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The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is being accused of retaliating against an agent who helped publicize the agency’s role in allowing thousands of guns to cross the U.S. border and fall into the hands of Mexican drug gangs.
The agent, Vince Cefalu, who has spoken out about the ATF's so-called "Project Gunrunner" scandal, says he was served with termination papers just last week, and he calls the move politically motivated.
“Aside from Jay Dobyns, I don't know of anyone that's been more vocal about ATF mismanagement than me,” said Cefalu, a senior special agent based in Dublin, Calif. “That's why this is happening.” Dobyns, an ATF special agent based in Tucson, has appeared several times on Fox News to discuss the scandal.
Originally posted by neo96
i woulda done the same thing better to lose a job than to sell your soul for a paycheck.
hope the dude lands on his feet he deserves too and the federal government should lose their jobs instead.
Originally posted by TheImmaculateD1
This was something called a "Buy and bust" which some neofanatical site got wind of and spun it to say, "ATF selling arms to the cartels" knowing that the idiots of society wouldn't be able to form an original thought!
Originally posted by VitchiloATF leadership, being true to themselves, acting like scum once again.
Originally posted by Vitchilo
Originally posted by TheImmaculateD1
This was something called a "Buy and bust" which some neofanatical site got wind of and spun it to say, "ATF selling arms to the cartels" knowing that the idiots of society wouldn't be able to form an original thought!
Yeah except they never busted anyone. Nor did they inform the mexican government. Nor did they have any plan to get back the weapons.
Sorry but the whole operation was crap.
It turns out that the ATF had no plan or ability to track the guns all the way to the Mexican border or beyond. They had no plan to grab the bad guys when the got the guns from the straw buyers. Instead, they just sold the AK-47s, stood back and hoped for the best.
I guess they were just winging it?