An ATF Agent completed an undercover investigation of an international crime syndicate. His true identity was revealed through the court process and he and his family began to receive death and violence threats from the defendants and their criminal associates.
ATF failed to respond in any reasonable enforcement manner to investigate the threats or protect the agent and his family. The Agent filed an 80+ page internal grievance against ATF citing mismanagement. ATF Internal Affairs conducted an investigation (later deemed 'incomplete and one-sided') and internally attempted to clear ATF of any wrong doing. The Office of Special Counsel and Office of the Inspector General conducted independent investigations of the identical allegations and determined that ATF had dangerously mismanaged the situation. This report was delivered to ATF but no corrective action was taken.
The retaliation, harassment and whistleblower reprisal that the Agent was subjected to by his ATF chain-of-command included attempts to frame him as mentally unfit for duty, slandering the agent to other law enforcement agencies, creation and promotion of a hostile work environment and intentional negligence in failing to address threats to torture the Agents children and video tape the gang rape of the Agents wife.
ATF settled the dispute out of court with a sizeable financial settlement and a promotion of the damaged Agent. ATF later violated the settlement terms causing the Agent to seek additional legal services to force ATF to honor their own agreement.
While no corrective action was taken following the first situation, the same Agent later had his home destroyed by an arson which was also deemed an attempted murder of his family. ATF led by some of the same managers who failed during the initial incidents, again refused to properly respond or investigate the crime. In a purely retaliatory and unsubstantiated act, ATF named the Agent a suspect in the arson of his own home.
A lawsuit charging ATF with gross mismanagement and incompetence is pending in federal court.
