Four ATF Leaders Face Termination; Disciplinary Board Recommends Firings

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Four senior ATF managers behind the botched Fast and Furious gun-smuggling investigation face termination after a disciplinary board recommended they be fired, the Washington Times reports. The ATF Professional Review Board recommended the termination of the four managers, William Newell, former special agent in charge of the ATF’s Phoenix office; George Gillett,…

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Senior ATF Official Accused of Collecting Pay From Private Sector Pay While On Leave

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  A top official of the ATF who was involved in the controversial gun operation “Fast and Furious” is working full time for investment bank J.P. Morgan while also collecting a government salary, according to two Republican lawmakers, Sari Horwitz of the Washington Post  reports. Deputy Assistant ATF Director William McMahon has been…

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