Old Salt wrote on Jul 29^th, 2015 at 5:28pm:

Yellowbird wrote on Jul 29th, 2015 at 4:58pm: If the authorities had any significant concern about this, they'd have the FBI and not the Park Service asking questions.  It does make for some interesting talk.  Hopefully the guy will "find himself". -YB Never heard of crosstraining?

My point was if this guy was wanted or was considered dangerous, the park officials would call in law enforcement, which they apparently now have (but why, for border crossing?).  I see now that a BWCA board member reports that he has some mental issues.
If I were going into that area today, I would have likely paid for the ride from Crane Lake and would be pretty ticked about having to divert for somebody who is simply viewed as "unstable", and is wanted for illegal border crossing.  I'd likely take my chances with the "no travel ordinance" and simply keep a heads up awareness.  I can't see someone in this person's position as being a risk to a healthy party of 2 or 4 people.
-YB