We know now that the ATF sat by and let straw purchases of weapons happen in Phoenix. We know they reassured dealers that the weapons would be tracked. We know that didn’t happen, and that those weapons have been used in dozens of homicides.
As of today, we also know that the ATF themselves purchased weapons and sold them to criminals. Apparently, John Dodson was given authorization and ordered by Supervisor Voth to pick up a few Draco pistols and deliver them to suspects.
I’m not sure why Dodson didn’t bring this up during his testimony to Congress back in June. Any risk of self-incrimination can easily be countered by the Nuremberg Defense, especially considering that his vehement resistance to the idea is well documented.
This whole thing is far worse than Watergate, and yet only two mainstream news organizations are actively following it. I don’t know what it’s going to take to bring this to the front page, but Congressional hearings are largely toothless when the department charged with prosecuting the issue is complicit in the problem at hand.