ATF Project Gunrunner

Low level positions.
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Hmmm..... that they still have retained any position astounds me ...... that they are not "assuming the position" irks me......

If Joe Sixpack conspired to sell and smuggle ak-47's to Mexico, Joe Sixpack would be trying to plea bargain his way out of Club Fed.

Lex Bovis, non Jovis.
 
I was disappointed in NPR's coverage of the events today. NPR portrayed the problem with Fast and Furious as field agents that lacked proper supervision loosing track of some guns when the problem was that the field agents were told to let the guns go despite the field agents' objections. NPR also mentioned that the ATF lacked regulations it needed to effectively combat gun smuggling on the border when a big part of the problem is the DoJ refusing to prosecute straw buyers. It really sounded like NPR was reading a DoJ/ATF press release.
 
This is why I want a government job.

With my job in the private sector - if I'm responsible for some collosal screwup that gets someone killed - I at least would get fired.
 
Mr. Holder indirectly referred to the distraction of the controversy in his statement thanking Mr. Burke, commending “his decision to place the interests of the U.S. Attorney’s office above all else.”
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Why would the interests of the Attorney's office be jeopardized at all if there was nothing to the allegations?
 
New York Times said:
Mr. Issa has held a series of hearings on the program over the past year, and has repeatedly sought to link high-level Obama administration officials to the operation, although no evidence has yet emerged that they knew about its details.
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Except for that part where William Newell testified that he talked to White House Staff about Fast and Furious and the Newell email to said White House staff with the "You didn't get this from me" note attached to it?

The New York Times is parsing words about as well as DOJ did when it denied allowing straw purchasers to traffic weapons into Mexico because someone besides the straw purchasers did the actual border crossing. I suppose the NYT would argue that the evidence doesn't prove (or even "suggest" to use their own words that the White House staffer knew the exact details of Fast and Furious.
 
Your tax dollars and mine at play.
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It's worse than that, research their "sponsors" sometime. They might as well say "This edition of _______ is brought to by The Karl Marx Foundation, The Chairman Mao Foundation, ...":rolleyes:
 
NPR might well have been reading an ATF/DOJ Press Release.

That having been said, and re today's announced "resignations/reassignments", I for one wonder as to how long it might be before the presidential pardons start to flow?
 
I was disappointed in NPR's coverage of the events today. NPR portrayed the problem with Fast and Furious as field agents that lacked proper supervision loosing track of some guns when the problem was that the field agents were told to let the guns go despite the field agents' objections. NPR also mentioned that the ATF lacked regulations it needed to effectively combat gun smuggling on the border when a big part of the problem is the DoJ refusing to prosecute straw buyers. It really sounded like NPR was reading a DoJ/ATF press release.
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You expected something different?

NPR seems to be, much like most of the MSM, another cheerleading squad for the current administration.

The thing that surprises me is that Fox News, which is supposedly in the tank for the Republicans, is not pounding this story at the top of every newscast......
 
Its just a good start.....and that is all. Mr Issa and Grassley still have a lot more work that needs to be done before they toot any party horns or celebrate anything.
 
Eghad, I do not care whose party gets to blow its horn over this. Like you, I want the corruption to stop and get the government to start doing its job.

I wrote to NPR and told them basically that if the DoJ would prosecute individuals, instead of trying to change the laws, we would have very good gun laws. (Very good in the sense that anti-gun people would be happy, not me. I think if you can afford an M-2, .50 Cal machine gun, you should be able to own one, with-out the government getting involved.)
 
Uncle Buck wrote:

Eghad, I do not care whose party gets to blow its horn over this. Like you, I want the corruption to stop and get the government to start doing its job.

I wrote to NPR and told them basically that if the DoJ would prosecute individuals, instead of trying to change the laws, we would have very good gun laws. (Very good in the sense that anti-gun people would be happy, not me. I think if you can afford an M-2, .50 Cal machine gun, you should be able to own one, with-out the government getting involved.)

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I suspect that absent "government involvement", the price of the M2 Browning Machinegun, not to mention other varieties of automatic weapons, would be a whole lot lower than they currently are.

Having said that, regarding Mr. Melson's new Washington D.C. based job/assignment with BATFE, I do not offhand recall its' title, I wonder as to exactly what is involved, which is to ask exactly what will this guy be doing now?
 
Ken Melson is now a Senior Advisor to the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy. In that capacity, he'll advise the Justice Department on forensic science policies and developments.

Depending upon who you talk to, that's either a perfect fit for him or a train wreck for forensic science. I think that no matter what he does, if it involves the government or public policy, he'll be a lightning rod for criticism.
 
What was Melsons job before he took over as temp. head of the ATF? I was under the impression that he was some sort of bean counter. Also, with the civil service, he has the right to return to his previous job, or one of equal standing.
 
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