Weeks ago when all the rumors started really flying around, I and a few others began making phone calls to folks like Jeb Hansarling’s office, he is the guy on the congressional finance committee, at first he had nothing, but came back about a week later and confirmed the aquitision of the ammo aqnd only 16-17 MRAP’s to be used for as yet unspecified duties for the DHS...No mention of the 7000 PDW’s as yet...
I also contacted Lamar Smith’s office and was directed to his committee office (DHS) and talked to two staffers there who fielded my questions...One was a spokeman for ICE...
They both told me that 17 vehicles were aquired from the Army for their use from about two years ago...No more were aquired...they didn;t mention anything about ammunition or PDW’s in our discussion...
Now...Before anyone gets their bowels in an uproar, do not believe for one second I bought that BS hook, line and sinker...
Some additional vehicles were aquired, and their existance was revealed that doubles their count...This is yet to be confirmed or questioned...So out count is up to about 32 vehicles...
The bottom line is this...Our concerns are very much valid, and answers should be given to our concerns...
But at least now, some congressional representatives are starting to get off their asses and asking the questions...They may not even be a part of the direct informational loop that can give them the answers right away...that is why I did a little research and found the two guys I thought would give me a quicker answer...
So I would still keep my expectations low on this issue...Be patient, but firm in your quest...
Some of us have connected the dots already, and a few are still needing to be confirmed...I believe a lot so far is still a smoke screen...But I have learned a lot...
And so far I am still not impressed one bit...
Be cautious of the red herrings that will be floated out there to throw folks off...
As of this date, no oficial statement has been given to the validity of these aquisitions of vehicles or PDW’s...But the ammo is pretty much a done deal...
The truth is I do not expect an official statement about these issues...
Granted it will be difficult for anyone to not be perceived as a kook or tin foil cap person for asking such questions...I would not let it keep you from inquiring...Screw them and their sensibilities...But be polite, be gracious for their answers if they are able to give you one...And by all means find a discussion thread somewhere on this website and post what you find out, whether it duplicates someone elses discovery or not...Every bit of info helps divide the wheat from the chaff...
Good luck...We are nowhere near finished with this investigation...
problem i have is it seems to be *mis-directed* to the 2700 vehicles being for the Marines...*only 16-32* are being officially designated for domestic enFORCEment...
ya know, those Marines that have been fighting in 2 landlocked countries for a decade, and are drawing DOWN forces...
and the treasury is BROKE...
so, maybe the Marines are buyin them just to sell em at firesale prices to janet ???
if a rep is askin the question, then the info loop is still squishy, and janet will have to concrete it one way or the other now...???