I really don't know what to say. Some comments are being made to suggest that not only does Jeffs not want his flock to be exposed to the supposedly inculpatory evidence against him, but he also wants none of his attorneys to see it or to represent him after they have seen it. I bet some of those attorneys are jubilant that they no longer have to participate.
I think the word "circus" comes to mind. I can see that Barbie is bending over backwards to make sure she is not creating more appeal fodder. She must be fuming from both ends. What Jeffs is trying to accomplish is as clear as mud. Perhaps he is hoping that the trial will devolve into such a farce that it will result in a mistrial, or that he can be found mentally incompetent, or that the appeals court will hurry up and rule that the YFZ search was a tyrannical and illegal invasion. We shall see.
On another note, HLN news channel is parading out the hater-nasties as if they were experts on something. Today Liarie Allen and Flora Cessflopper yapped endlessly about child-brides, lost boys, waterboarding, and God knows what else. HLN seems to be mounting a campaign to eradicate the FLDS community entirely. I see some ironies in all this, but I pray sincerely that despite the hysteria the FLDS people will be able to get their lives and stability back, and that those who have deprived them thereof will be consigned to perpetual shame and regret if they don't shut up and back off.
