FILE - In this April 29, 1999, file photo, American Indian activist Leonard Peltier speaks during an interview at the U.S. Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan. Longtime supporters of Peltier are hoping President Barack Obama will grant him clemency before leaving office. Peltier is serving two life sentences for the 1975 shooting deaths of two FBI agents during a standoff on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. (Joe Ledford/The Kansas City Star via AP, File)