Dodson has not given any more interviews of late. “Not since the hearings as far as I know,” said one source, and it is not because he hasn’t been asked.
“They’re (the Justice Department) coming at him hard, looking for anything they can use against him,” said another. “Can you blame him for keeping his head down?”
Allahpundit
HotAir.com
9/26/2011
In case anyone’s still bitterly clinging to the “botched sting” theory of this clusterfark, cling no longer:
According to documents obtained by Fox News, Agent John Dodson was ordered to buy six semi-automatic Draco pistols — two of those were purchased at the Lone Wolf gun store in Peoria, Ariz. An unusual sale, Dodson was sent to the store with a letter of approval from David Voth, an ATF group supervisor.
Dodson then sold the weapons to known illegal buyers, while fellow agents watched from their cars nearby.
This was not a “buy-bust” or a sting operation, where police sell to a buyer and then arrest them immediately afterward. In this case, agents were “ordered” to let the sale go through and follow the weapons to a stash house.
According to sources directly involved in the case, Dodson felt strongly that the weapons should not be abandoned and the stash house should remain under 24-hour surveillance. However, Voth disagreed and ordered the surveillance team to return to the office. Dodson refused, and for six days in the desert heat kept the house under watch, defying direct orders from Voth.
A week later, a second vehicle showed up to transfer the weapons. Dodson called for an interdiction team to move in, make the arrest and seize the weapons. Voth refused and the guns disappeared with no surveillance…
The article continues, with video, at HotAir.com
