Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It appeared to be Janet Napolitano’s turn to get roughed up by Rep. Darrell Issa, who has been spearheading a probe into ATF’s controversial Operation Fast and Furious, that encouraged Arizona gun dealers to sell to straw purchasers, all with the hopes of tracing guns to the Mexican cartels. Politico reports that…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Congress moved one step closer to naming the Border Patrol station in Bisbee, Az., after slain agent Brian Terry, who was killed in December 2010. The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Thursday approved a bill to name the facility after Terry. The bill was authored by Oversight and Government Reform…
By Allan Lengel ticklethwire.com The battle inside the Beltway over ATF’s Fast and Furious operation continued Wednesday. Rep. Darrell Issa, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, announced Wednesday that he has sent a subpoena to Attorney General Eric Holder as part of his investigation into the program, Fox News reported. “Top Justice…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com With acting ATF Director B. Todd Jones in place, and the new fiscal year beginning, rumors are swirling about that ATF is soon expected to make a lot of changes in top management, which will result in a serious round of musical chairs. One rumor circulating within ATF is that Thomas…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Border Patrol station in Bisbee, Ariz. will be renamed after agent Brian Terry, who was shot to death last December. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, introduced the bill in the House this week. “Our nation’s Border Patrol agents have a distinguished history…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The latest report on ATF’s Operation Fast and Furious shows that ATF officials in Mexico City were becoming increasingly alarmed and incensed when learning of the number of guns linked to the operation that were being found at violent crime scenes in Mexico. The report, released by Rep. Darrell Issa(R-Calif.) and…
Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Two outspoken politicians are accusing the Justice Department of giving potential witnesses in a Congressional investigation into a controversial ATF program access to information to tailor their responses “to what they think the Committees already know.” The Justice Department on Tuesday afternoon said there was an explanation for what happened. Rep. Darrell…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The bad publicity for ATF and its “Operation Fast and Furious” program continues to flow. The Los Angeles Times reports that a congressional investigation, headed by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), chair of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, is moving Friday to Mexico to probe further into the problematic operation….
