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madville

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5. Was a federal employee for decades

Reply to ananda (Reply #3)

Wed Aug 6, 2025, 09:11 PM

Aug 6

Rented hundreds of cars and trucks with my federal government travel card, none ever required that we tell them specifically what we were going to do with the vehicle. Most of the time in later years we just booked them online.

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Penske Calls Out DHS for Using Its Rental Trucks During Immigration Raids in LA: We 'Did Not Authorize This' [View all] BumRushDaShow Aug 6 OP

Maybe the Penske customer service agents who rented the trucks out to DHS (they had to know)... wcmagumba Aug 6 #1

'DHS agents wearing vests can be seen packed into the back of a rental truck.' riversedge Aug 6 #2

Sounds like CYA to me. ananda Aug 6 #3

Was a federal employee for decades madville Aug 6 #5

So it's actually possible that nobody in the company knew? ananda Aug 6 #6

They probably don't ask official government agencies as big as the DHS Polybius Aug 6 #8

So that means they're deliberately turning a blind eye since... ananda Aug 6 #9

Or they rented them using personal credit cards... SickOfTheOnePct Aug 7 #13

I've rented numerous trucks over the years... SickOfTheOnePct Aug 7 #12

I have used UHaul several times Jose Garcia Aug 7 #15

I work in an industry that sometimes we have to rent trucks. kimbutgar Aug 6 #4

Penske is also following DOT regulations while moniss Aug 6 #7

Yes. So this means that the government can engage in... ananda Aug 7 #16

Yes and while they make regulations about moniss Aug 7 #17

Oh please BaronChocula Aug 6 #10

Isn't using the cargo area for transporting passengers highly illegal ? Couldn't Highway Patrol pull them over ? nt eppur_se_muova Aug 7 #11

How would the highway patrol know... SickOfTheOnePct Aug 7 #14

I bet it's not enough of an issue to pull their GSA contract... EarthFirst Aug 7 #18