DOJ to eliminate ATF?

[nate45]

This could be of concern as the BATFE agents would need to meet FBI hiring standards before they would be accepted as Special Agents.

Gee, that'd be awful if ATF agents were held to a higher standard.

If one does a little objective research and puts their own preconceived, pro-gun/anti-gun, pro-gov/anti-gov notions aside; one will find that the ATF has the most undertrained, incompetent employes of any of the alphabet agencies.

Just look at the recent Fast and Furious debacle. Not once, has any member of the ATF put up a logical explanation for its inception. Of course that stands to reason since there isn't one.

 

[BlueTrain]

In short, some agencies have to do the dirty work while others get the good press. J. Edgar Hoover liked things that way.

 

[ClydeFrog]

older CNN news story; ATF...

I posted a few forum messages about 10-12 mo ago online about CNN's report of the DoJ/ATF's fraud/waste/abuse.
The news network spoke to active ATF special agent who filed formal complaints & acted as a whistle-blower.
The DoJ & ATF quickly cut this veteran agent off at the knees.
The non fiction book; Under And Alone is another good example of how the ATF & other US govt agencies(DEA, US Atty's Office, AG's office, etc) corkscrew into the ground.
The book was written by a former SF(special forces) soldier & SE Asia combat veteran who worked as a undercover agent in the large Mongols biker gang.

ClydeFrog
ps; One of the points the CNN report showed is how the DoJ/ATF agency had more formal complaints than both the FBI & DEA(both larger by manpower) combined.