Obama admin tries to block Fast&Furious agent's whistleblowing book

[Little-Acorn]

The number of lids the Obama administration is trying to keep on various scandals and petty behavior, is skyrocketing.

Remember "Fast and Furious"? Started under President Bush, whose administration would let a criminal walk into a gun dealer, not knowing he was under close surveillance, buy a gun, and then arrest him as he walked out.

Under the Obama administration, though , this was changed. Criminals were allowed to buy hundreds of guns, and then wer not arrested, then or later. Many crossed the border into Mexico and turned the illegally purchsed guns over to Mexiucan drug cartels. Many people have been murdered, including at least on U.S. Border Patrol agent as the operation reeled out of control.

Now one of the people who blew the whistle on the out-of-control Federal operation, wants to write about it in a book.

Not so fast, says the Obama administration. But not for National-security or Crime-prevention purposes. The problem is, Obama's agency says, that could make us look bad to our own people.

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ATF tries to block whistleblowing agent?s Fast and Furious book - Washington Times

ATF tries to block whistleblowing agent’s Fast and Furious book

1st Amendment battle over ‘gun-walking’ expose

by John Solomon
The Washington Times
Sunday, October 6, 2013

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is blocking the main whistleblower in the Fast and Furious case from publishing a book, claiming his retelling of the Mexico “gun-walking” scandal will hurt morale inside the embattled law enforcement agency, according to documents obtained by The Washington Times.

ATF’s dispute with Special Agent John Dodson is setting up a First Amendment showdown that is poised to bring together liberal groups like the American Civil Liberties Union and conservatives in Congress who have championed Mr. Dodson’s protection as a whistleblower.

Their rejection made no claims that the book would release sensitive or classified information or compromise ongoing law enforcement proceedings.

Rather, the supervisors offered a different reason for their decision. “This would have a negative impact on morale in the Phoenix [Field Division] and would have a detrimental effect on our relationships with DEA and FBI.”

 

[tinydancer]

The number of lids the Obama administration is trying to keep on various scandals and petty behavior, is skyrocketing.

Remember "Fast and Furious"? Started under President Bush, whose administration would let a criminal walk into a gun dealer, not knowing he was under close surveillance, buy a gun, and then arrest him as he walked out.

Under the Obama administration, though , this was changed. Criminals were allowed to buy hundreds of guns, and then wer not arrested, then or later. Many crossed the border into Mexico and turned the illegally purchsed guns over to Mexiucan drug cartels. Many people have been murdered, including at least on U.S. Border Patrol agent as the operation reeled out of control.

Now one of the people who blew the whistle on the out-of-control Federal operation, wants to write about it in a book.

Not so fast, says the Obama administration. But not for National-security or Crime-prevention purposes. The problem is, Obama's agency says, that could make us look bad to our own people.

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ATF tries to block whistleblowing agent?s Fast and Furious book - Washington Times

ATF tries to block whistleblowing agent’s Fast and Furious book

1st Amendment battle over ‘gun-walking’ expose

by John Solomon
The Washington Times
Sunday, October 6, 2013

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is blocking the main whistleblower in the Fast and Furious case from publishing a book, claiming his retelling of the Mexico “gun-walking” scandal will hurt morale inside the embattled law enforcement agency, according to documents obtained by The Washington Times.

ATF’s dispute with Special Agent John Dodson is setting up a First Amendment showdown that is poised to bring together liberal groups like the American Civil Liberties Union and conservatives in Congress who have championed Mr. Dodson’s protection as a whistleblower.

Their rejection made no claims that the book would release sensitive or classified information or compromise ongoing law enforcement proceedings.

Rather, the supervisors offered a different reason for their decision. “This would have a negative impact on morale in the Phoenix [Field Division] and would have a detrimental effect on our relationships with DEA and FBI.”

This administration is so controlling it's unreal. I hope they can't prevent this book from coming out.

 

[HenryBHough]

If it's suppressed here it'll be published in some country that still has some publishing freedom. Maybe Russia or perhaps Sweden (so long as there's nothing anti-Muslim in it).

 

[Trajan]

its pretty much all out isn't it? whats the point in stopping this book?

