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Prior to the 96 election the BATF raided a dealer in Oakland Ca and hauled off several trailer loads of Chinese 5.56 ammo and a few guns. They made a big deal of it to the press and tarred and feathered the dealer because it was all "illegal". A few days later they returned most of the items and left town. I always suspected that Clinton ordered it returned because of some deal with China.

I called the Mary Mattlin show at that time but they weren't interested.

They made a big deal of it to the press and tarred and feathered the dealer because it was all "illegal". A few days later they returned most of the items and left town.

A few years ago, I watched TV coverage of a Detroit-area BATFE raid on "motorcycle gang gun runners". Maybe all the "good stuff" had been hauled away by the feds, but all they showed were two Marlin 336s and a tubular mag .22 being put in the trunk of a cop car. The BATFE spokesman promised a TV and press news conference the next day. It never happened, and not a word was ever said about the bikers. My guess is the "charges" were dropped in exchange for the two chubby, long-haired white guys becoming snitches for the FBI.

Because it is so easy to run afoul of technicalities (and whims) of the BATFE, they are used to recruit snitches for the FBI. That's what was intended for Randy Weaver until things got out of hand.

I can see how morale can be down inside the BATFE. Not only are they a five-letter agency, but they also do a lot of work pimping for the FBI, a three-letter agency.