Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Steven J. Bogdalek is the new head of ATF in Los Angeles, which includes Southern California, the agency announced. Bogdalek began his career with ATF in Detroit in 1987, according to the PR Newswire. From 2002 until this latest appointment, he served as Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the St. Paul…
By Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com The blame game continues in Operation Fast and Furious. The latest: Two ATF managers — Bill Newell and David Voth — claim fed prosecutors blocked efforts to arrest gun runners or seize weapons before they crossed the border in Mexico, according to the Arizona Daily Star. The controversial program has caused…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Bad news for ATF agent Michael Justin Fanelly. A fed grand jury in Raleigh, N.C. has indicted him on charges of witness tampering and making a false statement to a law enforcement officers, the News Observer reported. The paper reported that the grand jury charged that he interfered with two officers…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ever since news surfaced of ATF’s highly-flawed Operation Fast and Furious, the agency has not only taken a hit in the public relations arena, but also in the area of morale. Fox News reports that an internal survey shows that the men and women of the agency gave harsh marks to…
By Richard Serrano Tribune Washington Bureau WASHINGTON – When the ATF made alleged gun trafficker Manuel Fabian Celis-Acosta its primary target in the ill-fated Fast and Furious investigation, it hoped he would lead the agency to two associates who were Mexican drug cartel members. The ATF even questioned and released him knowing that he…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The number two person at ATF says a key mistake in the controversial Operation Fast and Furious was that “a narcotics based strategy was applied to a firearms trafficking investigation.” Tom Brandon, who stepped in last October as ATF’s deputy director as part of an effort to clean house after…
ATF discusses Napalm found in meth bust: fox10tv.com