 

[BlindBoo]

In a sane country, the inquiry into Brian Terry’s death would have examined all the tools that the ATF agents lacked in trying to build a case against the straw purchasers in Fast and Furious. There is no firearms trafficking statute, which would have allowed the ATF to build a swifter case that targeted the straw purchasers and their recruiters as a group. There is no comprehensive database of firearms purchases, which would have given the agents a much-needed real-time look at their suspects’ activities. In fact, the laws are so lax that the buyers didn’t even need to resort to a favored avenue for shady purchases: our totally unregulated gun shows, which require no background checks at all. (A sane country also would not have left the ATF to languish without a permanent head for fully six years—an unacceptable situation that Mayor Michael Bloomberg has rightly called on the president to address with a recess appointment.) -

See more at: The NRA and GOP's Fast and Furious Lies | The Nation

 

[Little-Acorn]

its pretty much all out isn't it? whats the point in stopping this book?

Telling the public.

The mainstream media didn't publish most of it.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

The number of lids the Obama administration is trying to keep on various scandals and petty behavior, is skyrocketing.

Remember "Fast and Furious"? Started under President Bush, whose administration would let a criminal walk into a gun dealer, not knowing he was under close surveillance, buy a gun, and then arrest him as he walked out.

Under the Obama administration, though , this was changed. Criminals were allowed to buy hundreds of guns, and then wer not arrested, then or later. Many crossed the border into Mexico and turned the illegally purchsed guns over to Mexiucan drug cartels. Many people have been murdered, including at least on U.S. Border Patrol agent as the operation reeled out of control.

Now one of the people who blew the whistle on the out-of-control Federal operation, wants to write about it in a book.

Not so fast, says the Obama administration. But not for National-security or Crime-prevention purposes. The problem is, Obama's agency says, that could make us look bad to our own people.

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ATF tries to block whistleblowing agent?s Fast and Furious book - Washington Times

ATF tries to block whistleblowing agent’s Fast and Furious book

1st Amendment battle over ‘gun-walking’ expose

by John Solomon
The Washington Times
Sunday, October 6, 2013

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is blocking the main whistleblower in the Fast and Furious case from publishing a book, claiming his retelling of the Mexico “gun-walking” scandal will hurt morale inside the embattled law enforcement agency, according to documents obtained by The Washington Times.

ATF’s dispute with Special Agent John Dodson is setting up a First Amendment showdown that is poised to bring together liberal groups like the American Civil Liberties Union and conservatives in Congress who have championed Mr. Dodson’s protection as a whistleblower.

Their rejection made no claims that the book would release sensitive or classified information or compromise ongoing law enforcement proceedings.

Rather, the supervisors offered a different reason for their decision. “This would have a negative impact on morale in the Phoenix [Field Division] and would have a detrimental effect on our relationships with DEA and FBI.”

We’ll assume the OP is just a gullible, clueless, partisan rightwing hack, and not a liar as is the case with the Times:

ATF: Fast And Furious Book Can Publish, But Agent John Dodson Can't 'Profit Financially'

"ATF has not denied the publishing of a manuscript or an individual’s 1st Amendment rights," an ATF spokeswoman said in a statement Tuesday. "We have denied Mr. Dodson outside employment which can be denied for any reason by a supervisor. While his supervisor stated morale and interagency issues for the denial, the fact remains no agent may profit financially from information gained through his federal employment while still an employee."

The dispute, the statement continued, "is not about 1st Amendment rights" but rather "about a current employee trying to profit financially from knowledge he has gained while currently employed as a special agent."

Former U.S. Attorney Marc Jiménez, who served under President George W. Bush, agrees with ATF's position.

“If he were an ordinary citizen, Agent Dodson would have every right to publish and profit from a book about his experiences, but as a special agent he has to follow the rules," Jiménez said in a statement. "That means he cannot disclose confidential information or receive compensation for the book. I’m sure he will do the math, and if he stands to make more money from the book than from his continued government service, I wouldn’t be surprised to see him resign from the ATF.”

ATF: Fast And Furious Book Can Publish, But Agent John Dodson Can't 'Profit Financially'

There is no First amendment ‘battle,’ no First Amendment ‘showdown,’ the government is in no way seeking to disallow Dodson from writing and publishing his book.

The OP might want to consider a more comprehensive search on a topic before posting, to avoid looking ridiculous, rather than taking as true the lies of a disreputable partisan tabloid such as the Times.

 

[mamooth]

Looks like Benghazi ran out of steam, so they're resurrecting an even older pseudoscandal.

 

[tinydancer]

its pretty much all out isn't it? whats the point in stopping this book?

Telling the public.

The mainstream media didn't publish most of it.

Exactly. The only reporter who was on it in the MSM was that young woman at CBS. But even she was stymied.