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Politically sensitive sting operations are normally approved in advance by an undercover review committee composed of senior FBI and Justice Department officials. Revell says the Oberwetter operation -- which he claims Sessions approved -- was not subject to committee review because it was a one-shot deal as opposed to a "longtime...
Revell thought he had to move quickly. On Aug. 6, four days before the cowboy-agent appeared, Oberwetter was visited by Barnes, who identified himself as "Howard Parsons" and insisted that the two of them discuss the matter on a bench outdoors. Oberwetter says he refused to accept the illegal...
"There never was a wiretap case here," says Oberwetter bitterly. "This was an entrapment case, pure and simple. They approached me without probable cause. If Perot has videotapes of any meeting that involves me, release the damn things and let the public judge." Revell defends the operation and says the...
Revell is no stranger to controversy. In 1981, after reportedly failing a polygraph test, he was censured for leaking confidential FBI data to an Oklahoma journalist. Yet he still managed to rise to the post of FBI associate deputy director for investigation. In the 1980s, Revell came under scrutiny after...
Ironically, Revell went public last June on behalf of Richard Armitage, a former Pentagon official whom Perot had accused of complicity in drug smuggling and covering up the existence of Vietnam MIAs. Revell felt strongly that Armitage was a victim of "wild charges" that the FBI had been unable to...