Thursday, April 3, 2014

ATF agents impersonated landlord with power company, report says.

Fred Cate, a privacy expert and law professor at Indiana University's Maurer School of Law, said such behavior erodes public trust in the federal government and that the agents involved violated the law. "Clearly this is rogue activity," Cate said. "No question about it."

6 comments:

SWIFT said...

What type of person would actively seek employment with such an agency? The only thing that comes to mind, is an immoral animal, with a propensity for criminal activity and violence. I hope B. Tod Jones gets handed his ass for any attempt to stick up for them.

Anonymous said...

This has become a regular occurrence, with predictable results. ATF misrepresents itself, and threatens an honest businessman who complains about it. For years we have needed a Justice Department that would prosecute wrongdoing like this.

What have we got? Holder, and the institutional criminality that comes from a lack of accountability.

If it was not before, ATF has become a rogue agency. Its responsibilities should be divided among existing agencies and its mandate revoked.

Shawn McEwen said...

"Fred Cate, a privacy expert and law professor at Indiana University's Maurer School of Law, said such behavior erodes public trust in the federal government and that the agents involved violated the law."

I wonder if Fred realizes you must first HAVE public trust in the federal government in order for it to be eroded. Once again ATF proves it will stop at nothing to get whatever it wants. Thanks for being ass hats fellas!

Anonymous said...

"Clearly this is rogue activity,"

Not at all. I was taught to lie in order to progress an investigation and achieve goals and that was a couple of decades ago.

I can't imagine that it's gotten better since then.

Only the targets have changed. It used to be bonafide criminals that were targeted, now it's John Q and his wife and kids.

Anonymous said...

Rogue activity my ass!

This type of behavior is simply SAP for all feds.

MamaLiberty said...

"Clearly this is rogue activity,"

This assumes that there is or ever was any legitimate authority, for any purpose, to begin with.

We either own our lives and property, or we don't.

No person, or group of persons, has any legitimate authority over the life or property of another without their personal, expressed consent.

And that includes the "supreme court."