Posted on 04/28/2010 6:09:15 AM PDT by FreedomPoster
DETROIT - An FBI agent who led the investigation of nine Michigan militia members charged with trying to launch war against the federal government couldn't recall many details of the two-year probe yesterday during questioning by defense lawyers.
Even the judge who must decide whether to release the nine until trial was puzzled.
"I share the frustrations of the defense team … that she doesn't know anything," U.S. District Judge Victoria Roberts said after agent Leslie Larsen confessed she hadn't reviewed her notes recently and couldn't remember specific details of the case.
(Excerpt) Read more at toledoblade.com ...
All firing pins from for the same model gun look the same to my eyes.
“OMG, how dumb. It only takes a quick look at the receiver to see if a weapon is capable of full auto fire. For barrel length, it just takes a tape measure.”
Hmmmn... I’m not sure if I should get into this because my mind is still being made up about the organization that I am about to reference. However, Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership (JPFO), have asserted in many of their podcasts that the ATF’s protocols for inspecting firearms are undocumented and politically motivated. As one example, the ATF has repeatedly “proven” that common semi-automatic AR-15s are “assault weapons” capable of fully automatic fire. They do this by “inspecting/test firing” the weapon using ammunition with soft primers. This is known to make the AR-15 fire automatically as the firing pin coincidentally hits the primer on each newly chambered round. As with many semi-automatic firearms, this minor primer hit by the firearms is normal and should not ignite the primer. Using soft primers is also dangerous to the operator, dangerous to bystanders, illegal (only in this case because it causes full-auto fire) and tactically stupid so don’t even try it.
I believe there has been some attempt in congress to force the ATF to publish and follow their protocols during testing but I have no idea where that is. If you own an AR-15 and the ATF decides to send you to prison, make sure you don’t drop the soap.
‘The charge that justified the raid in the first place is sedition, making war against the United States. The charge is based on an alleged plot to kill local law enforcement. The issue I have is based on the simple fact that getting over on local law enforcement is emphatically NOT waging war against the United States.”
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According to this piece the Agent can’t even remember the facts of the case AND didn’t even listen to all the tapes.
Seems a case of profiling was in effect. If I had heard such threats being made I would REMEMBER THAT.
You are assuming the headline is factual. We shall see. The Judge seems to be suspecious.
My take comes from reading the indictment. The facts stated in the indictment, even if they are true, don't seem to support the charge. And then, as you point out, the actual contents of the tape may be "watered down" from what the indictment claims.
Its going to become obvious that the only threatening words were those spoken by the FBI undercover agent. Bet ya.
I agree with your assesment. Also the reference to Swat action was a metaphor for calling camera crews to a RAID is well distasteful to say the least. Does not help the credibility of the Supervising agent.
Exactly.
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Now... If you have a whole bunch of other factors as well, you can end up with a condition called "hammer follow". It's a malfunction that will allow more than one shot, but it will also destroy your trigger group in the process as it puts a lot of stress on the sear catch where the selector cam rides. For the record, I've never tried to induce this condition in any of my rifles as they are worth more to me in a fully functional and safe condition.
This is what got that po'bucker in Wisconsin sent up the river last year. He loaned it to a buddy who took it to a range that just happened to have a Feebie at it. Buddy malf'ed the rifle, and the rest is history.
The Feebies have a long and notorious history of fudging their "test" results. Even Randy Weaver's debacle may have started because of Feebie tampering. Randy insists to this day that the shotgun he cut down was cut to 18" legal minimum. What got him was the Length over all by a half-inch. Someone had sawn off part of the stock. Before or after he cut the barrel is unknown.
If you bet on the F-troop lying to make a case, you won't go broke any time soon.
militia bump. I know you were on this.
Man these people are corrupt.
Most likely, there was some bar room tough talk to impress someone, then the black clads grabbed hold and pumped it up into seditious conspiracy.
The seriousness of the charge means you are guilty until proven innocent today regarding DWI, Olympic Park bombings, American Anthrax mailings, and lacrosse team rapes.
Exactly. All they wanted was the headline. So far absolutely no proof has been given that these people were anything but a bunch of somewhat inbred survivalists; they may have had a wacky ideology, but they don’t seem to have been planning anything violent.
It strains credulity that the FBI agent didn’t bother to review her notes even though she knew that she was going to be called upon by the court. But what could she say? Clearly there was nothing in them that justified the charges.
Curiously absent, also, is the Muslim individual who claimed to be a member of the Michigan militia and was the one who called the Feds on this Huttaree group (which was not affiliated with but was known to the Michigan militia).
We have a mosque in Virginia with some real graduates who have killed thousand of innocent people and military personnel at Ft Hood. . We have illegal alien gangs (M13) who commit murder and heinous crimes all over the USA. We have liberal throwing bottles at police in Phoenix and the FBI is hassling White Christian guys who shoot guns at rabbits on s Saturday. This stinks.
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An FBI agent who led the investigation of nine Michigan militia members charged with trying to launch war against the federal government couldn't recall many details of the two-year probe yesterday during questioning by defense lawyers. Even the judge who must decide whether to release the nine until trial was puzzled. "I share the frustrations of the defense team … that she doesn't know anything," U.S. District Judge Victoria Roberts said after agent Leslie Larsen confessed she hadn't reviewed her notes recently and couldn't remember specific details of the case.Thanks FreedomPoster.
Thanks Dave! I read this this morning, and was flabbergasted! Sent it to several of my friends.
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No surprise.
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