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complaint to DOJ --IG by ATF employees?

Posted By: Eric M. Larson <larsone@starpower.net>
Date: 10/11/06 19:44

I thought you all might like to see this apparent complaint by ATF employees to the Department of Justice Inspector General, posted earlier today by Dave Hardy on his blog. Mr. Hardy is a long-time/long-term NFA attorney who defended the late J. Curtis Earl some 25 years ago, and is well acquainted with the ATF monkey business.
It would be interesting if some of the ATF employees who read Subguns and, presumably, faithfully log/report various of the remarks posted here, might chime in with some observations of their own. But I might be asking for a lot here. But hey, it never hurts to ask . . . and this IS about what's up at ATF.
Respectfully Submitted,
Eric M. Larson
larsone@starpower.net
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the complaint:
Posted by David Hardy · 11 October 2006 08:56 AM
I've rec'd an email of a complaint made to Justice Inspector General regarding ATFE headquarters conduct and waste of tax money, and attach it below. I've previously noted that the agency's previous director resigned in the wake of similar fiscal scandals, after spending $300,000 to pretty up his office suite at the same time the agency budget didn't have enough for bullet-resistant vests.
SEPTEMBER 22, 2006
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
950 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW
WASHINGTON, DC 20530
DEAR INSPECTOR GENERAL,
EMPLOYEES AT THE BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS, AND EXPLOSIVES HAVE LONG BEEN DISTURBED WITH THE ACTIONS OF SOME OF OUR EXECUTIVES. THE TIME HAS COME TO SHARE THESE CONCERNS WITH YOU FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. FOR THE GOOD OF OUR BUREAU, WE IMPLORE YOU TO SEEK ANSWERS TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS SURROUNDING WASTE, MISMANAGEMENT, AND ABUSE OF POWER BY TOP GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS:
>ARE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR BOUCHARD AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR CHASE VIOLATING DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE RULES BY USING GOVERNMENT-OWNED VEHICLES TO COMMUTE FROM HOME TO WORK IN DEFIANCE OF A POLICY THAT PROHIBITS THE USE OF TAXPAYER FUNDED VEHICLES FOR SUCH PERSONAL USE?
>IS IT A GROSS WASTE OF TAXPAYER MONEY FOR THESE ASSISTANT DIRECTORS TO DRIVE LUXURIOUS NEW GOVERNMENT VEHICLES FOR PERSONAL USE WHILE AGENTS DRIVE MUCH OLDER AND HIGH MILEAGE CARS TO GET THE JOB DONE?
>IS IT AN EXTRAVAGANT EXPENDITURE OF TAXPAYER MONEY FOR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR BOUCHARD TO ARRANGE WEEK-LONG CONFERENCES FOR OVER 30 OF HIS EMPLOYEES AT PLACES SUCH AS LAS VEGAS HARD ROCK CASINO AND SEA ISLAND GOLF AND TENNIS RESORT WHILE FIELD AGENTS LACK ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT? DID THESE CONFERENCES COST TAXPAYERS $30,000? $50,000?
>IS IT AN EXTRAVAGANT EXPENDITURE OF TAXPAYER MONEY FOR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR RADEN TO ARRANGE A TRIP OF ALMOST TWO WEEKS FOR NEARLY A DOZEN OF HIS EMPLOYEES TO ATTEND A CONFERENCE IN GERMANY THAT DID NOT DEMAND SUCH EXTENSIVE GOVERNMENT RESOURCES? DID THIS TRIP COST TAXPAYERS $20,000? $40,000?
>IS IT A MISUSE OF AUTHORITY AND RESOURCES FOR DEPUTY DIRECTOR DOMENECH TO WASTE TAXPAYER MONEY BY ORDERING THE DIRECTOR’S SECURITY PERSONNEL TO PROVIDE HIM CHAUFFERED LIMOUSINE SERVICE FROM WORK TO HOME, ALTHOUGH SECURITY APPARENTLY WAS NOT NEEDED FROM HOME TO WORK, AS ACTING DIRECTOR?
>HAS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR CHASE WASTED TAXPAYER MONEY BY TRAVELING, WITH HIS SPOUSE, ALL THE WAY ACROSS COUNTRY TO LOS ANGELES FOR A ATF RETIREMENT SEMINAR THAT IS OFFERED WITHIN HIS DUTY STATION OF WASHINGTON, D.C.?
