F&F Update - Officials relieved of duty

[atticus]

"Relieved of duties" may or may not be temporary, and may not involve termination. I'd like to see exactly what their employment status is. I suspect they will stay on the payroll until the whole matter is resolved. That way the Justice Dept. can keep a leash on them. It would be somewhat surprising if Holder didn't structure their vacations in such a way that he continues to have them in his pocket.

[Dave2]

"Relieved of duties" may or may not be temporary, and may not involve termination. I'd like to see exactly what their employment status is. I suspect they will stay on the payroll until the whole matter is resolved.

As they should. I know it's obvious to, well, everyone that these people need to get fired (and possibly charged with something), but I have no problem putting them on paid leave until the investigation concludes. The next we're talking about BATFE officials getting relieved of duty it might because of someone who broke a few rules in the process of doing the right thing, and I'd hate to see him or her suffer for it.

[KC5AV]

DOJ Official Asserts Fifth Amendment Right in Refusing to Testify in Probe of Operation Fast and Furious

http://oversight.house.gov/index.php?op ... &Itemid=29" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[RHenriksen]

Wonder how much dirt will be thrown up by election day.

DOJ Official Asserts Fifth Amendment Right in Refusing to Testify in Probe of Operation Fast and Furious

http://oversight.house.gov/index.php?op ... &Itemid=29" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Mack]

Wonder how much dirt will be thrown up by election day.

DOJ Official Asserts Fifth Amendment Right in Refusing to Testify in Probe of Operation Fast and Furious

http://oversight.house.gov/index.php?op ... &Itemid=29" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Not enough !!!

[74novaman]

In related news:

Mexico is more dangerous than Afghanistan.

comparing the Mexican and Afghanistan figures, the CRS report shows that 11,007 Afghan civilians were killed from 2007 through October 2011. That is about 80 percent fewer deaths than the 47,515 drug-related murders in Mexico over roughly the same period...Even if Afghan National Army (1,933) and police (3,834) fatalities are added to the civilian death toll the total number of deaths in Afghanistan over that period – 16,774 – is still almost three times smaller than the Mexican figure.

Article: http://cnsnews.com/news/article/one-mex ... -last-year

So the feds are passing guns to people who are more dangerous (now, anyway) than the Taliban, and only have to walk across a porous border to hurt us. Great.