craffy

If Mr. Strotheide was in fact terminated as the DIO, there is a God. I am appauled that he was promoted to DIO from his previous post as Supervisor in the Oklahoma City field office. He did nothing but allow illegal and unethical activities to take place there for years. There were a few "priviledged" IOI's (specifically IOI Jack and IOI Matt) using government vehicles in the Oklahoma City field office for their own personal use. Mr. Strotheide did nothing. He was knowingly allowing illegal activities to take place. Mr. Strotheide failed to uphold the duties and responsiblity of his position.

A couple of IOI's (specifically the same 2 individuals listed above) in the Oklahoma City field office often used racist remarks regarding gays, blacks, women and others, and Mr. Strotheide did nothing to remedy such language in the office. He was knowingly allowing such unethical behavior to take place. Mr. Strotheide failed to uphold the duties and responsiblity of his position.

Mr. Strotheide was also known to backstab some of his subordinates by telling others about their personal issues. There was no trust among IOI's and the Supervisor or "upper management" for this reason. He had a 'favorite' person within the Oklahoma City field office (IOI Matt) he would tell everything to, whether or not it was a need to know or a right to know issue. Mr. Strotheide would "spill the beans" to this "priviledged" person.
Mr. Strotheide failed to use tact and judgement when dealing with subordinates.

Mr. Strotheide always showed preferential treatment to a select few, while outright discriminating, and in some instances, belittling females or anyone who spoke up about ethical issues within the OKC office. In many instances, permittees would complain about the conduct and tact of IOI Jack or IOI Matt, and Mr. Strotheide did nothing. Many permittees were threatened with jail or called names such as "smut breath" by said IOI's. Such blatant and unprofessional conduct would reflect negativiely on other IOI's specifically, and ATF generally, when they came in contact again with those permittees who had bad experiences with ATF in the past. It was all because of a few rude and unprofessional individuals (mentioned above) who had no tact in dealing with people. In such cases, Mr. Strotheide failed to uphold the duties and responsiblity of his position.

Mr. Strotheide was known to lie and deceive subordinates and permittees. Attempts to whistle-blow or address the issues with "upper management" fell upon deaf ears. This was a way for Mr. Strotheide to use leverage to pressure subordinates into conforming to his methods of operation - by threatening them with reprimands.

It is a glorious day in America today. Finally, one of those federal employees who lacks integrity has received their walking papers. I hope this isn't the last as their are many more just as bad waiting for their just desserts within ATF, and the government as a whole. Mr. Strotheide typically took jabs at people who left the ATF to work for private businesses who dealt with firearms or explosives. He said they left to work for "the other side". I doubt Mr. Strotheide will be working with the government again, so I can only assume, he too, will have to work for the "other side" now.