Posted on 07/01/2011 11:54:36 AM PDT by upchuck
As the head of the agency responsible for a gun smuggling operation that has caused the deaths of at least two U.S. law enforcement officers, at least one Mexican soldier and scores of innocent civilians, you would think that Ken Melson would keep a low profile. He is, after all, facing indictment on contempt charges from congress for not responding to their subpoenas for information on the gun smuggling operation he has been overseeing.
But hes Ken Melson. And he has more important things to do.
I am very late in covering this corner of Ken Melsons wide, wide world of questionable motives and self-serving choices. Im usually kept busy by the mountain of material provided by the pathological lack of ethics of Melson and his merry band of wannabes at the ASCLDs (those associated with the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors).
Over the past 10 months or so, many things have come to light about Ken Melsons dubious doings, including
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And on June 3, 2011, just a few days before Brian Terrys family and those ATF agents sat before the House Oversight Committee to tell their stories, Ken Melson was in New York making his case for himself and the ASCLD/LAB status quo at the American Bar Associations Prescription for Criminal Justice Forensics.
Ken Melson has never spoken to or cooperated with any of the members of congress who have been trying to find out exactly what the point was of letting firearms just walk into the hands of drug cartels. And he hasnt even had the decency to sit quietly in his office to weather the storm.
Instead, Ken Melson has been out and about slamming legislation from the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee because it doesnt fit his personal agenda, making presentations that promote the best interests of him and his friends to the detriment of the rest of the country, and acting like he hasnt got a care in the world.
Hopefully Ken Melsons little party will come screeching to a halt very soon. He deserves prison. But guys like him are always surrounded by friends who are equally unburdened by a conscience to make sure they get away unscathed.
Now up on Drudge that Fast and Furious guns used in Arizona crimes.
Melson is a useful idiot for Holder, but facing prison, Melson decided to threaten to drag everybody down with him. It’s always a problem when your sacrificial lamb refuses to be slaughtered.
Amy Driver has done yeoman’s work reporting the seamy connections between Melson’s dream of a forensics dictatorship and Obama’s creation of a White House subcommittee which gave him (Melson) a leg up. Her Bulletpath site is always worth your time.
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