Posted on 10/05/2011 11:54:39 AM PDT by Smokeyblue
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Acting Director B. Todd Jones today announced key staff changes aimed at refocusing the bureau's direction on its core mission.
"I have assembled a team to move ATF forward in its mission to fight violent crime and protect the American people, and to ensure that an experienced and strong staff is in place to implement that mission," Jones said. In addition, he thanked all newly reassigned ATF officials for their service and praised their flexibility and willingness to take on the tasks at hand.
Jones was appointed by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder recently to lead ATF following the departure of former Acting Director Kenneth Melson. The leadership change followed the reassignment of several other ATF officials within the agency following concerns raised about Operation Fast and Furious, a firearms trafficking investigation out of Phoenix now under review by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG). While today's changes are geared toward refocusing ATF under a new acting director, additional staff reassignments may be warranted at the conclusion of the OIG's report.
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Burning down churches?
That’s wonderful news - just WONDERFUL!
Wait.
What was their ‘core mission’, again?
The best I can figure out is that the core mission of the ATF is to discourage people from using alcohol, tobacco, and firearms.
I always thought their core mission was to collect taxes on alcohol, tobacco, and firearms that met certain criteria.
Why not firing them rather than reassigning?
People are dead, Holder.
Their core mission is to arm Mexican Drug Cartel’s with the firepower necessary to wreak havoc on both native and foreign opposition.
Wel, then, they’re doing an OUTSTANDING job!
The true mission of the ATF is and has always been primarily tax collection. Then they morphed into a political ‘resource’ used by anti-gun administrations to make examples of a few to discourage the many from exercising their Constitutional rights. The ATF is nothing more than a bully-boy club operating under the covering of force backed by the Congress. I think everyone involved on the giving end likes it that way, dem and republican alike.
Here! Here! Drinks all around!!
Granny, here come the Revenuers.
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