Steven Dettelbach, President Biden’s pick to lead the ATF, has been endorsed by eight former directors and acting leaders as the U.S. Senate prepares to hold confirmation hearings on the nomination.
President Biden may soon pick a nominee to lead the ATF director, which has been without a permanent director since 2015 as the nation grapples with mass shootings.
After overseeing investigations into mass shootings and the Boston Marathon shooting, the retired director will have a much more fun assignment.
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com B. Todd Jones, the head of ATF, who first stepped in as acting director in 2011, and later became the first ATF directory in history to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate, is stepping down, effective March 31. The announcement from ATF came in a press release, which said he’s departing…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com ATF Director B. Todd Jones’ first appearance before Congress wasn’t a pleasant one. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that congressional members from both sides slammed Jones over the agency’s blunders in undercover storefront operations. Some of the problems included using people with mental disabilities to promote undercover operations. Jones defended the agency,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Over the years, ATF, like other federal agencies, has had its scandals and controversies and challenges getting respect. It has battled the National Rifle Association, had to deal with morale issues and public criticism from within. NPR’s Carrie Johnson reports that the agency’s new leader B. Todd Jones,the former U.S. Attorney…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Fair to say, it wasn’t easy getting there. But after all the political wrangling, B. Todd Jones was sworn in as the new director ATF at a ceremony Thursday at the White House. With his confirmation, Jones, who was the acting director, becomes the agency’s first permanent director in seven years….
By Daily Journal The gun lobby and its supporters, who have continuously demanded more enforcement against illegal firearms trafficking rather than new restrictions, have given an inch toward backing up their demands by permitting the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to have a permanent director for the first time in seven years….
