BATFE Fires Fast & Furious Whistleblower Vince Cefalu

[Glocktogo]

Issa warned them not to do it, but they did anyway. They did it in the parking lot of a Denny's of all places!

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...-fired-claims-furious-complaints-played-role/

A well-known whistle-blower in the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives confirmed to FoxNews.com that he was fired this week, and he claims his complaints about Operation Fast and Furious played a role in his dismissal.

Vince Cefalu said he was served his termination papers Tuesday in a Denny's parking lot in South Lake Tahoe, Calif. But he doesn't plan to go quietly.

"It will be challenged," he said.

Cefalu, who's served as an ATF special agent for 25 years, was first notified of the plan to fire him more than a year ago but had been on administrative leave until now. He said officials told him he was being canned for "lack of candor," in reference to a handful of statements he made in testimony in a separate court case.

However, Cefalu has been outspoken against ATF practices for years and told FoxNews.com that his whistle-blowing on Fast and Furious "was the final straw."

Cefalu was one of the founders of the website CleanUpATF, a virtual platform for complaints about the agency. He was among the first to speak up about Fast and Furious, the failed anti-gunrunning operation that let thousands of guns slip across the U.S.-Mexico border. Weapons from the program were founded at the murder scene of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry.

An inspector general report on the operation released in September was highly critical of both the ATF and officials at the Justice Department.

The ATF, though, has previously denied that it was retaliating against Cefalu.

ATF spokesman Drew Wade confirmed that Cefalu "separated" from the agency on Tuesday, though Wade could not comment further.

"Because of privacy laws and internal policies, we can't talk about personnel matters," he said.

Cefalu's first run-in with higher-ups at ATF came when he objected to what he considered to be an illegal wiretap in a 2005 case unrelated to Fast and Furious, which didn't launch until years later.

He told FoxNews.com last year that those complaints marked "the beginning of the end."

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...furious-complaints-played-role/#ixzz29DwAAzpf

 

[ConstitutionCowboy]

I'd appoint him to be the next director.

Woody

 

[gsarg]

Surprised they didn't just make him "disappear"

 

[rinzler]

Surprised they didn't just make him "disappear"

^ this

 

[Shadowrider]

Issa warned them not to do it, but they did anyway. They did it in the parking lot of a Denny's of all places!

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...-fired-claims-furious-complaints-played-role/

I'm sure they have "stuff" in his file to justify this action. The ink might just about be dry now.

 

[mons meg]

They violated so many Fed rules it's insane...not just FLSA, but also NO FEAR, etc etc....EVERY Fed employee is required to do an annual NO FEAR training, and this is just about textbook, I'd say.

 

[AKguy1985]

Get fired for doing whats right, get promoted for doing whats wrong. Hmmm sounds familiar to me.

 

[SoonerTactical]

Thinking the NRA oughta offer him a post.

 

[Old Fart]

They can fire all of them.

That being said it kind of sucks for him.

 

[jakerz]

Work politics. This would happen in any workplace. Not saying it's right, but it happens all of the time. You're not allowed to just do your job. You have to "play ball".