actually there are at least a dozen or more examples of atf abuses. Why do they wear ninja outfits and masks? who are they hiding their faces from? they aren't making raids on gangs or drug lords... they are raiding ordinary citizens.
now... suave... the review does have a few truthful parts to it but is heavily vitroholic. for instance... the author points out (rightly) that weaver was not a white supremist but a white seperatist... a huge difference... he shunned the white power group that lived near him. In the book I did not see one thing that was biggoted. Many jews were portrayed as heroic and sympathetic characters.
Int he book... many examples of government abuse are given... I could find no real fault with any of em. In waco for instance... he claims that helicopters fired m60's into the building and agents of the government machine gunned men women and children who were trying to escape... the academy award nominated documentary "rules of engagement" shows this to be at least probably true.
ATF has torn people houses and lives to pieces for years. Do you think that a person should get 5 years in prison for owning fender washers or a few dollars worth of metal?
if you want to read reviews..
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1888118040/qid=1126449532/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-2032441-9246530?v=glance&s=booksthere is the amazon site for the book and the reviews by people who have actually read it.
I don't really expect people like raider to read it because they have too much invested in the opinion they have cultivated allready.
It is a well written book...
as for knowing atf people.... I know only two. They are robots sad to say. One is a son of a friend and is a very strange guy. The point is that hardly anyone knows these ninjas... they do not show themselves unless they are wearing masks. Why is that? They seem frieghtened of the very people they are claiming to protect... protect from what? If their cause was just and they wouldn't need to wear masks... the gun culture people are not gangs or huge illegal money makers... they are hobbiests harming no one.
Oh... at waco... only one agent was killed by a davidian... the rest all were shot by their buddies with "cop killer" bullets in the confusion. Also... the children recovered were said to be the most intellegent, well cared for and healthy kdds the head of Texas Child services had ever seen. No illegal weapons were found at the "compound" (church).
raider... if you want to read about ninja abuses the book has plenty... or go to the jews for the presevation of firearms site...
or... just bury your head in the sand.
lazs