[Paladin2]

Were the BATFE involved before or during this “action”?

[USNBandit]

If they were, it hasn't been made public. There has been a lot of conjecture about BATFE having UC players at the meeting, including some who have said agents instigated the shooting, but that is really hard to believe. Not because the BATFE doesn't do sketchy and illegal things, but no UC agent is going to purposely start a gun fight from the middle where he is very likely to take rounds.

Publicly, they showed up after the shooting to assist with the crime scene and the bullets recovered were sent to their labs. The bodies were sent out of house as well, to an organization in Dallas. From the name I can't tell if it is public or private.

[bgill]

Were the BATFE involved before or during this “action”?

That's the $64 thousand dollar question. Who is that undercover cop and what was he doing minutes before? Probably cause because they were wearing vests. We've heard that here before.