Oh, yeah, before I forget, remember that thread where people were freaking out that the CCS on the criminal prosecution was sealed by the federal judge and I poo-poo'd the hysteria?
I'm sorry to be so blase. This is much, much worse than I had reckoned.
This is nuclear.
Looks like I have egg on my face to be so quick to dismiss the tinfoilery.
Just because it's a conspiracy theory doesn't mean it's wrong.
If this is true and the FBI will set up fellow law enforcement agents for Murder, what else will they do, or not do?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^This^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^I dunno. While I think the practice of using CIs is dangerous for just the reasons evident in the article you posted, to me it seems more likely that the sort of compartmentalization that goes on in all intelligence operations (which is a recognized hazard - as was stated in the story) either slipped up so that the appropriate agencies weren't all warned, or inter-agency rivalries conspired to do a half-ass job of a sting. It's a long stretch, as far as I'm concerned, to think that the FBI deliberately set up fellow LEOs to be put in harm's way. Unfortunately, it's not much of a stretch to believe that those same agents would have covered up their screwup.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^This^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Inter agency jealousy, lack of confidence in other agencies, and superiority complex, are all hallmarks of the FBI mentality.
It's cost them dearly in the past, and will continue to do so, as long as the J. Edgar Hoover concept of the "We're the perfect" Law Enforcement Agency" prevails there.
I was watching the Lord of the Rings marathon this weekend with my wife and daughter.
It's a long stretch, as far as I'm concerned, to think that the FBI deliberately set up fellow LEOs to be put in harm's way.
Thanks...FIFY?
But when the party responsible for sealing the case is a major suspect of guilt, you have to wonder just a little bit.
Aha! Gotcha!
No one who watches LOTR movies has a wife or girlfriend OR has been on a date with a real girl (shooting zombies together on a video game or your girlfriend in your D&D game do not count).
1. The FBI's CI is setting up Border Patrol Agents for ambush in order to kill them.
2. FBI knows this and does not stop him.
3. FBI's co-conspirator sets up ambush.
4. Murder of federal agent occurs during ambush.
How is that not Conspiracy to Commit Murder?
Aha! Gotcha!
No one who watches LOTR movies has a wife or girlfriend OR has been on a date with a real girl (shooting zombies together on a video game or your girlfriend in your D&D game do not count).
Aha! Gotcha!
No one who watches LOTR movies has a wife or girlfriend OR has been on a date with a real girl (shooting zombies together on a video game or your girlfriend in your D&D game do not count).
1. The FBI's CI is setting up Border Patrol Agents for ambush in order to kill them.
2. FBI knows this and does not stop him.
3. FBI's co-conspirator sets up ambush.
4. Murder of federal agent occurs during ambush.
How is that not Conspiracy to Commit Murder?
This really pisses me off. If only Rambone had started this thread then it could just be laughed off as tin-foil paranoia. Oh well...
I'm sure, even those with University of Texas t-shirts.
Was it an ambush to murder the BP agent(s) or to ambush the drug convoy to get the drugs to get back in the good graces of some cartel boss?
Well there's plenty of government idiocy evident in this story, but so far I don't think Kirk has made his case for conspiracy to commit murder.
I was attempting to avoid using conspiracy theorist language, but have very few alternatives here.
This is rambonian in its "through the looking glassness".
The tinfoil is with you, young Freeman, but you are not a Jedi yet.Looks like I have egg on my face to be so quick to dismiss the tinfoilery.
Just because it's a conspiracy theory doesn't mean it's wrong.