# IRS & BATF (Pt. 2/2) - Bill Cooper's The Hour of the Time [Ep. #0729; Aired: Late-1995]

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Published: 2026-06-28T19:30:00+00:00
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## Resource

In this radio transcript, William Cooper presents the results of an extensive investigation into the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (BATF) , characterizing them as tools of a premeditated conspiracy to defraud the American public. He argues that these agencies are not legitimate branches of the federal government but are actually offshore pure trusts originating from the Philippines and Puerto Rico, operating through "magic" and legal obfuscation. By dissecting specific titles of the United States Code and the Constitution , Cooper asserts that direct income taxes are legally inapplicable to citizens of the fifty states and were only intended for residents of federal territories and possessions . Ultimately, the broadcast serves as a call to action for listeners to subscribe to his newspaper, Veritas , in order to join a movement to restore the Constitution and resist a perceived globalist agenda. Part of Set #15 of The Hour of the Time which Aired Originally Between Oct. 2nd, 1995 thru Dec. 29th, 1995 Audio Podcast Episodes (Courtesy of DM Hutchins Research Library ): https://mega.nz/folder/IPECUKwT#s9gna8oyLGX1yfZdfCnsgA/folder/VGcWmBRL Authored by Bill Cooper : https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/12Q1NkAEEkimrp7zkTrJ4_3V_zN5hVdWh?usp=drive_link Soundcloud Episodes of “The Hour of the Time:” https://soundcloud.com/hour-of-the-time

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