Iceman

Under the heading of DOES HQ/JONES AND BRANDON HAVE A SINGLE CLUE WHAT THEIR LEADERSHIP IS UP TO?
SAC BJ Zapor inserted himself as the undercover operative in an ongoing investigation by invoking his authority to do so. And Asac Milanawski said and did nothing. This was reckless and irresponsible. What is worse is Mr Jones testified to Congress that he had complete confidence. Zapor was heard to say this was his big FU to Hq.


BJ forces himself into an undercover operation and assigns himself as the UC agent to buy a machine gun.

He then takes post op trophy shots and tells the agents that this is his FU to HQ and that he is getting his last hurrah.

This was done against the wishes of the case agent who I understand is a good young agent but he got run over.



Op plans need to be approved by an ASAC who for Phoenix is Milanowski.



Op plans needed to be reviewed by a Division Tactical Advisor who failed in his or her duties by approving this.



Critical: Not known if the suspect was arrested or in custody or if this case is ongoing.



BJ is the SAC that Jones has Full Confidence in and sent him to of all places Phoenix to pull a stunt like this.



His judgement for field ops was already in question and this confirmed it. ATF is his personal playground.



This was not only unsafe and outside policy (managers, at least ASAC and above are not permitted to work UC) but placed undue risk to the cover team.



BJ has no current uc experience and his game is being described as dangerous to all involved.



Jones, Brandon, Turk and the DAD West have no control over or knowledge of what their SAC's are doing. Or they did and that makes them culpable.



Given the people involved, this is beyond outrageous.

This is UNPRECEDENTED CONDUCT for a Special agent in charge.

SAY IT AIN'T SO. Rumors circulating that Deputy Director Brandon has intervened in a FLETC (ATF) TRAINEES situation. Rumor says that after this trainee failed over and over after exhaustive attempts to qualify with a firearm, and was to be sent home by policy like everyone else who cant qualify, Brandon Personally stepped in and insisted the policy be ignored. Apparently, this trainee was the son of one of B randons friend from Mich. WHEN the ATf FIREARMS INSTRUCTOR REFUSED TO DOCTOR TRAINING RECORDS, Brandons response.....Wait for it.....wait for it. Yep you guessed it, the firearms instructor will be transferred from the academy. Trainee does not get sent home but Instructor who refuses to violate policy gets transferred. We hope the OSC has been notified.

No doubt, a new program mgr and a new training forthcoming.
When only a couple of points separate you on the Sanford Binet scale sometimes it's hard to differentiate.
Could someone please educate Maloney. Get behind terry stops. That will do more than any so called proposed additional firearms trafficking statute. I would have liked to hear that defined in a paragraph or less that would be applicable to both brooklyn and Boise. It's a long way from the barrio to the ues - not geographically speaking of course.
I've never heard of an agent "not prosecuting" or investigating for that matter straw purchasers because of any sentencing guidelines or potential prosecutorial declination. Thanks to the director for pushing back on that nonsense.
But what about that deer in the headlights look when asked about firing/ disciplining f&f mgrs.

Do our agents, the most highly educated and most experienced Federal law enforcement Agents in the world really need to be TRAINED to recognize potential CI's or defendants with 60 IQ's? That was something COMMON SENSE dictates. And whatup with Rewarding Zapor and Milanawski, two of the MOST obvious and recent FAILURES? Is the immediate removal of command staff from Baltimore based on CRIMINAL conduct? Word is the STAR of the ATF NRT failures captured by a GAO audit, SAC Joe Riehl is apparently complicit in an ongoing cover-up that Jones, Brandon and Turk are aware of.

Clearly apparent, Director Jones is asleep at the wheel. He has NOT proactively overseeing his highest bosses UNTIL they are caught. The field bosses do not regard him, do not respect him and feel comfortable concealing the issues occurring all around the country. Guess its leadership by media exposure.

Did Director Jones really just say UNDER OATH, that he is concerned about law enforcement sensitive information? Really? Does a Prime time showboating expose' on 20/20 suggest he really cares ANYTHING about operational security? YOU GAVE THE BADGUYS OUR PLAYBOOK.

Do our agents, the most highly educated and most experienced Federal law enforcement Agents in the world really need to be TRAINED to recognize potential CI's or defendants with 60 IQ's? That was something COMMON SENSE dictates. And whatup with Rewarding Zapor and Milanawski, two of the MOST obvious and recent FAILURES? Is the immediate removal of command staff from Baltimore based on CRIMINAL conduct? Word is the STAR of the ATF NRT failures captured by a GAO audit, SAC Joe Riehl is apparently complicit in an ongoing cover-up that Jones, Brandon and Turk are aware of.

 

To clarify.

 

Say it aint so. Director Jones has only known about this for over a year. His response? Brandon stays Deputy Director and Torres is an SES SAC. Way to reign in your bosses sir.