I live in Northern Idaho. I know that the FBI’s plan for Randy Weaver was to drop a load of accelerants on his cabin from a helicopter at night. Local cops found out about it and the feds scrapped that plan. The feds did not intend for Randy Weaver to survive their siege to tell his story.
Was FBI sniper Lon Horiuchi ever held accountable for murdering Vicki Weaver by shooting her in the head with a .308 as she stood on the porch of that same cabin holding her “assault baby”? NO he was not.
The FBI made sure that nobody found out about their plan for the Branch Davidians in Texas and look what happened to them.
Back in the 60’s and 70’s the feds and big blue city PD’s were quite fond of burning all of the radicals (mostly black lefties in those days) that they got into conflicts with. I did not agree with the radicals but their guilt had not been established in a court of law.
Most recently there was that Dorner guy they turned into a crispy critter in California. Long before him there was a white supremacist on Whidbey Island near Seattle who got torched.
The list of federal law enforcement malfeasance is a lot longer than the few examples I have written here.
Do I believe that the feds are capable of felonious actions when ordered to do so by their superiors in direct violation of the constitutional rights of those they are after for whatever reason? As a student of history I must answer in the affirmative.
The underlings may find evidence that the bomber was a “protected” politically correct type. What happens when they report that to their politically appointed bosses? They won’t be able to tolerate that.
I will believe that federal law enforcement does the right thing if and when they do it. They did good on the first WTC attack. Since then, not so much.
Oh yeah, how about that video that “caused” all of those muzzie riots and the attack on the Benghazi consulate on 09/11/12? Has anyone read the FBI report on that one yet?
Is it True the Feds built a friggin bridge so they could get tanks onto Weaver’s property during the siege on Ruby Ridge?
The fact that people were killed and maimed doesn’t seem to mean anything to this whacko Salon writer. All that matters to him is that no good could come of the ongoing investigation if it turns out that foreign or muslim terrorists were the perpetrators. If that happens, the sight of all those body parts laying around could jeopardize progressive legislation, like immigration reform. The only answer to embarrassing situations like that would be to focus like a laser on the hunt for the Great White Defendant. Another Randy Weaver, if you will.