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BATF loses suit to undercover agent
A judge of the Federal Court of Claims has awarded former agent Jay Doybyns over half a million in damages for agency misconduct. "Misconduct" that amounted to betraying and backstabbing an agent who had spent years infiltrating the hell's angels.
His book outlines his work. It's likely the most dangerous undercover work of which I've ever heard: he was infiltrating a large gang to whom murder was a casual matter, and he got full membership by faking the murder of a rival gang member. Then his agency abandoned him, let his new false ID become known, and when his house was destroyed (and wife and kids nearly killed) in an arson fire, backstabbed him with suggestions that he might have done it himself.
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> he was infiltrating a large gang
> to whom murder was a casual matter
But enough about how he became a BATF agent, tell us about the Hell's Angels.
> his house was destroyed (and wife and
> kids nearly killed) in an arson fire
Yep, sounds like the BATF's M.O.
BATF should have been fined four or five times that much or more. They have to learn and learn hard that you can't screw with a mans life like that and get away with it. There should be some BATF heads roll with this major blunder starting at the top and work down What's even worse is that this agent was one of their own and he put his life way out on the limb as well as his families who should also receive an equil compensation.