The Washington Post received the clarification that TTAG sought re: the number and type of Department of Education’s arsenal of firearms. And here it is: “The Office of the Inspector General has 100 special agents and each is issued a .40-caliber Glock pistol. Agents carry handguns in the regular course of their duties,” The Office of Inspector General’s Public Affairs Liaison wrote. “The planned purchase of 27 shotguns will bring the office’s total to 52. Agents carry shotguns when conducting high-risk arrest and search warrant operations, which is standard practice for law enforcement.” Catherine Grant told the WaPo that the *office’s special agents have never had to discharge their firearms in the line of duty.” The paper’s writer Valerie Strauss wonders about that: “The Web site of the inspector general’s office lists by year the many fraud and other investigations in which gun-carrying agents were involved. The list is long–but, really, do the agents need to carry guns?” No, they need a bag full of erasers and a keen eye.

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  1. Apparently, the Dept. of Education has a SWAT team at their disposal. Guess that’s what all the shotties and Glocks were for.

    http://www.market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=187745

    Taking Out A Student Loan? Think Twice

    You could have the SWAT team break down your door at 6:00 AM.

    No, I’m not kidding:

    STOCKTON, CA – Kenneth Wright does not have a criminal record and he had no reason to believe a S.W.A.T team would be breaking down his door at 6 a.m. on Tuesday.

    “I look out of my window and I see 15 police officers,” Wright said.

    Wright came downstairs in his boxer shorts as a S.W.A.T team barged through his front door. Wright said an officer grabbed him by the neck and led him outside on his front lawn.

    ….

    The U.S. Department of Education issued the search and called in the S.W.A.T for his wife’s defaulted student loans.

    Got it folks?

    Go ahead…. sign the FAFSA “for your kids.” And a few years later, when they can’t pay on their loans as they can’t find a job after racking up all that nice debt, your act of “kindness” and “duty” in signing that form can be the reason their door gets kicked in by the SWAT team, and perhaps their dog – or even your own son or daughter – is shot.

    Still think it’s a good idea to sign that form, do you?

    Incidentally, it is (theoretically) unconstitutional to imprison someone for debt. This means such an event is not a criminal act, it’s a civil one, which in turn means – at least if the government gave a damn about The Constitution – they had no cause to use “law enforcement” in this sort of circumstance at all.

    Of course when it comes to government, the Constitution is an inconvenience.

  2. See I was under that same impression myself when it came to debt they could do a lot against you but not prison time. Even in the event of a court hearing in front of a Federal Judge in most cases the Judge can only take your paycheck or a % of it and or a % of your earned interest or assets. The IRS can also do it but the fees and leans they place on you are so crazy that it should be illegal in it’s own right.
    Hell everyone of us has them against us if your between the age of 40 and 20. Most can’t pay them or barely can afford to pay them. You can’t bankrupt out of them, you can;t work out a deal with them they want it in full payment. I know I tried both ways. You can claim disability and try to get them closed out or a judge can make the choice if the loans or causing such a detrimental loss of finance that they prevent you from renting proper housing or obtaining proper transport to even seek out a job. Problem is this requires a lawyer and lots of forms filled out and lots of proof you tried to pay on them over a decades time. I know I’m stuck in the shit with them currently and fucked up after re-financing them and completing a rehab program that lasted 24 months where I did not miss a single payment. The only thing they keep track of is the interest lol not the payments. I also made a series of payments to them one for over 600$ and the other over 800$ and several smaller payments prior to the 24 month rehabilitation program. They had no records of it and I only had records for one of the payments made. All this would have to go to court and be presented to the judge. It’s a huge pain in the ass..

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  4. Let me clarify some things here this raid had NOTHING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH STUDENT LOANS. Kenneth wrights wife was under investigation by the department of education for student aid embezzlement
    She has since then been arrested and convicted along with 5 others
    https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oig/invtreports/ca122013.html
    While I will agree that the ED did significantly over use force this was in no way shape or form about student loans. Please read to the bottom of the article for the name Michael weight and kenneth wright

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