put that idea to rest, once and for all.