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ATF Denies Fast and Furious Officials Were Promoted
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com ATF is denying a report by the Los Angeles Times that said supervisors involved in the controversial and troubled “Operation Fast and Furious” were given promotions, NPR reported. The ATF said the supervisors were “laterally transferred,” NPR reported. Under Fast and Furious, ATF encouraged gun dealers to sell weapons to middlemen…