Originally posted by airwolfe1
The following has been posted to the ATF Online Website under "Breaking News": "Questions and Answers - Hobby Rocket Motors "
I guess they didn't read Judge Walton's ruling?
You can find it yourself at: https://www.atf.gov
Or go straight to the .PDF
https://www.atf.gov/explarson/0504rocketryqa.pdf
It's their interpretation of the ruling I guess, but it seems to be clearly contradictory to Judge Walton's Ruling.
First, please specify what portions are contrary to the ruling. Seriously, I'd like to know, because I find it all confusing.
Second, once identified, please forward the information to NAR and TRA boards. Judge Walton asked to be notified by them of any reports from any members of ATF actions contrary to the ruling. I recommend locating and sending directly to the individuals, at least at NAR. I've sent email to NAR HQ and it's been ignored.
Third, if and only if it can be shown that stuff on that document are directly and obviously contrary to the ruling, collect and collate the relevant information from scratch, and contact the General Accounting Office's Federal Fraud, Waste and Abuse site at
https://www.gao.gov/fraudnet/fraudnet.htm Tell them the story from the get-go, including the judge's request to be notified (implying he expected them to try it again).
If ATF insists on wasting tax payer money perpetrating non-lawful activities (ie. making up, publicizing, and especially attempting to enforce laws of their own without approval), tax payers have the right to recover the money wasted in doing so, and be relieved of workers who perpetrate such fraud. That's what GAO does. Getting the GAO involved means getting people from within the problematic organization involved, from a point well above where the problem originates. I'm betting Ashcroft gets a summary notice of any GAO Fraudnet actions relating to ATF. Not that he'd be likely to do anything about it, but you can bet the people that need to be impressed by this will be more impressed knwoing he's heard about them getting the GAO called on them.
And if the GAO takes action (actually does something, not just takes in the information) the media would certainly like to know. When people go rogue within an agency, and that goes public, more usually happens that just them stopping. Washington Post loves this kind of story.
Since **it rolls down hill, if you're going to start it rolling, start as high as you can. But to start with, let the people who are designated as the big rollers start it rolling, as bombarding judges and agencies with complaints when one would do is unlikely to help matters.
I'm doing my part by requesting FOAI releases from ATF on incidents of APCP (not just AP) used in illegal explosives. My money says they've over-reported the numbers to the judge.