By Allan Lengel For AOL News WASHINGTON — Thousands of federal law enforcement agents work their tails off to put crooks behind bars. But on occasion, some of the very same folks who carry a gun and a badge and slap the cuffs on the bad guys end up stepping over the line….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — America profits from the murderous ways of the Mexican cartels when it comes to supplying weapons. Washington Post reporters James V. Grimaldi and Sari Horwitz, in a year long investigation, uncovered the names of the top 12 U.S. gun dealers of guns traced to Mexico in the past two…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A Dallas Man nicknamed “G-Bone” pleaded guilty Monday to shooting and wounding an ATF agent who had come to arrest him, authorities said. Gary Montgomery,39, who now faces up to 20 years in prison, also pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Sidney Fitzwater in Dallas to distributing crack cocaine and being…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Who knew New York City had a sheriff? Well, native New Yorker Edgar Domenech, the whistleblower who was Deputy Director of ATF until he was demoted in 2007 after raising questions about financial mismanagement in 2007, has been named the city’s new sheriff, according to the New York Daily News. Domenech…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) on Friday voiced its “strong support” for the nomination of Andrew Traver as Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Traver, who was nominated to the post by President Obama last month, currently heads up ATF’s Chicago…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Over the years, his Inspector General reports have stung such agencies as the FBI and ATF and DEA, pointing out flaws, offering suggestions that have not always been welcomed with open arms. Now, Glenn Fine, the Justice Department’s Inspector General, is hanging it up, Attorney General Eric Holder Jr….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com ATF is turning to text messages to generate more tips. The agency announced this week a six-month pilot program that will allow crime tips to be submitted anonymously by text message to ATF’s Joint Support and Operations Center for review and processing. “The general public will benefit from the easy to…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — As expected, the White House gave the nod on Monday to Andrew Traver, a 23-year-veteran of ATF, as the nominee to head the agency. Traver has headed the ATF Chicago field division since 2004. From 2001 to 2004, he served as an assistant special agent in charge of the…
