Page 82 was interesting reading....Circa 2012 from what I can tell. The link appears to be a communique sent to ATF or NFATCA membership addressing what must have happened @ SHOTSHOW in 2012 To quote it:
NFATCA response to SHOT (and allegations that J. Brown is an informant) below.
http://www.nfatca.org/012512.htm
The link in the document was still on their server as of yesterday....I don't look for it to last long. (it has been saved for posterities sake as pdf should it disappear)
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This is a page or two prior
From: John Brown
To: Ficaretta, Teresa
Subject: RE: FTB
Date: Friday, January 27, 2012 10:37:48 AM
Teresa, (redacted) would be fine as long as he is making a contribution to what we are trying to do. I think a webcast might work but it has to be spot on for helping both of us. The tin foil hat boys are not helping either one of us out at this point and the accusation that I am a CI is reverberating through the industry like nothing I have ever seen before. I have enjoyed doing what I have been able to accomplish over the last seven years but when stands in front of a crowd and says " we don't have any interest in input from the industry", people look at me and the NFATCA and say we are a complete failure. You and I both know better but the tin foil hats prevail. We have a lot to talk about.
John
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Some points and why these documents are important.
John Brown was involved in the Federal case US v. Clark et al. (The case about changing MAC MG's to 1919 MG's) John Brown was the only FFL who sold multiple's of these firearms that did not get charged.
He was President of the NFATCA at the time.
He was described by ATF at that trial as a "Confidential Source". This is documented fact in the transcripts of the trial.
The difference between a "Confidential Source" and a "Confidential Informant" is that the Confidential Informant is paid. There is a legal distinction between the two.
Mr. Brown was approached @ ShotShow over his involvement.
NFATCA lobbied ATF for 41P and other rule making....In fact there are emails indicating they petitioned for rulemaking on ammo then removed their petition.
Folks who make backroom deals that effect our industry (and hobby) should be scrutinized. These communications should have been public from day one and I should not have had to sue the ATF to find out what some group I don't belong to is claiming to do on my behalf.....
Oh and now former ATF Chief counsel Teresa Ficaretta no longer works for ATF and writes article in Small Arms Review.....Small World.