Executive Branch - POLITICS
'Fast and Furious' Whistleblowers Struggle Six Months After Testifying Against ATF Program
By William Lajeunesse
So much for making the responsible for the mess pay for their actions!
'Fast and Furious' Whistleblowers Struggle Six Months After Testifying Against ATF Program
By William Lajeunesse
Read more: 'Fast And Furious' Whistleblowers Struggle Six Months After Testifying Against ATF Program | Fox NewsSix months ago, several agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives stood before Congress to testify about the details of a U.S. government program that armed Mexico's largest drug cartel with thousands of assault rifles.
The administration denied it at the time and questioned the agents' integrity. The men were nervous and scared. They said they feared for their careers, their reputation and their families.
And while President Obama has said the operation was a mistake and that "people who screwed up will be held accountable," the record so far does not bear that out. Those in charge of the botched operation have been reassigned or promoted, their pensions intact. But many of those who blew the whistle face isolation, retaliation and transfer.
So what happened to Dodson and the other whistleblowers?
"The only people who have been damaged from Fast and Furious, short of the obvious victims, are the people who tried to tell truth and blew the whistle," Dobyns said.
So much for making the responsible for the mess pay for their actions!