Kenneth Melson, acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, is expected to resign under pressure, perhaps in the next day or two, in the wake of the controversy over Operation Fast and Furious, two senior federal law enforcement sources said Monday. In the operation, straw buyers were allowed to purchase illegally large numbers of weapons, some of which ended up in the hands of cartels in Mexico. Attorney General Eric Holder will meet Tuesday with Andrew Traver, head of the ATF field office in Chicago, about possibly becoming the agency's acting director, according to senior federal law enforcement sources, who are familiar with the details of the controversy. The operation has come under intense criticism since the December killing of a U.S. Border Patrol officer...
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Somewhere in the depths of my somewhat scattered mind, I seem to remember something about Andrew Traver being up for nomination for something at ATF, and that the NRA was very much opposed to it. Is someone trying to dodge a bullet and sneak something else past at the same time? Hmmm...
Seek and ye shall find! The NRA-ILA put out a presser on Traver back on March 8. They even put up a website about it:
www.StopTraver.org
I've forwarded the sheet to you. Thanks for your continued work. Best blog in the West!
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