Concerned Sup,
You will retire an ATF agent. Those not already in the KMA probably won't. And its not rumor or word on the street. DAD Steve Martin is one of the architechts of the plan to giv e up the BDC. He is and always has been a one trick pony. Riehl let explosives go unattended. Ask any EEO or CES, Riehl should have been removed yrs ago. Too late now. Read previous posts, the field is livid about Martins apathy regarding explosives. We were once the guys and gals that Russia called to oversee their investigations. IT is truly a travesty what our leaders have NOT done in the name of their own career advancement.
Doc
Heard from some buddies over the last couple days that we are now in big trouble in the explosives field. Here is the basic story I heard: The federal Office of Management and Budget filed a report looking to cut out our explosives work and claims we just duplicate what the FBI does except for our regulatory work, and also said we should have our money taken away for NIBIN, state and local training and PCS moves. I also heard Chait sent a memo to the SACs in the last few days saying we need to start cutting NRT, SRT, travel, conferences, office supplies, cars, hiring, the new Glocks, and all state and local training.
Allegedly our huge new explosives building in Alabama has no money to operate and no people to run it, so Melson and Hoover are quietly looking to deal it away to the FBI or Homeland Security before we get caught in a scandal by the OIG or the media. Long time boot licker and Friend of Billy, Joe Riehl, the guy who for years been the point man in gutting our explosives jurisdiction, has been given marching orders to help cover up things in Alabama, was made acting chief of the facility and as a reward, he has been promised the new senior executive job in Quantico at TEDAC, and he has been heard in the halls of HQ telling people ATF "owes him" for doing the bidding of Chait, Boxler, Martin, Carter, Domenech, Hoover and Melson for years on explosives.
Martin thinks he is a real funny guy telling people in HQ that we can pay for explosives by turning the Alabama center into a bed and breakfast, or selling pies. It would not be so funny if Martin didn't have a record for selling us out and taking care of his classmates like Riehl.
Can anyone out there confirm any or all of this?