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ATF Whistleblower Fired in Denny's Parking Lot For Exposing Corruption

Danny252 Wrote: Oct 13, 2012 4:54 AM

The ATF is the same agency that sent agents to Ruby Ridge in northern Idaho tobuy a shotgun from Randy Weaver, induced him to cut off the barrel to less-than-legal length, then tried to use the sale to force him to become an informant for them. When he refused, they tried to arrest him. The siege of his home ended after they killed his dog, his son, and his wife, who was holding another child, an infant, when killed. There would have been no "crime" except for the actions of the ATF. All this happened under the watch of President H. W. Bush, so you can't blame it on the Democrat in the White House. The ATF's job is to enforce laws that violate the 2d Amendment of the Constitution. Is it any wonder that it is corrupt?

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jthomas389 Wrote: Oct 13, 2012 12:00 PM

I blame Democrats for the atrocities the ATF committed at Waco under Clinton.

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gfisher348 Wrote: Oct 13, 2012 6:35 AM

Weaver first came to the attention of ATF during the Reagan administration (1986) but let's remember that Bureaus (FBI, ATF, etc.) aren't simply restaffed after each election -- bad apples can spend a long time in the barrel. The real problem, though, goes much deeper and much farther back, to the early 1900s and the development, particularly under the Progressive Movement, of Federal regulation and control of items which had, for the first century and a quarter of U.S. history (though not elsewhere), been freely produced and traded in this country.

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ATF Whistleblower Fired in Denny's Parking Lot For Exposing Corruption

Special Agent Vince Cefalu has worked for the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms for more than 25 years. On top of successfully placing dozens of hard criminals behind bars throughout his career, Cefalu has received promotions and consistently positive evaluations. When he started raising his voice about ATF corruption and illegal wiretapping in 2005, things changed. Tuesday evening, Cefalu was asked to meet Special Agent in Charge of the San Francisco Field Division Joseph Riehl at a Denny's Restaurant near Lake Tahoe. When he arrived, he was served termination papers in the parking lot. Classy move. The exchange was...

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