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Agents follow common-sense rules. They choose covers as close to the truth as possible. In one case, Leach assumed the role of a dealer in deer and other exotic meats. When he and fellow agents busted his principal supplier, the man grabbed his pistol, and Leach found himself wrestling the gun away from his head...
Special Ops took on the Texas operation because waterfowl numbers have been plummeting in the face of droughts, habitat loss and illegal hunting and because a preliminary investigation uncovered widespread flouting of the wildlife laws. Leach and other investigators simply masqueraded as duck hunters. Of the 42 hunting clubs visited, an astonishing 41 violated basic waterfowl-protection laws. In the course of the operation, agents regularly documented egregious violations. At one posh club, for instance, an undercover agent was asked by unsuspecting guides to videotape a hunt during which 13 hunters slaughtered 204 birds (139 over the limit for that...
...handing him a weapon. Before being led away, Friermood explains to the hunters that one of his guides has been caught violating the law by an undercover agent. One hunter remarks nervously, "If I were Blaien, I'd get after the guide that got him in trouble." Hearing this, Leach tells them, "Blaien's got his own problems," and notes that this is only part of a big federal bust. Ray Brite, a U.S. deputy marshal, eases the tension by telling awful jokes...
With Friermood safely packed off to Houston for arraignment on misdemeanor and felony charges, Leach heads down the road to check on another bust before returning to Houston to face the mountain of paperwork that accompanies an operation of this magnitude. Leach, Gavitt and the other agents gravitate to their jobs because of the sense of accomplishment they get from protecting America's vanishing wildlife. "I used to feel uncomfortable about making friends with people and busting them, but I'm not out to cause people trouble; I'm here to protect wildlife," says Leach. Gavitt notes that many people...
...speech on Thursday night, Bush called on Congress to approve his proposal within 45 days. "We must not let this situation fester," he said. "Any plan to refinance the system must be accompanied by major reform." For the most part, his proposal found bipartisan support. Said Iowa Republican Jim Leach, a member of the House Banking Committee: "In his first inning, Bush has stepped up and hit a home run." Another member of the committee, New York Democrat Charles Schumer, said that Bush deserves "a heck of a lot of credit for bellying up to the bar and putting...