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Man’s good deed lands his home on a list of meth labs
Iowa Watchdog ^ | February 28, 2014 | Paul Brennan

Posted on 03/02/2014 9:01:09 AM PST by kiryandil

DES MOINES, Iowa — On Jan. 5, 2012, Paul Valin called the police to report he’d found a backpack containing what he believed to be meth-making equipment. That simple act of good citizenship landed his and wife Cindy’s house on the National Clandestine Laboratory Register, the federal Drug Enforcement Agency’s list of meth labs.

The NCLR “contains addresses of some locations where law enforcement agencies reported they found chemicals or other items that indicated the presence of either clandestine drug laboratories or dumpsites.”

The fact that Valin found the backpack more than 15 miles from his house isn’t the sort of thing the DEA or any other division of the Department of Justice would have checked on before publishing his address on the NCLR.

According to the NCLR website: “In most cases … the Department has not verified the entry and does not guarantee its accuracy….The Department does not accept responsibility or liability for damages of any kind resulting from reliance on an entry”.

Unlike the DOJ, Paul Valin is willing to accept responsibility. And that’s how his trouble started...

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: confrontationwatch; dea; doj; feos; methlab; nclr; policestate
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Less than $3.8k to go!!

Make Today, Day 61 the day!

21 posted on 03/02/2014 9:48:37 AM PST by RedMDer (May we always be happy and may our enemies always know it. - Sarah Palin, 10-18-2010)
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To: DoughtyOne

“...does not accept responsibility or liability for damages of any kind.”

Maybe this should be the new government motto - who understands the Latin of “E Pluribus Unum”, anyway. And, it would keep the lawyers happy.


22 posted on 03/02/2014 9:51:10 AM PST by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
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To: The Antiyuppie

I could live with that, if it was the basis for the government withdrawing from about 95% of what it does today.


23 posted on 03/02/2014 9:53:13 AM PST by DoughtyOne (Immigration Reform is job NONE. It isn't even the leading issue with Hipanics. Enforce our laws.)
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To: ChildOfThe60s

Tell me about your experiences with Zello, please?


24 posted on 03/02/2014 9:55:44 AM PST by null and void (<--- unwilling cattle-car passenger on the bullet train to serfdom)
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To: ChildOfThe60s

Zello saves conversations. It sounds vulnerable to spying. Are you sure it is secure?


25 posted on 03/02/2014 9:59:05 AM PST by BykrBayb (Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
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To: kiryandil

Don’t talk to the police.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXkI4t7nuc


26 posted on 03/02/2014 10:45:02 AM PST by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Paranoid much? I’ve talked to lots of cops in my life. One was a friend of mine. Haven’t been arrested yet.


27 posted on 03/02/2014 11:20:22 AM PST by driftless2
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To: null and void; BykrBayb
I guess I should have worded that a little differently. I am probably jumping the gun a little, still in the process of studying it. But my readings of news articles about its use in organizing etc in Venezuela and how much a force it has been against the government make me think that if it sizes up after reading more on it, then we all ought to have it. It's not perfect, but the more avenues of communication we have, the better. I believe there is a reasonable possibility that things could get that ugly in this country if a few certain variables play out. Like a week or two bank holiday, and/or a nationwide EBT shut down for a week or two. Also, You can bet your ass the takers in this country will be using it to make their mischief.

http://www.businessinsider.com/zello-used-by-venezuelan-protestors-2014-2

http://www.ctvnews.ca/business/venezuela-blocks-zello-app-popular-among-protesters-ceo-1.1697102

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Zello-Implements-Workaround-for-Venezuelan-Block-in-App-Rolls-Out-Updates-429061.shtml

28 posted on 03/02/2014 11:20:31 AM PST by ChildOfThe60s ((If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there)
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To: kiryandil

Paul should ship his dog out of state before a DEA agent comes and shoots it.


29 posted on 03/02/2014 11:24:35 AM PST by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: kiryandil

I’m surprised they didn’t shoot him for putting his hands in his pockets.


30 posted on 03/02/2014 11:40:30 AM PST by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible traitors. Complicit in the destruction of our country.)
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To: catnipman
I never give identification information if I call to report a crime in which I’m not the victim. If the dispatcher tries to intimate me, I just tell her my report is on their tape recording and that if she fails to act on the information I provided, then it’s her and her department’s problem if the whole thing blows up in their faces because she failed to act. That usually gets a change of attitude real fast, including inquiry as to more details about the crime being reported. (Yes, I know they have caller id, but they still don’t know who called from that phone.)

I have a burner phone for such occasions. A burner phone is one of those cheap phones that you can buy from Walmart that can't be linked back to you. And after I make the call, I pull out the battery so the phone can't be tracked by GPS.

And I give the dispatcher a fake name if they ask me for my name. Plus, I throw in a southern accent to make voice recognition difficult.

I do all of this so the bad guys can't find out who I am but it works to keep the LEOs in the dark about my identity.
31 posted on 03/02/2014 11:45:41 AM PST by Ticonderoga34
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To: driftless2

Cops don’t care if innocent people get convicted. Still counts as a gold star.


32 posted on 03/02/2014 2:38:10 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (If Barack Hussein Obama entertains a thought that he does not verbalize, is it still a lie?)
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To: null and void

Well, since it’s reported that there are 80 million Americass names on the DHS Terrorist List, I suspicion most of us are on it - but no muzzies are because they have been declared not terrorists - only people like returning vets, Christians, Constitutionalists and Tea Party folk. (Wish I was being sarcastic)

I also suspicion that that number pretty much corresponds with the number of ‘group caskets’ now distributed to F EMA camps around the country.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFqwS5tVdSU


33 posted on 03/02/2014 4:12:33 PM PST by maine-iac7 (Christian is as Christian does - by their fruits)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum; All

your advise should be taken seriously by every person - and this video should be shown to every family

“A law school professor and former criminal defense attorney tells you why you should never agree to be interviewed by the police. “

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXkI4t7nuc


34 posted on 03/02/2014 4:17:03 PM PST by maine-iac7 (Christian is as Christian does - by their fruits)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

That was well worth the time to see! Thanks for sharing!


35 posted on 03/02/2014 5:51:13 PM PST by sig229 (The loonie left "FLUNKED" human nature 101)
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To: kiryandil

Everything the Nazis did was PERFECTLY LEGAL TOO!


36 posted on 03/02/2014 6:07:37 PM PST by rawcatslyentist (Jeremiah 50:32 "The arrogant one will stumble and fall ; / ?)
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