BeenThereDoneThat

Vince, thank you for posting parts of Kent Terry's letter.  Until we get a full disclosure of what really happened, please continue to share information.

As an American citizen, I am OUTRAGED by the incompetence and probable illegal tactics when " Brian's house was searched and his personal belongings taken and altered against our wishes".

I am stunned that this investigation has not been properly handled and completed promptly.  The lack of action and intentional suppression of evidence reminds me of a third-world military.

How can this be acceptable or tolerated in the United States of America?

About ten years ago I was talking with a Group Supervisor.   He told me that he was seeing an alarming trend of hiring and promoting special agents with strong bodies and weak minds.  It seemed amusing at the time.  I thought "No way!".  Surely we have learned from our mistakes.

However, Retiredwithintegrity made an astute observation that ATF/DOJ is using "training" to indoctrinate Yes-Men.  The new Agents may never see the big picture; they will know "what", but will not know "why".

James Miller,

Keep on them.  When I submitted a FOIA request, all I received was a copy of all my correspondence to them.

BTW, I was doing some estate planning, so I contacted OPM to obtain information regarding my retirement benefits.  I was told that there was no record that I had ever worked for ATF.  Even though I was not of retirement age, I thought that OPM could at least confirm the more than 15 years that I contributed towards FERS retirement.  I was directed to contact ATF HQ.  After many months of being passed around, I was able to get someone from ATF to send in the proper paperwork to OPM that acknowledged that I had retirement benefits.