Report Says ATF Agent Predicted Death and Congressional Inquiry After ATF Launched Controversial Gun Program; Agents Worried Guns Might be Linked to Gabrielle Giffords Shooting

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com One ATF agent told Congressional investigators  that someone was going to die  from ATF’s controversial gun-walking program dubbed “Operation Fast and Furious”, and he predicted the program would become the subject of a Congressional inquiry. That prediction by agent Larry Alt was noted in a  51-page report released Tuesday Rep. Darrell…

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Senators Introduce Legislation to Extend FBI Dir. Mueller’s Term; Sen. Grassley Has Mixed Feelings

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In an unusual sign of bipartisanship, the top Democrats and Republicans of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Senate Select Committee on Intelligence introduced legislation Thursday that would allow  FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III to extend his 10-year term by two years. Top ranking senators said the bill would provide a…

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Sen. Grassley Wants to Know If ATF Agents Have Been Advised to Stonewall Congressional Inquiries

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley on Friday expressed concerns that ATF agents are possibly being encouraged not to fully cooperate with Congressional inquiries into a controversial  ATF gun-walking program. In a press release issued Friday, Grassley said his concerns surfaced after documents released by AFT through the Freedom of Information Act…

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