To: i-node who wrote (663213 ) 7/20/2012 11:14:41 PM From: joseffy 2 Recommendations Respond to Rep. Issa: ATF Closing Ranks on Fast and Furious newsmax.com a recent ATF training video agency director Todd Jones threatened “there will be consequences” if agents went outside “the chain of command” with complaints. Without whistleblowers, Issa insisted, the problems with the controversial Fast and Furious gun-running operation within the agency would never have been brought to light. a thinly veiled threat, Agency officials have denied the video was intended to threaten ATF employees or that it was meant to keep secrets within the agency. But the California Republican and Iowa GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley have written to Jones asking him to clarify his comments in the video.“Your ominous message, which could be interpreted as a threat, is likely to have a major chilling effect on ATF employees exercising their rights to contact Congress . Therefore it needs to be clarified,” the two lawmakers wrote. “You must remind ATF employees about their right to talk to Congress and provide Congress with information free and clear of agency interference or retaliation.” the video was more evidence of what he considers was a cover-up within the Justice Department and ATF. We continue to still be stonewalled post-contempt on any cooperation, even to get an answer from the U.S. attorney here in the District of Columbia as to whether or not he will proceed according to the statute on the contempt that was already voted by a bipartisan group of congressmen.”Rep. Issa: ATF Closing Ranks on Fast and Furious
