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FBI veteran gives authorities high marks for Malheur crackdown
High Country News ^ | 1-28-16 | Elizabeth Shogren

Posted on 01/28/2016 1:56:19 PM PST by Gandalf the Mauve

Clint Van Zandt served in the FBI for 25 years, including about six as the agency's chief hostage negotiator. He was involved in many major negotiations, including with David Koresh, the leader of the so-called Branch Davidians, whose compound near Waco, Texas, was the focus of a 1993 siege by federal agents, which ended in the deaths of more than 80 people.

Since retiring from the FBI, Van Zandt has run a corporate security firm. He spoke to High Country News by telephone from Virginia on Wednesday and Thursday. As of early Thursday, the FBI had arrested 11 people and planned to "continue to work around the clock to empty the refuge of the armed occupiers in the safest way possible."

High Country News: What's your impression of how the FBI is handling the Malheur Refuge occupation?

Clint Van Zandt: The authorities both federal and state and local showed infinite patience. The FBI did what they should have done, kept a low profile, allowing the state and the sheriff to do the upfront negotiations. They gave it a chance to resolve itself....

(Excerpt) Read more at hcn.org ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: bundy; fbi; lawenforcement; malheur; oregon; sedition; talibundy; yallqaeda
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A professional perspective amongst the fluff.
1 posted on 01/28/2016 1:56:19 PM PST by Gandalf the Mauve
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To: Gandalf the Mauve

The FBI is letting the Oregon State Troopers do the killing. One down, a few more to go.


2 posted on 01/28/2016 1:57:58 PM PST by CivilWarBrewing (u)
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To: Gandalf the Mauve

Nothing like ‘negotiating’ with tanks.


3 posted on 01/28/2016 2:00:37 PM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: Smokin' Joe

Same guy praising the FBI who was involved with Waco?!!!


4 posted on 01/28/2016 2:02:31 PM PST by rstrahan
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To: Gandalf the Mauve

Welcome to FR. Don’t forget to donate. ;-)


5 posted on 01/28/2016 2:05:01 PM PST by NormsRevenge (SEMPER FI!! - Monthly Donors Rock!!)
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Same guy praising the FBI who was involved with Waco?!!

And a hostage negotiator to boot. Well done Clint Van Zandt /s

6 posted on 01/28/2016 2:06:03 PM PST by JohnG45
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To: Gandalf the Mauve

Any comment from Randy Weaver?

/s


7 posted on 01/28/2016 2:07:10 PM PST by IncPen (There is not one single patriot in Washington, DC.)
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To: Gandalf the Mauve

And an NBC whore.


8 posted on 01/28/2016 2:09:56 PM PST by gundog (Help us, Nairobi-Wan Kenobi...you're our only hope.)
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9 posted on 01/28/2016 2:14:02 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Free Republic Caucus: vote daily / watch for the thread / Starts 01/20 midnight to midnight EST)
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10 posted on 01/28/2016 2:16:11 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Free Republic Caucus: vote daily / watch for the thread / Starts 01/20 midnight to midnight EST)
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To: Gandalf the Mauve

What does Lon think about it?


11 posted on 01/28/2016 2:17:42 PM PST by Bogey78O (We had a good run. Coulda been great still.)
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To: Gandalf the Mauve

The butcher of Waco and Ruby Ridge says they are doing a good job. With the standards of a mass murderer to go by I guess the measuring mark is a bit low.


12 posted on 01/28/2016 2:19:18 PM PST by cyberstoic
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To: Gandalf the Mauve
The authorities both federal and state and local showed infinite patience.

And yet a man is dead, and no actual video of the orchestrated "traffic stop" has appeared...

No sale until unedited video proves the guy was a threat.

13 posted on 01/28/2016 2:21:46 PM PST by MortMan (I am offended by those who believe they have a right not to be offended.)
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To: CivilWarBrewing

WACO veteran, I see!


14 posted on 01/28/2016 2:22:49 PM PST by sonofagun (Some think my cynicism grows with age. I like to think of it as wisdom!)
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To: Gandalf the Mauve

15 posted on 01/28/2016 2:42:12 PM PST by Fido969 ("The hardest thing in the world to understand is income taxes" - Albert Einstein)
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To: Gandalf the Mauve

He was involved in many major negotiations, including with David Koresh, the leader of the so-called Branch Davidians, whose compound near Waco, Texas, was the focus of a 1993 siege by federal agents, which ended in the deaths of more than 80 people.

Well there’s a recommendation. Though not positive.


16 posted on 01/28/2016 2:44:08 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (Populism is what Populism does.)
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To: Fido969

Investigated ourselves ... and cleared...

That means We Got An Enema [Wheeee].


17 posted on 01/28/2016 3:18:09 PM PST by Scrambler Bob (/s implied, usless explicitly stated as not applying.)
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To: MortMan
The authorities both federal and state and local showed infinite patience.

Yeah, almost a month's worth of infinite patience.

Meanwhile no indictments in F&F, no indictments in Benghazi, no indictments for IRS' politically targeting conservatives and Christians, no indictments for Hillary's espionage, no indictments for Hillary selling favors as SecState for Clinton Foundation donations...

My patience is almost gone too, FedMob assholes!

18 posted on 01/28/2016 3:26:22 PM PST by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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To: MortMan

The longer it takes to present that video,the more suspicious their story is. The stronger the stink.


19 posted on 01/28/2016 3:32:11 PM PST by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them)
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To: Gandalf the Mauve

He was involved in many major negotiations, including with David Koresh, the leader of the so-called Branch Davidians, whose compound near Waco, Texas, was the focus of a 1993 siege by federal agents, which ended in the deaths of more than 80 people.


That’s all I needed to know.


20 posted on 01/28/2016 3:36:05 PM PST by Idaho_Cowboy (Ride for the Brand. Joshua 24:15)
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