Report: ATF improves after Fast and Furious, But Other Federal Agencies Did Not
The FBI and DEA, for example, have failed to adequately minimize risks connected with gun investigations, the report stated.
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Federal Government Allows ATF Official to Collect Two Salaries While on Leave
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A key figure in the Fast & Furious gun-running operation was permitted to collect two salaries while on leave from his federal government job, the Washington Times reports. The Justice Department’s inspector general created the report after finding that three of William McMahon’s superiors with the ATF “exercised poor judgment” by allowing…
ATF Agent, Whistleblower Criticizes Agency for Blocking His Book from Being Published
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The ATF’s reason for blocking his book about the botched and deadly Operation Fast and Furious is “absurd,” the author said, the Dallas Morning News reports. John Dodson, an ATF special agent who blew the whistle on the operation, said the book reveals important information about missteps in the agency. “I think…
Fallen Border Patrol Agent Brian A. Terry Honored by Specialty Coin
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A federal group is selling collector’s coins of Border Patrol Agent Brian A. Terry, who was killed in a shootout while on duty, to raise money for a foundation created to honor Terry. Called the “Challenge Coin,” the Border Narcotics Intelligence is selling the coins online for $15. Terry’s death grabbed national…
ATF Let Gunman with Violent History Walk Away During Sting Operation in Milwaukee
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com ATF agents who were conducting a sting operation in Milwaukee last summer allowed a felon with a violent history to leave a store without taking him into custody or tracking him, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. Bobby Ball, who is a felon with a history of violence, never returned to the store…
Rep. Darrell Issa Blasts Outgoing Justice Official Lanny Breuer
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com No surprise here. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif), head of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, isn’t sad to see the resignation of Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer, who heads the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. “Lanny Breuer’s resignation is long overdue,” Issa said in a press release issued late last week. “Breuer…
President Obama to Nominate B. Todd Jones as Permanent ATF Director
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com President Barack Obama said Wednesday that he plans to nominate B. Todd Jones as the permanent director of ATF, the National Journal reported. Jones was installed as the acting director in Sept. 11, 2011 as part of a house-cleaning effort after Operation Fast and Furious became a major controversy and liability…