ATF replaces 2 top leaders in shake up
quote:ATF replaces 2 top leaders in shake-up By LARA JAKES JORDAN, Associated Press Writer
2 hours, 36 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has replaced two of its leaders, the latest shake-up since reports surfaced of financial and management problems surrounding the agency's former director.
Edgar A. Domenech, the No. 2 official at the Justice Department agency, has been transferred to head the bureau's field division in Washington, D.C., a spokeswoman said.
The assistant director, Michael Bouchard, will leave to oversee field operations nationally. He has been named special assistant to the bureau's acting director, Michael J. Sullivan.
ATF spokeswoman Sheree Mixell said the two will be replaced with what she described as veteran special agents who "bring a combination of leadership experience and great respect from colleagues that is critical to the ATF's success at the executive level."
Mixell would not comment on whether Domenech and Bouchard were transferred as the result of mismanagement allegations and questionable spending decisions that led to the departure last August of Carl J. Truscott as director.
An audit by the Justice Department's inspector general in October found that Truscott ordered his staff to help with his nephew's high school homework, wasting the agency's time and violating ethics rules. The report also concluded that Truscott's leadership, hiring practices and financial decisions were troubling, including his plan to spend $100,000 on gym equipment for the ATF's new headquarters.
Domenech was replaced Wednesday by Ronnie A. Carter, 53, a special agent since 1980 who supervises the Dallas field division. Bouchard's post was filled by William J. Hoover, who is in charge of the bureau's Washington, D.C., field division.
2 hours, 36 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has replaced two of its leaders, the latest shake-up since reports surfaced of financial and management problems surrounding the agency's former director.
Edgar A. Domenech, the No. 2 official at the Justice Department agency, has been transferred to head the bureau's field division in Washington, D.C., a spokeswoman said.
The assistant director, Michael Bouchard, will leave to oversee field operations nationally. He has been named special assistant to the bureau's acting director, Michael J. Sullivan.
ATF spokeswoman Sheree Mixell said the two will be replaced with what she described as veteran special agents who "bring a combination of leadership experience and great respect from colleagues that is critical to the ATF's success at the executive level."
Mixell would not comment on whether Domenech and Bouchard were transferred as the result of mismanagement allegations and questionable spending decisions that led to the departure last August of Carl J. Truscott as director.
An audit by the Justice Department's inspector general in October found that Truscott ordered his staff to help with his nephew's high school homework, wasting the agency's time and violating ethics rules. The report also concluded that Truscott's leadership, hiring practices and financial decisions were troubling, including his plan to spend $100,000 on gym equipment for the ATF's new headquarters.
Domenech was replaced Wednesday by Ronnie A. Carter, 53, a special agent since 1980 who supervises the Dallas field division. Bouchard's post was filled by William J. Hoover, who is in charge of the bureau's Washington, D.C., field division.
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A hundred grand for gym equipment? Those guys must still think they work for the Treasury Department.
They can't just print their own money now.[;)]0 -
quote:Originally posted by p3skyking
A hundred grand for gym equipment? Those guys must still think they work for the Treasury Department.
They can't just print their own money now.[;)]
no, they can just steal it from the poor meanies like you and me when they break down our doors without just cause and sieze eveything we own[xx(]0 -
What is to be expected from the agency that, through red tape, over-regulation and fear of legal complications, convinced the largest retailer of firearms in the world to start selling fishing poles instead? 0 -
That is some demotion. One goes off to HEAD a field division, the other will leave to OVERSEE field operations nationally. They will continue to draw their 6 figure salary. In the real world they should have been FIRED. 0 -
Downsize the ATF! Let the FBI acquire it in a merger then decide how best to allocate resources. 0 -
Wonder whatever happened to Magaw? Maybe he got "replaced" too.
This agency has much more to worry about than the director assigning his kids' homework to field agents; they've lost about 300 guns and accoutrements since 2000!
Disband the administration and let the field agents choose their leaders in true Socialist fashion! Then maybe they'll get a few Congressmen on their side!0
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