Constitutional Law

ATF suit against agent; his answer

It's linked, over at CleanUp ATF.org. Pretty appalling. (1) The way they screwed this guy over, while letting his bosses take trips at taxpayer expense to hobnob with starts; (2) how they cover up for favored supervisors caught in major wrongdoing and (3) how they and Hollywood pal around.

This the case where the agent sued, and they sued him for slandering the US government! I've never heard even of the idea that the government can file a civil suit for defamation; the only thing that comes close is the prosecutions under the Sedition Act ... which was allowed to expire in 1804 or thereabouts.

Full post as published by Of Arms and the Law on March 25, 2010 (boomark / email).