Old Clark County story:
“Three years before the impoundment of Cliven Bundys cattle turned into an armed confrontation between anti-government groups and federal agents, the FBI made an assessment that the Nevada rancher personally was unlikely to be violent in the event of conflict. The agency suggested a novel solution to Bundys 20 years of unpaid bills, one designed to put the dispute to rest: drop the fines he owed altogether.
The FBIs Behavioral Analysis Unit, based in Quantico, Va., determined in 2011 that the rancher was unlikely to comply with federal court orders to move his 900 animals off federal land, where they had been illegally grazing, because he only has enough land to handle less than 100 head of cattle. Though the Bureau of Land Management was concerned that allowing Bundy to avoid paying federal grazing fees and fines could lead to violence, the FBI thought otherwise.
BLM may wish to consider waiving the existing fines, as a gesture of willingness to participate in discussions geared toward negotiations, the FBI wrote in the classified analysis, obtained by The Washington Post. The unit concluded that any alternatives the government could offer Bundy might reduce the ranchers stress and in turn, reduce the risk of a violent act.”
“The government did not heed that advice.”
I would expect that there will be more of these types of contract suspensions to the extent they are allowed by law.
A $1.5 bil annual budget and they still can’t find the money.
Well, 3 guesses why, eh?
I bet she is a Democrat.
I bet I am laughing at the poor union who supported her party.