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From the Radio Free Michigan archives
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March 20, 1995
Attacking a Woman Deep Asleep:
The Montgomery Case
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BATF) abuses are
becoming all too common. In a series of reports starting today,
NRA will open the case file on BATF abuses from civil rights
violations to tax payer money that is being squandered. Our
intent is for Congress to regain control of this rouge agency,
expose and prosecute government agents and officials guilty
of civil rights abuses, and institute strict policies and
oversight to ensure that the Bill of Rights is honored, not
condemned.
At 4:00 a.m. on July 13, 1994, dressed in their Ninja-style
outfits, agents of the BATF stormed into the bedroom of
21-year-old Monique Montgomery. The BATF says it was looking for
drugs in the home of the St. Louis woman, but it found none. The
BATF says it was looking for illegal guns, but it found none.
Instead_after an investigation that was six weeks in the
making_it found a woman alone_ and asleep_in her bedroom.
According to press accounts, two agents clad in
terrorist-style black jump suits hit the bedroom with guns drawn,
shields up and high intensity lights glaring. As the agents
knocked down this young woman's door at 4:00 a.m., Miss
Montgomery did what most reasonable Americans would do. Seeking
to protect herself against unidentified and uninvited intruders,
she armed herself with a firearm she lawfully owned for personal
protection.
The agents claim to have repeatedly identified themselves
and told her to drop her weapon. But this is the same BATF which
set the time for the raid at 4 a.m._to maximize the victim's
disorientation. It is natural that the victim would be alarmed
and confused. According to the BATF,
the agent didn't have any other choice, but to shoot the victim.
And he did. FOUR TIMES.
Long before Ms. Montgomery was released from the hospital,
after being shot in the chest and hip, the agent who shot her was
back on the job.
This week, the Senate will hold hearings on BATF abuses
before the Treasury, Postal Service, General Government
Appropriations Subcommittee.
Coming tomorrow: Wastefulness in the ATF air force.
March 21, 1995
BATF Abuses Continued
William M. Reece a highly respected manager in the
beleaguered Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (BATF) is now
the subject of a criminal investigation into the alleged theft of
$1.5 million. The investigation has unveiled a poor system of
accounting controls at BATF.
The investigation is looking into allegations that Reece, as
the agency's chief pilot and aviation division administrator,
submitted false invoices on airplane leases and maintenance
services between 1988 and 1993.
ATF's seven-plane air force had a budget of $1.2 million in
1992. If the allegations are proven true, more than a third of
the aviation divisions budget would have gone to bogus services
over the five year period in question.
One administration source described the case as a classic
example of agency "vulnerability" created by centralizing too
much responsibility in the hands of a longtime employee
overseeing a highly technical area.
Critics within ATF describe the allegations against Reece as
part of a "good ole boy" network at the bureau in which some
managers were given extraordinary freedom with little oversight.
This week, the Senate will hold hearings on BATF abuses
before the Treasury, Postal Service, General Government
Appropriations Subcommittee.
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