For me the fact that the guy was a chechen sends me running to believe the FBI. Or to thank them. Sometimes political correctness gone amuk leads to other things. In this story however, I have no problem believing the chechen went for the agent, and got up after being shot and went after him again. It's just so very "chechen" to read that. It instantly strikes home for me as completely in character.
The FBI has always been darned conservative though. I recall reading The Informant and being fairly impressed.
We would know absolutely if the FBI was absolutely truthful, and it is not. Therein lies the problem.
I wouldn’t have had a problem believe he went for the agent if it hadn’t come out that the agent has apparently lied about what happened.
I cannot give the benefit of the doubt to a liar. What this agent has done has harmed the FBI.
Imagine if this agent had shot to death a Tea Party member, lied about the circumstances of that shooting, and then a liberal said I can believe that agent had to shoot the tea Party member because they are such dangerous people, and if he lied about the circumstances, I don’t care.