[philman_36]

If you are involved in intelligence operations or their oversight one might take you seriously.
I'm not. Are you involved in intelligence operations or their oversight giving you a more informed stance? If not, then how can you stand by what you stated earlier?

You've yet to give me another example similar to this one!

[reformedliberal]

Not exactly similar, but FWIW:

The Feds (Treasury) took 8 years to bust Seagrams on various charges. Much of that time was spent by agents going over records in a locked room w/an armed guard at the door. My father was one of the agents inside the room.

This took place in Milwaukee, WI and I can't for the life of me recall the dates....70's, IIRC, but it could have been a bit earlier; I was already out of the family home and my father never discussed his cases much. I learned this bit from one of his collegues sometime in the 80's after they had both retired. Dad confirmed the timeline and the circumstances, but never revealed details or sources.