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...discharge; they claim in a federal lawsuit that the bureau took the action in reprisal for their having reported corruption and sexual harassment, including allegations that police officers assigned to ATF had stolen money from a drug dealer. Prompted by their disclosures, investigators from Treasury's Office of the Inspector General in November 1992 conducted an unprecedented raid on the Chicago office to seize financial documents. The interlocking scandals caused the transfer of the division's top three officials and the firing of a first-line supervisor (who was reinstated this year by a federal appeals court in Chicago...
Though he concedes that many might find his stockpile of 25,000 photos featuring S&M and hard-core sex distasteful, Thomas insists he violated no laws. "I don't feel I committed a crime because I didn't offend anybody but a postal inspector in Memphis," he says, referring to the government official who launched the investigation. Thomas also faces charges in Salt Lake City of distributing images of naked children, but he insists those images aren't sexually explicit. "They are from nudist colonies," he says. "Many of them are family snapshots...
...vigilantes have a measure of popular support. Crime is a growing worry in some neighborhoods of Belfast and other cities, and citizens are unwilling to turn to the police, who are deeply distrusted. "There is no doubt that some people -- not the majority -- approve of the beatings," says Chief Inspector Peter Kane of the Royal Ulster Constabulary. "In some areas, especially those plagued by joyriders or drug dealers, they are popular. But you can't call what is handed out justice, by any means...
...extorting protection money from construction companies, small businesses and shop owners to finance terrorist activities. Police also accuse the I.R.A. and the U.D.A. of running drugs while making a show of beating up drug dealers. "These rackets are great money spinners for the I.R.A. and the U.D.A.," says Chief Inspector Kane. "They can't give them up now, when money from the community is drying...
Following the war, Hiestand became a recalled for the Korean War, however, and served as assistant to the supervisory cost inspector for the 11th naval district...