Whistleblower at BATFE...

The Washington Post has a story on a whistleblower at BATFE. The whistleblower, who originally complained about conditions under the BATFE's previous director Truscott, has now filed a complaint alleging retaliation for his reporting.

My first thought is that the BATFE's raid on Cavalry Arms was intended to be a media circus, and the timing is really, really close -- almost as if they were trying to distract the press from covering this story, but moved just a little too soon.

Red's had the story before I did, but the speculation and conspiracy-mongering is all mine.

Speaking of the Cavalry Arms raid, I haven't said anything about it because I don't really have anything to add. It seems to me to be a glaring example of how horribly unfair it is for the government to raid a heavily-regulated business, confiscate all their inventory without filing any charges (that we know of, yet) and then expect that business to be able to defend itself in a court of law sufficient to receive a fair hearing. Confiscating an entire inventory seems more like a tactic intended to put someone out of business and thus prevent them from obtaining due process in a court of law.

But it's hard to make any sort of opinion statement based on nothing at all, and that's what we've got for the moment.

Posted on 2008-03-04 10:47:33.0 by matthew@triggerfinger.org

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