I say we have to give the man a chance. By all accounts from what I am hearing is that he is a fair and hardworking man. He is one of us and comes from the ranks. He is not some attorney who thinks they know LE having never done it. From what I know about Martin he expects his people to work. I am good with that. If you are not working then move over for someone who wants the job. Complaining that he was doing TIII's and recovered no guns. At least he / they are doing them? Have or are you doing them? Road kills have become the norm for even our most "Senior" ranks. Any case is like fishing, sometimes you get the big one and sometimes you get skunked. In my opinion they were / are at least fishing. There are many who will sit and complain about having to go fishing and then complain because others are not fishing. The radical NRA has already said that his name should be removed. They love the fact that we have been neutered for so long. Let us hope for the best and hold him accountable for what he does and does not. Not what you already think he is going to do!

Seems as if there is a memo going around seeking comments about changing the minimum requirements to be an ASAC. Thank god HQ finally realized we need to have management with real operational experience. Sum and substance of the memo lends itself to the premise that unless you have had actual CE group supervisor time you can't be an ASAC. This means that if you came to ATF from another agency, never worked an original ATF case in your life, hid out at HQ for a few years, got your 14 and went out as a DOO to supervise admin staff you do not have what it takes to be an ASAC. At least they see part of the problem if it is true!!!

Can someone videotape this historic event so we can post the lies and deceit on youtube!!!