May 9, 2014
The ATF supervisor, who oversaw the “Operation Fearless” Milwaukee storefront fiasco before being transferred to Phoenix is retiring, the Journal Sentinel reported Tuesday. Bernard “B.J.” Zapor opted to leave the bureau rather than accept reassignment to head the Newark office, the story reports.
Upper Management is again shuffling assignments in an attempt to force experienced senior field agents out.
Zapor, once in charge of the Phoenix field office (where he owned a home), has declined to accept a transfer to Newark.
Who could blame him?
His "Operation Fearless" ... which included buying guns from kids who attended school across the street from the 'pawnshop' operation set up to "sting" criminals who fence stolen firearms ... was widely criticized in the national press.
The resulting publicity made the ATF look bad; somebody had to go.
The good news?
If the ATF forces out a senior field agent every time the agency looks bad to the press, it won't be long before there will be only one person on the ATF staff.
The bad news?
That single staffer will probably be Eric Holder.
ATF DIRECTOR JONES COMMENTS ON OPERATION FEARLESS (May 09, 2014)
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