Posted on 05/26/2020 11:16:19 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
Don’t remember the scandal, but this came up before.... the excuse then was that what you don’t see on recordings is body language, inference, hand signals, eye glances, and recordings pick up non-relevant conversation that needs to be protected.
Bottom line, I think they are all full of *$*#@
If you agree to an interview with the FBI in your attorney’s and tell them you will be recording it, they will get up and leave. They will tell you that the FBI policy is to not allowed to have their interviews recorded.
If the FBI had enough evidence against you, they’d have a warrant for your arrest or a search warrant.
On two occasions, I had deputies knock on my door wanting to “talk”. Asked them if they had a warrant for my arrest. Once they told me ‘no’, I ordered them to get off my property or I would call 911 and ask for the state patrol to come and investigate a trespassing complaint. The Deputies left.
It’s illegal to lie to an FBI agent. If you lie, you can be sent to jail for it. Ask General Flynn about that. On the other hand, it is NOT illegal, in the same interview, for the FBI to lie to you. It’s probably done most of the time, if nothing else, to “make you feel comfortable”.
Now, what do you think would happen if the FBI tries to prosecute you for lying, and the tape that proves it has instances of the FBI lying, as well. What would the jurors do? Would they sentence you to jail, and let the FBI off Scott free? Probably not. In many cases, at least one juror would likely say: “What’s good for the goose is good for the gander, and let you off.
That’s why they don’t record the interviews.
You lie, and I’ll swear to it.
I had an interesting experience with a Federal agency—the IRS. I was called in about something they found interesting or something. I wasn’t told. So I went in and sat down one-on-one with an “agent”. He started out with some questions but appeared startled when I ask if he was recording the conversation. Upon hearing “no” I whipped out a recorder of my own and he got mad and said I couldn’t record our talk. Now I got mad and asked why we couldn’t share a accurate record of what we both said. We wrangled back and forth for a while until I said I wanted to speak to his supervisor. He immediately announced that the interview was over. I never heard from the IRS on that subject again. What are they so worried about if a citizen asks for a fair and acccurate record. The presumption that all Federal agencies non-recorded interviews are accurate and fair to the citizen has been forfeited by experience, not just in the Flynn case, but by years of complaints. They are prepared to snare you.. You need an attorney to keep the scales of justices balanced with a presumption of innocence in your favor.
Suggestion to all faced with similar situations:
Android phone have voice recording apps that will record and send to cloud services, such as “drop box”...all in real time. Protects one against confiscation of recording and device. Photos and videos can also be transmitted in real time.
In any case, consider creating an identifying script header for the recording, much as seen on cop shows.
Include date, time, location down to room number, names & titles of all parties present...ask for government ID, they all carry those lanyards with photo IDs...practice recording this header a few times, making sure speech & voice is clear, calm, and collected. Makes it easier to overcome the hidden stress of such situations. Act like like you've been there, done that before and “yawn, let's do this thing, muh beer's getting warm”. Serve to you G-man...
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