>IS DEPUTY DIRECTOR DOMENECH VIOLATING ANTI-NEPOTISM LAWS FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS (5 USC 3110) BY ARRANGING FOR HIS WIFE TO BE PROMOTED FROM A SECRETARIAL POSITION TO A SENIOR PROGRAM ANALYST? BY ARRANGING FOR HIS SISTER IN LAW TO BE PROMOTED FROM A FIELD AGENT IN NEW YORK TO THE AGENT IN CHARGE OF THE PORTLAND, OREGON OFFICE AND HAVING TAXPAYERS PAY THE EXPENSES FOR THIS MOVE BACK HOME? BY ARRANGING FOR HIS NIECE TO BE HIRED AS AN INSPECTOR IN FLORIDA, THEN NORTH CAROLINA?
>DOES DEPUTY DIRECTOR DOMENECH VIOLATE MERIT SYSTEM PRINCIPLES BY REGULARLY PRACTICING FAVORITISM IN MAKING PERSONNEL SELECTIONS BASED ON FRIENDSHIP AND FACTORS OTHER THAN MERIT? DOES HE CREATE AN INTIMIDATING, HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT BY RETALIATING AGAINST THOSE HE PERSONALLY DISLIKES THROUGH UNDESIRABLE, FORCED REASSIGNMENTS AND TRANSFERS?
>IS IT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST FOR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR RADEN TO SPEND A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF TIME IN FLORIDA AND CANADA BEING ENTERTAINED BY A TECHNOLOGY VENDOR WHILE APPROVING TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS WITH THEM?
>IS IT AN ABUSE OF AUTHORITY AND WASTE OF TAXPAYER MONEY FOR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR BOUCHARD TO ARRANGE WITH OTHER ASSISTANT DIRECTORS A CHANGE IN POLICY THAT ALLOWED HIS SON TO BE HIRED AS A PAID SUMMER INTERN ON GOVERNMENT SALARY WHILE OTHER ATF PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS GO UNFILLED DUE TO BUDGET CONSTRAINTS?
>IS IT AN EXTRAVAGANT EXPENDITURE FOR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR CHASE TO USE TAXPAYER MONEY TO PURCHASE A WORLD GLOBE FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS WITH GOVERNMENT RESOURCES SIMPLY TO DECORATE HIS OFFICE? WAS THIS GLOBE USED TO PINPOINT WHERE HE WOULD TAKE NEEDLESS TRIPS TO CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS AROUND THE WORLD TO PLACES LIKE FRANCE, HUNGARY, AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL LOCATIONS?
>IS IT UNETHICAL CONDUCT FOR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR RADEN TO REPRESENT ATF AT FUNCTIONS AND EVENTS WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL?
THESE ARE BUT A SAMPLE OF KEY EXECUTIVES ABUSING THEIR POSITIONS AND TAXPAYER MONEY THAT WE HAVE WITNESSED OVER THE LAST 3 YEARS. AS YOU INVESTIGATE THESE EXAMPLES, YOU WILL FIND MANY MORE LIKE THEM. FOR THE GOOD OF OUR BUREAU AND ITS FUTURE, PLEASE STOP THIS IMPROPER BEHAVIOR AND MISMANAGEMENT BEFORE IT FURTHER ERODES MORALE HERE AND THREATENS THE FUTURE OF ATF.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
ATFers United against Mismanagement and Misconduct (ATFUMM)
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Messages In This Thread

complaint to DOJ --IG by ATF employees? -- Eric M. Larson -- 10/11/06 19:44
- I'm not impressed. -- Anon for Various Reasons -- 10/13/06 05:23
  - EXAMPLES???? -- Anon as well -- 10/13/06 20:44
  - Gotta Agree -- Not too anon -- 10/13/06 19:28
- Some animals are more equal than other animals. - NTXT -- Arnold -- 10/12/06 11:01
- I got that email too - sent to all gunbloggers -- SayUncle -- 10/12/06 10:30
  - Re: I got that email too - sent to all gunbloggers -- a shooter -- 10/12/06 21:18
- I'll say this about the situation, -- Chuck S. -- 10/12/06 09:31
  - I believe that would be Ken Houchens. -- gunstuff -- 10/12/06 23:46
- Here is some more with a link -- Anon Cause I want to be -- 10/11/06 21:19
  - here's the DOJ Inspector General Report -- Eric M. Larson -- 10/11/06 21:36
    - WOW!!!! -- dvs -- 10/13/06 14:45
- Oh, Thats good.... -- Destiny -- 10/11/06 20:04
- I am shocked...ATFers is that a group like BCR's? -- Bust Off -- 10/11/06 20:33

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