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THIS IS ALL THE OIG COULD COME UP WITH FOR RECOMMENDATIONS TO DOJ AND ATF MANAGEMENT TO CHANGE THE WAY ATF OPERATES AS A RESULT OF FAST AND FURIOUS?


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#1 DISGUSTED ATF AGENT

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Posted 14 October 2012 - 11:17 PM

OIG REPORT P.428-431

"In light of Operation Fast and Furious and the results of other OIG
reviews, we believe that more rigorous oversight of ATF is necessary. The OIG
looks forward to future reviews of ATF that will improve its effectiveness and
accountability. Accordingly, the recommendations we provide below should be
seen as an initial starting point for needed reforms.

Recommendation 1:

The Department should examine ATF’s policies on law enforcement operations to ensure that they are in compliance with Department guidelines and policies.

Recommendation 2:

The Department should examine ATF’s case reviewprocedures to verify that they are consistent with procedures adopted in other Department law enforcement components to ensure that matters involving “sensitive circumstances,” “special requirements,” and “otherwise illegalactivity” are sufficiently evaluated. The Department should assess ATF’s implementation of these procedures to ensure that they are effective and consistently applied.

Recommendation 3:

The Department should work with ATF to develop guidance on how to conduct enterprise investigations against gun trafficking organizations consistent with lessons learned from Operation Fast and Furious.

Recommendation 4:

The Department should review the policies and procedures of its other law enforcement components to ensure that they are sufficient to address the concerns we have identified in the conduct of Operations Wide Receiver and Fast and Furious, particularly regarding oversight of sensitive and major cases, the authorization and oversight of “otherwise illegal activity,” and the use of informants in situations where the law enforcement component also has a regulatory function.

Recommendation 5:

The Department should maintain a regular working group involving leadership from its component law enforcement agencies to ensure appropriate coordination among them on significant law enforcement policies and procedures, case deconfliction mechanisms, and law enforcement
initiatives. We request that the Department update the OIG on its progress in implementing these recommendations within 90 days from the date of this report, including a timeline for completing its work on the recommendations. Upon completion of our ongoing work that we described in Chapter One, as well as our review of the report of the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Homeland Security on ICE’s role in Operation Fast and Furious, we will consider whether further recommendations are necessary.

Recommendation 6:

The Department should require that high-level officials who are responsible for authorizing wiretap applications conduct reviews of the applications and affidavits that are sufficient to enable those officials to form a personal judgment that the applications meet the statutory criteria."




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