(GunReports.com) — The number two person at ATF says a key mistake in the controversial Operation Fast and Furious was that “a narcotics based strategy was applied to a firearms trafficking investigation.”
TickleTheWire.com, a site that features federal law enforcement news from around the country, reported that Tom Brandon, who stepped in last October as ATF’s deputy director as part of an effort to clean house after the failed Operation Fast and Furious came to the public’s attention, explained that while drug agents sometimes let drugs and money walk to further an investigation, it’s not good to do the same for gun probes.
“When you use that in firearms, that’s not good,” he said during an interview on the radio show “The Badge” with Howard Safir.
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