Re: Do you trust the FBI?

They used the armored vehicles to punch holes in the walls of the compound to pump in CS gas ("tear gas") and try to force the Branch Davidians out without harming them. The stated plan called for increasing amounts of gas to be pumped in over two days to increase pressure. Officially, no armed assault was to be made. Loudspeakers were to be used to tell the Branch Davidians that there would be no armed assault and to ask them not to fire on the vehicles. According to the FBI, the Hostage Rescue Team agents had been permitted to return any incoming fire, but no shots were fired by federal agents on April 19. When several Branch Davidians opened fire, the FBI Hostage Rescue Team's response was only to increase the amount of gas being used.

What would you have done differently after 51 days knowing that children were being sexually and physically abused inside? Are you not against pedophilia, or is it different in this case. What about the "you must comply"? Waiting.

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Nov 21, 2022, 2:41 PM

I worked 2.5 years as a contractor that worked for the FBI.

My impression of the FBI consisted of growing up watching TV shows about the FBI in the 70s as a kid. I was fascinated about crime and crime investigations. I had never met an FBI agent in my life, just what I had seen on TV.

The story of how I came about getting this job was one that if you saw it on a TV show you would say that that doesn’t seem realistic and I don’t think it would work like that. I was approached about the job by a family friend who knew I was in a work situation that although I was glad that I had a job at the time, it wasn’t a job that I really enjoyed and it was not a job with much room for advancement. The family friend knew of my work history and knew of a previous job that I had and it was beneficial for this new job opening.

I was interviewed by an FBI agent and a retired Naval Officer who would be my day to day in office supervisors. I was offered and excepted on the day of the interview. Once I began work I found out the makeup of the office was mainly engineers with DOD or DOJ credentials and me a landscaper.?This group was lead by a FBI agent with 30 years in.

Long story short, I spent those 2.5 years in contact with FBI agents each and every day. I dealt with agents that were new to the job up to administrators with offices with a view at headquarters in Washington DC. When I say dealt with these administrators I mean I attended meetings with others and in no way had any say so for what was being discussed, I was there to provide data and info if needed during the meeting. You could tell the newer agents that grew up wanting to put away bad people and newer agents that had visions of those offices with a view in JEH building. The amount of politics that went on with every conversation with those more concerned with advancing was a wake up call for me early on at my new job. I was protected by the FBI agent in my office because he was feared by a lot of these that were there to move up the ladder.

The run of the mill agent that was there to get bad guys we’re in my experience very forthcoming and honest, the other guys that saw everyone and everything as a stepping stone to that next level I wouldn’t trust as far as I could throw them.

It’s a huge organization and like any organization of that size you are going to have good and bad. From my experience I encountered more decent very intelligent people than not. The scary thing was the bad apples that I did encounter seemed to always been Angling to positions of power.

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