The F.B.I. Deemed Agents Faultless in 150 Shootings

[better-dead-than-fed]

from 1993 to early 2011, F.B.I. agents fatally shot about 70 “subjects” and wounded about 80 others — and every one of those episodes was deemed justified, according to interviews and internal F.B.I. records obtained by The New York Times through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.

... for at least two decades no agent has been disciplined for any instance of deliberately shooting someone....

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/19/us/in-150-shootings-the-fbi-deemed-agents-faultless.html


the presence of recording equipment may interfere with and undermine... the successful rapport-building interviewing technique which the FBI practices.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/10SszZW-dkqu2hZiiRUcaxOccMqDqRvQsBsXq1aU4Dr4/pub

[UWDude]

Just like lynchings. Never, ever a conviction.

[better-dead-than-fed]

New York Times reporter Charlie Savage writes (https://twitter.com/charlie_savage/status/347349909957140480):


Pls RT crowdsource: if you have 1sthand knowledge of any FBI shooting 1993-2011 pls read report & tell me if accurate

and he posts 2,139 pages of FBI records: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/06/18/us/20130618-fbi-shooting-files.html?_r=0

[brandon]

They are infallible. Never a mistake made.

[better-dead-than-fed]

"perfectly lawful and acceptable interviewing techniques do not always come across in recorded fashion to lay persons as proper.... (https://docs.google.com/document/d/10SszZW-dkqu2hZiiRUcaxOccMqDqRvQsBsXq1aU4Dr4/pub)"