Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An ATF agent who was killed trying to prevent a pharmacy robbery in his hometown in New York had a portion of a street named after him over the weekend, Newsday reports. Senior Special Agent John F. Capano Avenue is the new name of Waverly Avenue at Seamans Neck Road where Capano…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com I don’t often like to deal too much in conjecture, rumor or speculation, but in this case I will. First off, the rumor circulating in Washington is that the Inspector General’s report on ATF’s failed Operation Fast and Furious will likely come out in August. Who will get whacked? Well, first…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com ATF whistleblower Peter Forcelli told ticklethewire.com on Thursday that the current leadership at ATF is being unfairly attacked and wrongly accused of trying to silence whistleblowers like himself. “It’s not fair, these guys are trying to do the right thing,” he says about the new leadership at ATF. The comments by…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Sen. Chuck Grassley and Rep. Darrell Issa, two of Capitol Hill’s chief critics of ATF, expressed concern about comments the agency’s acting Director B. Todd Jones made to employees earlier this month. Specifically, the two were concerned about a comment that could put a chill on whistleblowers. Todd said: “… if…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A retired police lieutenant who shot and killed an ATF agent at a pharmacy on New Year’s Eve will not be charged because the force was justified, the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office announced, reports the Associated Press. ATF agent John Capano, 51, was buying medicine for his cancer-stricken when he intervened…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Disturbing trends of violence in Denver concern the feds, but it may not be enough to trigger additional resources from ATF, the Denver Post reports. B. Todd Jones, acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, who was visiting Denver, said he’s disturbed by increasing violence from gangs and…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.come An ATF agent accused of witness tampering was cleared of charges, WRAL reports. U.S. District Judge James Fox dismissed the witness-tampering charges Tuesday against Raleigh, N.C. ATF agent Mike Fanelly, saying prosecutors failed to provide sufficient evidence. Fanelly will retain his job. A grand jury had charged that he interfered with…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An ATF supervisor in the Seattle office has stepped down after a paid informant sexually abused and imprisoned a woman while working for the agency, The Seattle Times reports. Special Agent Jim Contreras came under fire after The Seattle Times revealed that he hired informant Joshua Allan Jackson, who had a lengthy…
