By Allan Lengel and Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.)is attacking Atty. Gen. Eric Holder Jr. once again, this time for a DEA operation that allowed money to flow to the Mexican drug cartels. In a press release issued Monday, Issa announced that he was investigating the matter, which was highlighted in a front…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, who has led the crusade against Attorney General Eric Holder during the Fast and Furious investigations, said he may recommend merging ATF into the FBI, Bloomberg reports. “ATF, perhaps, should be molded completely into the FBI and…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A three-year investigation focusing on drug and weapon rings came to an end with 11 arrests in Northern Virginia on Wednesday, reports the Washington Post. Some of those arrested had ties to street gangs. The operation was primarily in Manassas and Fairfax County, and resulted in charges against more than 60 people….
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Attorney General Eric Holder has had enough. Holder told a reporter from the Daily Caller , a conservative news website, to stop egging congressional Republicans on to call for his resignation, reports Talking Points Memo. “You guys need to… you guys need to stop this,” TPM reports hearing Holder tell…
ATF Sanctioning ‘Straw’ Gun Sales since 2006, Houston Dealer Says: MyFoxHOUSTON.com
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Attorney General Eric Holder can’t get a break. On break from congressional hounding over ATF’s Fast and Furious program, Holder is now being criticized over an ongoing visit to the Caribbean. The Daily Beast reports that Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), who has been sharply critical of Holder over the Fast and Furious…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The ATF operation that sent one agent to the hospital this week included an exchange of gunfire, several other injuries and several arrests, reports the Baltimore Sun. After remaining tight-lipped about the incident, Special Agent Clare A. Weber, a spokeswoman for the Baltimore ATF office, said information about the exchange was…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Two hours outside of Bangkok, Byron San Marco, an ATF special agent, explodes a hidden bomb slung over the back seat of a motor bike, according to a report by Time magazine. San Marco and his ATF team will blow up two more improvised explosive devices (IEDs) at the US-funded Tactical…
