Figure it out. This is why Ronnie Carter took off and retired. This is why Kelvin Crenshaw got sent packing. Mike Sullivan was in on it. Ken Melson finished it off for him. Billy Hoover and Mark Chait have their fingerprints on it. I would venture to say that Chief Counsels office had a hand in it and you know who that leads to. This doesn’t even come close to passing the smell test.
How about McLemore’s SAC peers who knew what she was doing and were afraid to set up? How about her subordinates who turned a blind eye? The lower echelon that finally did get some attention to hold her accountable were threatened and intimidated. She was on a mini-Truscott power trip.
This could be the final straw. I don’t hold any power. This website serves to educate and reform and seek change but it holds no real power. But someday someone with oversight and enough strength to do something, either Congress or more likely a government watchdog group is going to get a hold of this and tear those involved a new one.
Until then we must work and survive under the Keystone Kops. So many in the field knew this was happening for years. It is entertaining that the field knows more about what is going on than the bosses. Did they think they were going to be able to pull this off and no one would ever find out?
Its Called ACCOUNTABILITY
Started by Doc Holiday, Feb 22 2010 12:29 PM
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Posted 22 February 2010 - 07:44 PM
Did I mis-read this?
McLemore was known to be guilty of Giglio and Henthorn violations as a GS yet she rose through the ranks to become a SAC? If a field agent is found guilty of this, at best you would be assigned to count batteries and worst, fired.
She is found guilty of fraud, waste and abuse, perjury and more, she admits that she perjured herself but ATF touts her retirement on OUR website soliciting money and gifts and sends her off as an ATF “Trailblazer”?
Chief Counsels Office is so very concerned with avoiding precedents that favor agents or could be used in future litigations against ATF. This is the gift that keeps on giving. Unless you are found guilty of a felony that exceeds lying under oath ATF Chief Counsel with the help of Sullivan, Carter and Hoover have set the precedent that you will be protected from prosecution, allowed to remain on the books until retirement and sent off as an agency hero.
What is even more disturbing is that the very people who helped hide McLemore have given their OK’s to the termination of field employees most recently in San Francisco for falling 2 points short of qualifying on the range and another for the misuse of $20 worth of ATF provided public transit tokens.
Here’s the kicker – the terminations were proposed by the San Francisco ASAC who is ATF’s new SAC for Kansas City and approved by the Chief of the Professional Review Board who is ATF’s new SAC for Denver.
When a previous posting states that these two promotions are not an indication of ATF’s future that opinion is wrong. It is an direct indication of what our future as an agency holds, how decisions are being made, the type of candidates being shown favor and what is important in the eyes of those presently guiding our direction.
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Posted 22 February 2010 - 12:29 PM
Attached is the Official DOJ OIG report (REDACTED) regarding the misconduct and abuses perpetrated by then Atlanta SAC Mclemore, as well as members of her management staff. Additionally, she and her management staff were found to have discriminated and were deemed incredible. This is not about an arrogant SAC. This is about NO accountability and random enforcement of policies and laws when members of management are involved. Lying under oath has always been a deal breaker. When did that change? Why did then Director Sullivan allow Ronnie Carter, Billy Hoover and Mark Chait, along with counsels office to cover this debacle up? How was it in the interest of our Bureau? Internal Affairs sat on the findings. Vanessa was allowed to idle as an Executive Assistant all the while drawing SES pay. She was given a hero's send off. After reading the report, you will see numerous peoples conduct and credibility was challenged, and note that Vanessa's propensity to retaliate was mentioned numerous times in the report. Mr. Hoover and Mr. Chait personally traveled to Atlanta to relieve her of her duties. They did not do that because director Sullivan needed an SES level assistant. They did it because they received updates and formal advance notice per protocols that Vanessa had abused her position and lied OUTRIGHT. What happened to immediate removal pending a criminal investigation? Yes this was criminal. How do we know this? BECAUSE THE OIG SAID SO. We do not receive declinations from the U S Attorneys office regarding civil matters. Is this in fact why Mr. Hoover is now the Executive assistant? Is that why Ronnie Carter left in such haste w/o a transition team in place? Why is Chait still in place after allowing this to occur? Is this why Kelvin Crenshaw left Internal Affairs after barely a year as AD? Why was the PRB not seated for this blatant act? Too many questions, not enough answers. WE ARE SPEAKING UP AS REQUESTED MR. DIRECTOR. Look at the dates. They knew and allowed her to draw SES pay and retirement benefits. If this doesn't absolutely anger you, maybe you shouldn't be on this job. This begs to question how many OTHERS are sitting in cubicles pending the outcome of criminal or administrative investigations? Some of the managers who lied for Vanessa are still in positions of leadership. WHY?
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