Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com William Hoover, the former deputy director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, left the agency Tuesday in the aftermath of the botched gun-running investigation known as Operation Fast and Furious, the Associated Press reports. The agency’s No. 2 official from 2009 to 2011, Hoover was reassigned in October following…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com I don’t often like to deal too much in conjecture, rumor or speculation, but in this case I will. First off, the rumor circulating in Washington is that the Inspector General’s report on ATF’s failed Operation Fast and Furious will likely come out in August. Who will get whacked? Well, first…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com U.S. House Speaker John Boehner said on Sunday that Republicans plan to file a civil suit to force the Justice Department to release of more information on the botched ATF drug-running case known as Fast & Furious, ABC News reports. The suit is the latest effort to force the release of related…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com When Congress voted Thursday to hold Eric Holder in contempt of Congress, he became yet another attorney general entangled in a distracting crisis that is threatening his leadership, the New York Times reports. The U.S. House threatened to hold the last Republican attorney general, Michael B. Mukasey, in contempt for withholding Justice…
Update: Fox News reports that President Obama has granted an 11th-hour request by Attorney General Eric Holder to exert executive privilege over the release of Fast and Furious documents. Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Short of last minute document dump, Fox News reports Republicans are poised to take a vote on a contempt resolution against Atty. General…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The federal whistleblower in the scandal known as Operation Fast and Furious says in an interview with Fox News he’s “disheartened and disappointed” by the follow-up investigations. ATF Special Agent John Dodson said he’s frustrated with the government’s response to his February 2011 complaints, which revealed that ATF was encouraging gun dealers…
By Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com The blame game continues in Operation Fast and Furious. The latest: Two ATF managers — Bill Newell and David Voth — claim fed prosecutors blocked efforts to arrest gun runners or seize weapons before they crossed the border in Mexico, according to the Arizona Daily Star. The controversial program has caused…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ever since news surfaced of ATF’s highly-flawed Operation Fast and Furious, the agency has not only taken a hit in the public relations arena, but also in the area of morale. Fox News reports that an internal survey shows that the men and women of the agency gave harsh marks to…
