and my guess some are possibly at risk for felony charges

I've been mystified since the beginning why no one is talking about ITAR -- International Traffic in Arms Regulations. Heck, in my business exporting certain software or computer chips without a license from State could land your @ss in Club Fed for a long time. Even selling to someone in one country that re-exports to another country can get you in trouble -- you are expected to vet your customers and be sure they are squeeky clean. Seems to me that causing the export of something that actually shoots would fall under ITAR also, therefore requiring a license from the State Department. What am I missing? Why isn't ITAR in play here?

I'm not ATF, just a citizen of California and a responsible gun owner. I've been following the F&F story closely for several months, with shocked fascination and sadness. Corruption anywhere in the Justice Department is unacceptable. I salute the courage of the whistle-blowers that brought these issues in the ATF to the surface. Your personal sacrifice on our behalf is true patriotism and we owe you a great debt. About the only thing I can do is make sure that when I go to the ballot box I vote for those who will hold Justice management responsible, and vote out those that are enabling the problem. Without the hard facts that you bring to bear on the problem, we voters would be in the dark.

I logged in mainly to say this... so I'll go back to lurking now. Know that I am reading CUATF every day, even if you don't hear form me.

Thank you for having the courage to say what needs to be said.

a California Citizen