ATF Ignored Death Threats, Tried to Frame Whistleblower Agent to Cover Corruption

Townhall.com ^ | October 21, 2011 | Katie Pavlich

[mrreaganaut]

In general, one of the best reforms I can think of would be to return most of the Departments to agencies in the Department of the Interior, forcing them all to become one level of organization smaller.

The ATF, however, should be further restricted to being a division of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and only have jurisdiction in Indian Country and federal lands.

[gargoyle]

...revolves around this kind of government within a government conspiracy...

...Bookmarked and BUMPED. Excellent article and good on yer Kas...

[Bigun]

How about we just do away with the BATF altogether and let regular treasury agents deal with what they are supposed to be doing?

[Bigun]

Let me add a LARGE A M E N ! ! !

[dead]

...William Newell has been promoted to a position within ATF in Washington D.C. William McMahon was promoted and now oversees the ATF’s Office of Professional Responsibility and Security Operations or in other words, ATF’s Internal Affairs Division...

If ATF had taken steps to hold Newell, Gillett, McMahon and others responsible for their irresponsible actions surrounding the Dobyns case, Fast and Furious wouldn’t have happened, but because ATF openly rewards bad behavior and corruption, Fast and Furious was utterly predictable. ATF executive leadership left these people in place to rule in this agency. They left management in the ATF Phoenix Field Office in place despite documentation showing they were incompetent...

My main problem with this article is that it appears the author is still buying into the federal government's spin job - that this was a rogue operation running out of the Phoenix office.

It was not! These men were not operating outside the box. They were operating in the box, doing exactly as directed by the powers in Washington DC.

They were NOT promoted despite their actions regarding Fast and Furious, they were promoted to reward them for their actions and to keep them close and quiet.

I really hope the Republicans in congress are not bringing knives to this gun fight. Knowing them, they're probably bringing spoons.

[Texas Fossil]

“it’s a LAW thing”

BUMP!!!

I stated on the day of his “corronation” (inauguration):

“Welcome to New Kenya. (Africa U.S.A.)”

“Where the law of the jungle has replaced the Law of the Land.”

TF

[Joe Boucher]

Federal anything is not readily accepted on Indian Reservations.
ATF sould be disbanded and many of its current and former employees should be in prison.

[mrreaganaut]

“How about we just do away with the BATF altogether and let regular treasury agents deal with what they are supposed to be doing?”

It’s hard to ax these things once they’re established (BATF was created by George Washington); reforming things is commonplace. That’s why I know the IRS will never be eliminated, even if we get a national sales tax to replace the income tax.

Yes, it’s also unusual for anything federal to be downsized, but it’s politically much easier than actually axing something off the org chart. Reagan was going to eliminate Carter’s Department of Education; it’s still here, while Reagan isn’t.

[spokeshave]

Cain on foreign policy....With clarity, identify those who are enemies and stop giving them money......

Works for enemies both foreign and domestic.

Cain is able.

[Bigun]

If what you say is true and we really cannot reform the government then we might as well say goodby to this once great republic and go sit under the shade tree for what remains of our lives.

I don’t believe that and never will!

[TheOldLady]

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[Travis McGee]

This is exactly what a gangster govt looks like.

[gaijin]

Explosive stuff....!

ATF is now either nearing the end of it’s lifetime or we’re about to bust out onto a completely new level of corruption and lawlessness.

[Dead Corpse]

I have the words. However, I do not wish to further try the understanding and good will of the Admin Mods here by posting them.

Suffice it to say, what I would have said would have been pulled rather quickly even though it would have contained no foul language.

[little jeremiah]

Placemark to read every word tomorrow.

What happened to our country?