By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Besides the anticipated change at the top at ATF, other changes are coming. Ronald B. Turk, special agent in charge of the New York office, has been named Deputy Assistant Director for Field Operations for the Central Region of the U.S. Mark Potter, head of the Philly office, has been named…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Rep. Darrell Issa on Tuesday told Fox News that acting ATF director Ken Melson should resign — something that’s likely to happen anyways. Issa, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, called Melson “part of the bad judgment” that led to the disastrous and ill thought out program “Operation…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Andrew Traver, the man the White House nominated last November to head up ATF, is in Washington Tuesday to speak to Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. His arrival comes in the midst of a major controversy — or screw up as some might say — involving ATF’s “Operation Fast and Furious”,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI building in Jackson, Miss.,officially has a pretty long name. The building this week is being named after three civil rights workers killed by Klansmen 47 years ago, as well as the FBI agent who headed the probe, the Jackson Clarion-Ledger reported. The paper reported that the James Chaney, Andrew…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The feds in L.A. are taking a novel approach to battling the violent Mongols motorcycle gang. Prosecutors on Monday asked U.S. District Judge Otis Wright to block members of the gang from using its trademarked logo or using its name, the Los Angeles Times reported. A ruling in the government’s favor…
