Posted on 10/06/2013 6:47:04 PM PDT by Nachum
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is blocking the main whistleblower in the Fast and Furious case from publishing a book for pay, claiming his retelling of the Mexico gun-walking scandal will hurt morale inside the embattled law enforcement agency, according to documents obtained by The Washington Times.
ATFs dispute with Special Agent John Dodson is setting up a First Amendment showdown that is poised to bring together liberal groups like the American Civil Liberties Union and conservatives in Congress who have championed Mr. Dodsons protection as a whistleblower.
The ACLU is slated to become involved in the case Monday, informing ATF it is representing Mr. Dodson and filing a formal protest to the decision to reject his request to publish the already written book, sources told The Times, speaking only on the condition of anonymity.
The battle also could have repercussions on Capitol Hill, where the two lead investigators who helped uncover the Fast and Furious scandal, Sen. Chuck Grassley, Iowa Republican, and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell E. Issa, Calif. Republican, had written a foreword to the book, the sources said.
ATF officials declined Sunday night to discuss Mr. Dodsons specific matter, citing personnel privacy. But the officials said it was possible for an agent to be rejected for publishing a book for pay but get permission to publish it for free. No manuscript for any Fast and Furious book has received approval for unpaid publication, however, the officials said.
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Seems odd to me that the author would just let it ride since July.
At best the Left pay only lip service to most of those.
For instance: they don't want better schools, they want entrenched and secure teacher-unions.
Ask Zimmerman how much the Left care about safe neighborhoods.
Ask the Libyans, the Yemenis and the Syrians how much the Left care about Foreign Policy.
And as for limiting lobbyists - this White House put them all on salary!
Not very odd to me. When you’re almost universally ignored by the press and 99% of the people in the country have never heard of you, it’s pretty hard to get any traction.
BTTT!
I’m pretty sure every court in the country would shield the BATF from getting its feeling hurt. They’d better have more than that to whine about. HEY -—ATF-—just come clean on F&F and the book won’t be a problem for you.
Their "reason" for blocking publication pretty much guarantees that the book is truthful. They're obviously afraid of it.
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