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On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:53:11 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
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On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:23:18 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
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Sounds like you have a lot invested in this. I think they were both
wackos
and probably thought they were above the law. Certainly Koresh thought
he
was the 2nd Coming. In any case, it wasn't the "government" that killed
them. It was a small group of people.


It is always a small group of people but the government as a whole has
to enable them


It can, but it doesn't have to do so. Who is the "government" in your
mind?
The president? Congress?


The justice department and treasury reports to the president.
It is clear where the buck stops.
I am not even sure why BATF or INS has a SWAT team. Shouldn't the FBI
be our federal cops?
I suppose you know there are dozens of agencies with their own Federal
Agents. I have a friend who is a cop for the department of
agriculture.
"Drop the soy beans and step away from the harvester scumbag!"


Heh.. but officer it's soy and beans, not soy beans, and don't call me Harv!
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Well, the President reports to the people and is held in check (in theory)
by the Congress and the courts. Most of those in the Justice dept. are
career employees, so most don't tend to be political appointments. Do you
really trust the FBI? I sure don't, at least not implicitly.

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