Wednesday, July 18, 2012

ATF Threatens Whistleblowers

Whistle blowers blew the lid off Operation Fast and Furious, but  the new head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)  warned staff that they would face “consequences” if they did not “find appropriate ways to raise [their] concerns to [their] leadership.”

“[I]f you don’t respect the chain of command, if you don’t find the appropriate ways to raise your concerns to your leadership, there will be consequences,” Acting ATF director Todd Jones, who was appointed in the wake of Operation Fast and Furious, said in a “changecast” video message broadcast to ATF staff. “I wanted to make this very clear to everyone as we turn the page with our first set of changecasts.”

Jones replaced Kenneth Melson as head of ATF in September of last year, after Melson resigned and was reassigned in the midst of the congressional investigation into Operation Fast and Furious, the gun scandal that saw law enforcement allow drug cartels to bring guns from the United States into Mexico, until a U.S. border patrol agent was killed by drug dealers armed through the operation.

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