{"id":42693,"date":"2014-04-08T11:33:17","date_gmt":"2014-04-08T15:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=42693"},"modified":"2014-04-08T11:33:17","modified_gmt":"2014-04-08T15:33:17","slug":"vet-service-center-worker-arrested-for-threatening-prez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=42693","title":{"rendered":"Vet service center worker arrested for threatening Prez"},"content":{"rendered":"

Green Thumb sends us a link from Montana<\/a> in regards to Dan Rachell, a Veterans’ Service Center employee who was reported to the Secret Service for threats that he conveyed to one of his clients about assassinating the president;<\/p>\n

The veteran also told the investigator that Rachell had become verbally abusive toward him and threatened to \u201csmash (his) skull in\u201d because he currently serves in the Montana National Guard.<\/p>\n

The veteran said he stepped forward with the information because he believed Rachell\u2019s post-traumatic stress disorder may be worsening and it appeared he had started a \u201cdownward spiral\u201d that could lead to an attempt on the president\u2019s life, the affidavit said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Really? PTS? Are we all so short of vocabulary words for nutty behavior that we’re going to call it all “PTSD” now? Even amongst ourselves? FFS.<\/p>\n

The veteran told a Secret Service investigator that Rachell said he had trained his wife to be a \u201cspotter\u201d and to assist him in an assassination attempt by providing \u201csuppression fire\u201d should the president ever visit Hamilton.<\/p>\n

The veteran said Rachell went to \u201cgreat lengths to explain how he has trained his wife on the rifle range, specifically the Whittacar Rifle Range, to shoot a rifle using a scope, to provide service as a spotter at a distance, or provide suppressive fire to relocate from one position to another in case his first attack triggers a response by police so he can relocate to another position.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rachell allegedly told the veteran he had enough ammunition to kill everyone in Hamilton.<\/p>\n

The veteran said Rachell was a racist and used racial slurs toward the president and first family. The affidavit said the veteran said Rachell stated that someone needed to \u201ckill Michelle and the kids to save the taxpayers money because they fly around on Air Force One all the time.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, this wasn’t the Secret Service’s first encounter with Rachell. It seems they investigated him for the same nutty behavior (which is not PTS) three years ago. For some reason, they didn’t bother to tell anyone, because Rachell had a CCW permit. And he was carrying his weapon into his workplace. I’m guessing his workplace wasn’t in a government building, because it’s a private business<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Valley Veterans Service Center has accepted Rachell’s resignation. Another article in the Missoulian<\/a> explains why they might be three years too late;<\/p>\n

Rachell was met by three Hamilton police Thursday morning when he attempted to retrieve files of veterans who have turned over power of attorney to him.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Associated Press<\/a> chimes with the PTS explanation;<\/p>\n

Rachell was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and major depression, court records said. It\u2019s unclear whether he was charged in the previous case.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, then it makes all of the sense in the world now – he’s a crazed vet who “caught the PTSD”. I’m pretty sure that thousands of veterans with PTS didn’t threaten the president this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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