BE40 FLC CHALLENGED BY BED CTLR AFTER BEING CLRED FOR VISUAL APCH BY A90.

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UPON ARR AT BED; WE WERE CLRED FOR A VISUAL APCH TO RWY 29 AT BED. THIS ATC CLRNC FROM BOS WAS RECEIVED AT A DISTANCE OF 7-10 MI FROM THE ARPT. FROM OUR POS; WE WERE SET UP FOR A WIDE R BASE ENTRY. I NOTICED SEVERAL ACFT IN THE PATTERN (L TFC) AT BED ON THE TCASII. THIS CAUSED ME SOME CONCERN. THE FIRST CTLR ERROR OCCURRED WHEN HE REQUESTED US TO RPT A MIDFIELD R DOWNWIND. CLRLY THIS WAS INAPPROPRIATE GIVEN OUR LOCATION. HIS AWARENESS OF OUR POS WAS LACKING. HE WAS INFORMED OF OUR POS. WE WERE CLRED TO LAND. WHILE TURNING R BASE TO FINAL WE WERE TOLD TO TURN L AND ENTER AT R DOWNWIND. IN THIS POS; A R TURN 180-240 DEG TURN) WOULD HAVE PUT US BACK IN A R DOWNWIND. WE COMPLIED WITH THE L TURNOUT AND HAD TURNED ABOUT 180 DEGS WHEN THE CTLR TOLD US TO TURN R AND RE-ENTER FINAL. THIS PUT US OVER A TARGET THAT HE WAS WORKING. IN ACCORDANCE WITH TCASII WE CLBED 400-500 FT TO CLR THE TARGET. PROCEEDED TO A NORMAL LNDG. THIS CTLR CLRLY WAS TOO BUSY AND NOT AWARE OF OUR POS RELATIVE TO OTHER ACFT IN HIS CTL. AFTER LNDG WE WERE INSTRUCTED TO CALL TWR. HE ACCUSED US OF MAKING A 360 DEG TURN (WE DIDN'T). I FEEL HE WAS TRYING TO COVER HIS MISTAKES BY BLAMING US FOR SOMETHING WE DID NOT DO. WHEN ARE CTLRS GOING TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE?