ATF Under Fire

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AC360 features ATF expose tonight

May 26, 7:06 PM Gun Rights Examiner David Codrea

On Monday I announced that CNN's Anderson Cooper was going to broadcast an expose on the bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). That will happen tonight at 10:00 PM EST. From the CNN Special Investigations Unit:

CNN has interviewed dozens of ATF supervisors, agents and employees around the country who said they've been demoted or labeled troublemakers just for filing a complaint.

Here's a preview documenting the allegation that an ATF agent is being paid $150,000 a year to do essentially nothing:


Regular readers will remember calls made in this column for congressional oversight hearings into allegations of incompetence, corruption and misconduct at ATF due to complaints from bureau insiders, particularly as documented on the CleanUpATF.org website. You'll also recall that the media was ignoring the story.

Hopefully, now that a major network is involved, some attention will be focused on these charges. And perhaps the CNN investigative team would like to take things a step further, and ask the Congressional Committee on Oversight and Government Reform why they've ignored this to date.

I know what I'll be watching tonight. How about you?