What's going down?

The FBI has confirmed to ABC7 News that they are executing "court authorized law enforcement activities" in the DC area Wednesday morning.

Sources tell ABC7 News that the actions are connected to gang activity. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives also announced they are engaging in "ongoing law enforcement activity" from Woodbridge to Alexandria.

  WJLA

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

If You Only Knew

Special Agent John Dodson, who became a whistleblower in 2011 when he approached Republican lawmakers in Congress with details of a botched attempt by the ATF to allow sales of firearms in order to build a case against Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa cartel [Fast and Furious], has already penned a book on the saga, though it was unclear on Monday whether it will ever see the light of day.

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“This would have a negative impact on morale in the Phoenix [field division] and would have a detremental [sic] effect on our relationships with [the Drug Enforcement Administration] and FBI,” the ATF’s rejection letter stated.

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The American Civil Liberties Union, which is representing Dodson on the matter, filed a protest on Monday with the ATF’s Deputy Director Thomas Brandon over his agency’s efforts to block the book’s publishing.

  RT

Good luck with that.

Why the ATF Is Really the AT

Aside from the fact there has been no permanent director for six years...

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Now We're Talking

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) on Monday expanded his investigation into why ATF let guns “walk” across the Mexican border during Operation Fast and Furious, to include a probe of DEA laundering money to Mexican drug cartels.

  TPM

Of course, he won’t want to extend that investigation further back than Obama’s administration.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.