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ATF Official Who Oversaw Botched Sting Will Oversee Phoenix Office

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By John Diedrich Journal Sentinel The ATF leader who oversaw a botched undercover operation in Milwaukee will now be in charge of the agency’s embattled Phoenix office, where agents allowed more than 2,000 guns to walk into the hands of suspected criminals through the infamous “Operation Fast and Furious.” Bernard “B.J.” Zapor will be reunited in…

ATF Admits Mistakes Were Made During Botched Raid at Milwaukee Store

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Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The head of the ATF’s St, Paul Field Division acknowledged mistakes were made during a botched undercover sting operation of gun and drug dealers at a store in Milwaukee, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. The Journal Sentinel recently exposed serious problems during a 10-month ATF sting. Among them: the theft of nearly…