Grant County Sheriff Glenn Palmer, the subject of a criminal investigation for his association with the militants who staged an armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, has reportedly condoned a YouTube attack on the wife of a reporter.

The reporter, Les Zaitz of the Oregonian, has consistently led the pack in reporting on the situation in Eastern Oregon. He was the first to report that Sheriff Palmer had met with members of the militia while they were occupying the refuge and that Palmer had come under investigation for his actions.

"In 40+ years of reporting in Oregon, I've tackled powerful interests, dangerous interests and those who can't stand for the truth to get out," Zaitz wrote on Tuesday. "That puts me in the crosshairs of sometimes very personal attacks. Not fun, but part of the territory."

That night, according Zaitz, supporters of Palmer's posted a video attacking Zaitz's wife to the sheriff's personal website. The video - posted by someone who calls herself Call of Duty Goddess - implies that Zaitz and his wife were out to get Sheriff Palmer "they stand to lose a lot of money" which they make off of the federal government."

The woman never explains how Zaitz and his wife supposedly make that money and why the sheriff would cause them to lose it.

The woman also says that Zaitz's wife helped set up Sheriff Palmer.