Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The ATF’s botched sting in Milwaukee last year continues to unravel as the depth of the feds’ mistakes become better known. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported prosecutors have dropped charges against another three defendants charged in an undercover ATF sting. Milwaukee County Assistant District Attorney Karen Loebel said the three cases were…
By Daily Journal The gun lobby and its supporters, who have continuously demanded more enforcement against illegal firearms trafficking rather than new restrictions, have given an inch toward backing up their demands by permitting the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to have a permanent director for the first time in seven years….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com One of Washington’s long standing absurdities came to an end Wednesday. For seven years, ATF had been unable to get a director confirmed by the Senate, a goal that was often blocked by such gun organizations as the National Rifle Association. But Wednesday that logjam came to an end. The Senate,…
By Michael A. Memoli Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON – B. Todd Jones is on the cusp of becoming the first Senate-confirmed director of the ATF on Thursday, after a fierce lobbying effort successfully swayed a single Republican lawmaker to change her vote. Democrats had expected a close result, but nonetheless were confident they had the…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A woman who was denied a job after ATF officials discovered she was transgender won a lawsuit this week in which she claimed she was the victim of unlawful discrimination, the Transgender Law Center reports. Mia Macy, an experienced police detective who has worked with the ATF on ballistics, said she was…
By John Diedrich Journal Sentinel The ATF leader who oversaw a botched undercover operation in Milwaukee will now be in charge of the agency’s embattled Phoenix office, where agents allowed more than 2,000 guns to walk into the hands of suspected criminals through the infamous “Operation Fast and Furious.” Bernard “B.J.” Zapor will be reunited in…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Anyone who follows politics inside the Beltway knows the confirmation process for ATF director, by it’s nature, is challenging. That’s certainly the case with Minnesota U.S. Attorney B. Todd Jones, who has been the acting head of ATF. Kevin Diaz of the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that GOP resistance to Jone’s…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Undercover ATF agents offered would-be robbers an opportunity to steal cocaine and cash from non-existent drug houses. The plan included executing the “inside man.” OTHER STORIES OF INTERST Hostage Taker Insisted FBI, Illuminati Were After Him Before Being Shot Four-Star General Investigated over Leak of Covert Cyber-attacks on Iran’s Nuclear Program Gang…
