Your government at its finest.
The Pentagon nearly gave over $1 million worth of rifles, pipe bombs and other military hardware to a fake police department — set up as part of a government watchdog’s sting operation, a new report reveals.
Using cloak-and-dagger tactics, auditors from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) created a nonexistent police department. They submitted requests to purchase from the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) “controlled properties” like simulated pipe bombs, night-vision goggles, and explosive ordnance detonation robots.
“In less than a week after submitting the requests, our fictitious agency was approved for the transfer of over 100 controlled property items with a total estimated value of about $1.2 million,” the GAO said in a July 18 report.
The sting operation involved government auditors creating a website describing the fake agency and using publicly available resources to produce false police credentials.
“Personnel at two of the three sites did not request or check for valid identification of our investigator picking up the property,” the GAO said.
In its reponse to the findings, DOD concurred with four recommendations made by GAO and highlighted steps it was taking to improve internal controls and implement recommendations from past audits.
At no point during the application process did Law Enforcement Support Office (LESO) staff speak with officials at the fake agency to verify the legitimacy of the application, according to the report. All authorizations were done via email.
I have a better idea. Let’s not give any police any military weaponry or ordnance at all, ever. For any reason under the sun. Under any circumstances.
There. Fixed it.
Ever since 9/11 and even before our nation has been morphing into some sort of totalitarian police state .
More and more local police are seen in BDU’s and equipped more like a combat infintryman then our local cop who knew all the business people on his beat and who is or where there is problematic probabilities . So this sting operation to check validity of heavy hardware requests is a good thing as long as those minding the store are held to account and fired . Being fired for cause means that you lose all benefits and as for your pension you recieve what you put in but no more your fired .
Now how about a sting operation on the homeland security money being dribbled over every police and sheriffs department nationwide as to the real need .
I recall the Maryland Mass Transit Authority police receiving this enourmous Interconntiental Ballistic Winnebago Mobil Crisis Command Center . This is the outfit known to us as “Tunnel Cops”. This piece of equipment has some legitimate use I suppose but I am sure a nice step van and a Honda generator would fill the real need .
Now let’s turn to one of Jeff Sessions favorites , Asset Forciture by local police departments and the legitmacy of the majority of cases and the time frame for the full return of property seized and the innocent citizen now victim of the state largess is fully restored including their legal costs job losses income after no charges could be brought . So much for the presumption of innocence !
If they don’t know who you are , they won’t make you a target.
Everyone is a target.
DLA…that is where the stash all the multi-cultural diverse hires…….
Hey Musket, Seems a White guy is running the place (as usual). Next time ask, who was the guy who shipped your jobs to Asia, who was the guy who foreclosed on your house, who was the guy who raised interest rates, who was the guy that f’ed you over on health care, who was the guy who wants to track your every comment on the internet, and I am confident it was not a diversity hire. The people that make this place hellish is someone who looks like you, so get out the basement, and run for office or mow your grass or do something instead of blaming your less than successful life on someone else.