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ATF Probing Theft of Guns From Suburban Chicago Police Dept. Shooting Range
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com ATF is investigating the theft of nearly two dozen weapons from the shooting range of a suburban Chicago police department, the Chicago Tribune is reporting. The weapons stolen from the Harvey Police Department included handguns and MP5 and AR-15 assault weapons, the Trib reported. They were reported stolen from a trailer…
Column: ATF Needs a Little Love in Times Square
By Jeff Stein SpyTalk WASHINGTON — Poor ATF: It don’t get no respect. NYPD’s Ray Kelly, Attorney General Holder and DHS honcho Janet Napolitano all heaped praise on themselves and each other for their fabulous work in the Times Square bomb case. But the ATF? Nada. Out of sight, out of mind, evidently, overlooked like…
Ex-Tulsa ATF Agent Pleads Guilty to Drug Dealing: Also Admits Making Up Drug Deal That Sent 2 to Prison
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com An ex-ATF agent from Tulsa, Ok., pleaded guilty Thursday to drug trafficking. He also admitted conspiring to fabricate a drug buy in 2007 that wrongfully sent a father and daughter to federal prison. Ex-ATF agent Brandon J. McFadden, 34, who left the agency last year, pleaded guilty to distributing more than…
Ex-ATF Official Weighs in on NY Car Bomb: “It Was a Grandiose Plot But Sort of a Ridiculous Device”
By Allan Lengel For AOL News WASHINGTON — James Cavanaugh, who recently retired as a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives official after 33 years, Monday shared his insights into the Times Square car bomb with AOL News. Cavanaugh said he thought the culprit or culprits likely had international ties. He also said he…
Texas Fed Prosecutors Want Convicted El Paso FBI Agent to Forfeit Weapons, Silencer and Cash
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Federal prosecutors in El Paso want FBI agent John Thomas Shipley, who was convicted this month of dealing weapons without a license and lying to ATF agents about the sales, to forfeit 17 weapons, a silencer, ammunition and $7,340 in cash found in his home. Authorities filed a motion last week…
Fear of Pro-Gun Lobby Groups in Election Year Leaves ATF Without Senate-Confirmed Leader
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — There have been times when ATF has felt like the stepchild in the world of law enforcement — particularly when compared to the FBI. This may be one of those times. Newsweek’s Michael Isikoff reports that 15 months after President Obama has taken office, the White House has yet…
Texas FBI Agent Convicted of Illegal Gun Sales and Lying to ATF
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A federal jury in El Paso deliberated for less than three hours Wednesday before convicting FBI agent John Thomas Shipley of dealing weapons without a permit and lying to ATF agents about the sales, the El Paso Times reported. ATF agents arrested Shipley, 40, last year after tracing back to him…