Upper management didn't count on any U. S. government employees being killed with F&F guns. IMHO, had Terry not been an agent, we would not know about this program. Those who came forward after Terry's murder would not have done so had he not been one of their own.
“It may sound cheesy, but we are ‘The tip of the ATF spear’ when it comes to Southwest border firearms trafficking. I will be damned if this case is going to suffer due to petty arguing, rumors or other adolescent behavior,” Mr. Voth wrote. “If you don’t think this is fun, you’re in the wrong line of work — period!
“This is the pinnacle of domestic U.S. law enforcement techniques. After this, the toolbox is empty,” he wrote. “Maybe the Maricopa County Jail is hiring detention officers, and you get paid $30,000 (instead of $100,000) to serve lunch to inmates all day. We need to get over this bump in the road once and for all and get on with the mission at hand. This can be the most fun you have with ATF, the only one limiting the amount of fun we have is you!”
When government employees say things like this I wonder, what have they done we don't know about. The more I hear of F&F, the less I trust anything the government has told me. When Holder came out with the story of the plot to bomb the Israeli and Saudi embassies, my thoughts were that it was all a setup. Our government setup some halfwits so we the sheep will think our government has saved us. Holder and the rest patted themselves on the back then ran as soon as someone asked about F&F. People like Mr. Voth help me understand why there are people who believe the government was behind 911. There are monsters running our country who will do anything to get what they want. They view us as McVeigh did the children in the Murrah Building. When they kill one of us it's just "collateral damage".
Agree. I’ve no doubt had Terry not been murdered the agents that came forward would not have.
Voth and those like him in similar positions of authority have to believe they are above the law, to make statements like he made is truly pathetic.
I believe there’s a mighty good chance that the bomb plot connected to Iran was trumped up. If not, I’d bet the decision to release the information was made because of the pressure on Holder, that supposed operation had been on going for some time. It’s way too much of a coincidence that that info was released at that time.