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I just finished reading a book called The Director by Paul Latersky. It's the memoirs of an FBI agent who began his career as an office assistant working for old J Edgar in headquarters back in the 60s. He eventually finished law school, went to Quantico, and became an agent. He tells some interesting tales.

I did not know until I read this that interstate truck hijacking rings were quite well organized back then. (They could be quite vicious as well. Mr Latersky escaped death narrowly during a bust.) Busting a truck hijacking or interstate stolen property ring was quite a feather in an agent's cap back then. Hoover relished telling Congress the amount of stolen property the Bureau recovered. The Hoover FBI was actually a small operation by modern standards, and there may have been years where the value of stolen property recovered exceeded the FBI's annual budget.

I have a feeling that faced with theft on the scale of these smash and grabs, old J Edgar would have demanded scalps, and agents who brought in the ringleaders would have been rewarded with commendations and promotions.

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I just finished reading a book called The Director by Paul Latersky. It's the memoirs of an FBI agent who began his career as an office assistant working for old J Edgar in headquarters back in the 60s. He eventually finished law school, went to Quantico, and became an agent. He tells some interesting tales.

I did not know until I read this that interstate truck hijacking rings were quite well organized back then. (They could be quite vicious as well. Mr Latersky escaped death narrowly during a bust.) Busting a truck hijacking or interstate stolen property ring was quite a feather in an agent's cap back then. Hoover relished telling Congress the amount of stolen property the Bureau recovered. The Hoover FBI was actually a small operation by modern standards, and there may have been years where the value of stolen property recovered exceeded the FBI's annual budget.

I have a feeling that faced with theft on the scale of these smash and grabs, old J Edgar would have demanded scalps, and agents who brought in the ringleaders would have been rewarded with commendations and promotions.

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I just finished reading a book called The Director by Paul Latersky. It's the memoirs of an FBI agent who began his career as an office assistant working for old J Edgar in headquarters back in the 60s. He eventually finished law school, went to Quantico, and became an agent. He tells some interesting tales.

I did not know until I read this that interstate truck hijacking rings were quite well organized back then. (They could be quite vicious as well. Mr Latersky escaped death narrowly during a bust.) Busting a truck hijacking or interstate stolen property ring was quite a feather in an agent's cap back then. Hoover relished telling Congress the amount of stolen property the Bureau recovered. The Hoover FBI was actually a small operation by modern standards, and there may have been years where the value of stolen property recovered exceeded the FBI's annual budget.

I have a feeling that faced with theft on the scale of these smash and grabs, old J Edgar would have demanded scalps, and agents who brought in the ringleaders would have been rewarded with commendations and promotions.

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And add the latest revolver article and it’s worse than I could gave imagined…

https://www.revolver.news/2021/12/damning-new-details-massive-web-unindicted-operators-january-6/

Be nice if the GOP did something…

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They're too afraid of being called a "conspiracy theorist" though that's really just code for " on the IC's radar. Speculation is not welcome. Maybe Revolver, going at this pace will come around in about 10 years to examining how Ashlii Babitt gets the Ray Epps treatment in the media, and how Ms Babitt - what's Revolver's careful word? Oh yeah - CONVENIENTLY gets shot in the anterior shoulder, is immobilized and dies in minutes, minutes which apparently are all recorded, and no one sees fit to explain precisely how that could happen. In the age of NCI this and NCI that, CONVENIENTLY, no speculation on this miraculous gunshot wound, all the celebrity forensic pathologists are too busy explaining to us the mysterious deadly forces in police restraint techniques I suppose. Another magic bullet. Another murder in public view shrouded in mystery. They are making conspiracy theorists of us all.

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I just want one person to tell me how a gunshot wound to the anterior shoulder would cause a woman to fall backward , lie more or less motionless for 5 minutes without moving her legs or other good arm in any kind of gesture even the quite natural response of grabbing the wounded area or pointing to it. And then without anyone making the slightest attempt to evacuate this woman with a gunshot wound to her shoulder (get her up on her feet, walk her out?) we are told she dies of the wound. The autopsy report says gunshot wound to the anterior shoulder. Google it, it's nearly impossible to die from a gunshot wound to the anterior shoulder. Did the bullet swerve or was it deflected to her spinal column? Did it lodge itself in some vital organ? If it did the coroner didn't see fit to report it. I would like a doctor or someone with professional expertise to explain to me how it's possible for her to die from that wound. just give me a plausible scenario. Also I will take bets on the how much information about any of the participants will be made public as a result of the Babbitt family lawsuit. (None). Nor will we get any biopic or worthy exploration of the short (unhappy?) Life of Ashlii Babbitt.

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