ATF Fumbles ANOTHER gun sting/Congress wants answers

[RoadVirus]

ATF = Keystone Kops. Someone needs to be reviewing the competency of the entire agency.

ATF's Milwaukee sting operation marred by mistakes, failures

A store calling itself Fearless Distributing opened early last year on an out-of-the-way street in Milwaukee's Riverwest neighborhood, offering designer clothes, athletic shoes, jewelry and drug paraphernalia.

Those working behind the counter, however, weren't interested in selling anything.

They were undercover agents from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives running a storefront sting aimed at busting criminal operations in the city by purchasing drugs and guns from felons.

But the effort to date has not snared any major dealers or taken down a gang. Instead, it resulted in a string of mistakes and failures, including an ATF military-style machine gun landing on the streets of Milwaukee and the agency having $35,000 in merchandise stolen from its store, a Journal Sentinel investigation has found.

Read the rest of this sad tale here: A Journal Sentinel Watchdog Report - ATF's Milwaukee sting operation marred by mistakes, failures

Congress's reaction:

WASHINGTON – Several members of Congress are calling for an investigation into an embarrassing series of blunders made by the Milwaukee arm of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives after a newspaper reported this week that the agency conducted a months-long undercover operation that cost taxpayers thousands of dollars and netted very few results.

“I am intent on getting to the bottom of the botched ATF sting in Milwaukee,” Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., told FoxNews.com Thursday night.

Read the rest here: Lawmakers call for probe into 'botched' ATF sting in Milwaukee | Fox News

 

[Oldguy]

As if the ATF is the only law enforcement agency which uses stings and as if they're the only ones who ever have them go bad.

STING TACTICS (police)

 

[TNHarley]

Bush?

 

[OKTexas]

More waste and abuse from our fine incompetent administration.

 

[Clementine]

Second time weapons have wound up in the hands of criminals. Yet, they focus their attention on getting weapons away from the law abiding.