Wayne Manis News Today

Brent Regan’s opinion column “Pattern of Deception,” Sept. 22, listed numerous and significant instances of disinformation, including: 1) Wayne Manis was the lead FBI agent during the Ruby Ridge standoff. FACT: In his book (page 419), Manis states his only involvement in this event was to have transported/escorted Randy Weaver to a hospital then to federal detention.

Brent Regan ended his Sept. 22 opinion column with, “Now you’re smart enough to see the pattern because for you, it’s just common sense.” I concur. The pattern is Regan’s constant use of the psychological tactic of “poisoning the well,” a technique where he attempts to assail the personality of a speaker to discredit them, so you don’t have to listen to their message.

In Brent Regan’s recent column titled “The Pattern of Deception,” Regan falsely claimed that my father, retired FBI Special Agent Wayne F. Manis, was the “lead agent” in the Randy Weaver case. This is false.