Other people have used that excuse before.Malum Prohibitum said:

I heard it didn't work out too well for them though.
edit: I see GSUsnake made the same reference.
http://www.ky3.com/news/8498467.htmlWeaver fears the federal government may be watching him again after his neighbor spotted someone suspicious.
She says, 'I just scared some guy in a black uniform out of the weeds out there by the woods and he took off running,' he said
Other people have used that excuse before.Malum Prohibitum said:The federale said "He was just doing his job."legacy38 said:Am I correct in my remembrance that the "sniper" was indicted in state court for manslaughter but a federal magistrate dismissed the charges?
There really should have been prosecutions all up the chain of command on that one.