The ATF seems to study from the work manual of the Keystone Kops. Here is definitely a place where control or outright disbanding should be implemented. This dubious agency duplicates jurisdictions and seeks high profile publicity, while at the same time it chronically botches jobs like this one. Here, fortunately, only time and funds were wasted, machine guns went missing and a landlord got holding the bag. At least no one has been killed yet as happened with "Waco" and "Fast and Furious." m/r
A Journal Sentinel Watchdog Report - ATF's Milwaukee sting operation marred by mistakes, failures
A store calling itself Fearless Distributing opened early last year on an out-of-the-way street in Milwaukee's Riverwest neighborhood, offering designer clothes, athletic shoes, jewelry and drug paraphernalia.
Those working behind the counter, however, weren't interested in selling anything.
But the effort to date has not snared any major dealers or taken down a gang. Instead, it resulted in a string of mistakes and failures, including an ATF military-style machine gun landing on the streets of Milwaukee and the agency having $35,000 in merchandise stolen from its store, a Journal Sentinel investigation has found.
When the 10-month operation was shut down after the burglary, agents and Milwaukee police officers who participated in the sting cleared out the store but left behind a sensitive document that listed names, vehicles and phone numbers of undercover agents.
And the agency remains locked in a battle with the building's owner, who says he is owed about $15,000 because of utility bills, holes in the walls, broken doors and damage from an overflowing toilet.
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