Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com William Hoover, the former deputy director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, left the agency Tuesday in the aftermath of the botched gun-running investigation known as Operation Fast and Furious, the Associated Press reports. The agency’s No. 2 official from 2009 to 2011, Hoover was reassigned in October following…
By Danny Fenster and Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Now comes more shakeups at ATF over the controversial program Fast and Furious. ATF confirmed Thursday that three officials have been detailed to headquarters in non-operational positions pending the outcome of an Inspector General report into the Fast and Furious program, which encouraged Arizona gun dealers to sell…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A big shakeup has begun at ATF. Thomas Brandon, who had recently been sent from Detroit to head up the Phoenix Division and clean up the fall out from Operation Fast and Furious, will become the agency’s deputy director — the number two person. The acting number two person, William J….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com ORLANDO — ATF agent Will Clark, who is on trial in the Virgin Islands for murder, is getting support from some very high places in the U.S. government. The ATF posted a photo on its webpage of Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. addressing the annual conference for the International Association of…
