Ref #9: David Koresh could have been arrested at the gas station in Waco or on the highway going either way. Tiny is correct. Like 6 January, Waco was a demonstration of power. A media diversion, or both.
Our government is capable of anything.
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| Atlanta's federal penitentiary poses threat to entire southeast, report says |
| 2022-07-29 |
| [WSB-TV2] ATLANTA — A U.S. Senate Committee investigation has uncovered that security and safety lapses at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary are so bad, a government assessment called it a security risk for people across the southeast. Whistleblowers who previously worked behind the walls at that federal prison in Atlanta testified under oath on Capitol Hill to the Senate Permanent Committee on Investigations. The committee is chaired by Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff. "It is now a penitentiary in name only," the facility’s former chief psychologist, Erika Ramirez, testified. Former jail administrator Terri Whitehead testified that Bureau of Prisons employees even had a nickname for the disfunction. They called it "the Atlanta Way." "The Atlanta way is far from the norm and certainly not the U.S. Bureau of Prisons way," Whitehead said. The committee’s investigation uncovered thousands of pages of internal records documenting mismanagement and wrongdoing at the facility in Southeast Atlanta dating back nine years. Among the safety concerns identified, 800 contraband cell phones were confiscated in a 2021 sweep. In 2020, more than half of the surveillance cameras did not work. 142 of 253 cameras were down, and even the ones in operation were three hours off in recording time. The investigation also uncovered that staff "intentionally damaged" the prison’s drug detection machine. It did not work for a year. "This was a major ongoing failure that presented a risk not to just inmates and staff but the city of Atlanta, state of Georgia and the whole country," Ossoff told Channel 2 Investigative reporter Justin Gray. For years, Channel 2 Action News has reported on security lapses at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary. In 2018, we learned that some inmates were coming and going through holes in the fences and smuggling in contraband liquor, cigarettes and cellphones. And in 2019, we reported on an inmate even using a contraband cell phone to broadcast a Facebook livestream from his prison cell. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #12 David Koresh could have been arrested at the gas station in Waco or on the highway going either way. I don't recall the deets, but at the time, a local sheriff or such said he did not understand why the feds went all nutso. If they wanted Koresh, the sheriff could have simply called him to come in. Apparently, there was enough of a community relationship for that to be possible. Much less dramatic, though. Somehow the US Marshals manage to snatch up people without burning down buildings. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2022-07-29 19:41 |
| #11 the federal building where the assault was planned and controlled was blown up Notice how quick between conviction and execution vs anyone else with a federal conviction with a death penalty. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-07-29 18:00 |
| #10 Ref #9: David Koresh could have been arrested at the gas station in Waco or on the highway going either way. Tiny is correct. Like 6 January, Waco was a demonstration of power. A media diversion, or both. Our government is capable of anything. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-07-29 17:32 |
| #9 The US government massacre at Waco wasn't a mistake. It was the whole plan in the first place. They had been made fools of by the siege, and they intended to show the whole world what happens when anyone defies them. So they killed everyone they could in the building. And then, in a completely unrelated coincidence, two years later on the anniversary of the mass murders, the federal building where the assault was planned and controlled was blown up. I guess we'll never know why. |
| Posted by: Tiny Jeater6933 2022-07-29 16:38 |
| #8 #5^ Remember some talk about training some Fed's only to be surprised how far they still needed to go to accomplish basics breeching WITH a successful rescue ratio back in 92. They did not even have a Det-cord cabin door opener with them. Then, the Fed's were calling a 25% loss of hostages a success. But then the ATF at Waco Branch Davitian (sp) even tossed that 1 in 4 out the window. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2022-07-29 15:35 |
| #7 Safest thing to do is to turn them all loose, no doubt. |
| Posted by: KBK 2022-07-29 13:34 |
| #6 ..there is always a backup. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-07-29 09:46 |
| #5 /\ Perhaps you remember an HRT training exercise involving an airplane takedown in California many years ago. Lots of hoopla and high-speed weapons, communications, videos, camo, helmets, the works. All went well until the assault team huddled under the aircraft, having suddenly discovered they had not packed their boarding ladders. SFOD observers standing nearby were silently amused. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-07-29 09:20 |
| #4 Some of you might remember a SFOD-D was called in to bail out the FBI’s Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) failure. The SFOD-D quickly retook the Atlanta Federal Pen. The FBI’s HRT went home with tails tucked between their legs. Then tried to take some credit, since using Delta & SEAL TEAMS for Hostage Rescues in those days was still hush-hush. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2022-07-29 09:10 |
| #2 This has been happening for decades! Long before the presidential elections of 2020. A few Zucker bucks could help straighten out the election. Look at the result, Joe Biden, as President. And all that Green New Deal money is going to help prevent us from corrupting the climate! There is nothing more corrupt than concentrating a lot of "green new deal" money into the hands of a central government. |
| Posted by: boomerc 2022-07-29 04:04 |
| #1 Ex-inmate who turned his life around speaks about his time in Atlanta's federal pen. They're corrupt, everyone has known about this for decades, the BoP does nothing because they benefit from the situation. But fuck prisoners, amirite? |
| Posted by: Tiny Jeater6933 2022-07-29 02:45 |
