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Congress Slams ATF Director Over Blundered Undercover Storefront Operations

allan11 years ago02 mins

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,…

ATF Officials Defend Use of People with Mental Disabilities in Storefront Stings Nationwide

allan11 years ago12 mins

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Top ATF officials said they did nothing wrong by using people with mental disabilities in storefront stings nationwide, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. The comments came during a meeting with The Arc, a disability rights group, that was outraged by the discovery that ATF agents used rogue tactics to conduct storefront stings….