Posted on 07/31/2010 11:16:57 AM PDT by an amused spectator
U.S. commercial fishermen paid fines amounting to tens of millions of dollars to the fisheries "law enforcement" division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration over the last five years.
The money ended up in an unrecorded account (slush fund) for NOAA scumbags administrators & cops, a forensic audit for a U.S. inspector general shows.
http://www.gloucestertimes.com/local/x383291258/Audit-cites-wide-fund-abuse-by-NOAA-cops
*Peasants - so their Elite Masters in government can live better than they do. Thanks for the $3 million dollar wedding, peasants! - Bill, Hillary & Chelsea
The judges who ruled against the hapless victims received a portion of the swag. It looks like the NOAA was paying off the judges in these cases with a yummy portion of the swag, also.
The more things change, the more they stay the same...
Thank you for the history lesson. I hope, one day, history repeats itself.
Thanks for the interesting comment. Its maddening how history repeats itself.
Fantastic post..! NOAA seems to be a very unlikley group of thugs, yet it appears that’s exactly what they are:
ATF with boats.
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