MidlevelArea51

What's up with the new gunrunner groups being formed in Brownsville, Sierra Vista, Las Vegas and Oklahoma City? HQ's just throwing more money away? Don't they have some personal travel to use it on?

It is my understanding that the reason they have not replaced retired DAD Jim Zammillo is because they are thinking of creating a second DAD slot and splitting the country under the two DAD of IO. Funny thing is that for many months before DAD Zammillo retired, it was heavily rumored that DIO Harry McCabe out of Nashville would be promoted to the DAD slot. However, it seems as though their is a female who has with great speed worked her way up (she was only an area supervisor less than five years ago and only been a DIO for a little over three). Now it would be just downright shameful to give her the whole country since McCabe was all but already in the seat-so comes the plan to add a second DAD position presumably just for her. That's wanting someone real bad. Problem is as I understand, she is now the subject of several EEO compliants-wonder if that will hold her back. Probably not since she obviously has some kind of pull in the crystal cathedral. I say all that to say this-here goes ATF again putting non-seasoned personnel in authority positions. People that learn early on just to be "yes men" and "yes women". What ever happened to being your own person? What every happened to working your way up through real experience? There isn't a private company out there or probably not even another Federal agency that would promote some of the people that ATF has promoted to such prominent positions. The sunlight needs to shine on the cracks of ATF to dry up the mold and mildew that has been allowed to grow. Come on Melson, get real. Listen, we are speaking up!