L os angeles fans of the blockbuster fast and furious film franchise are voicing concerns about the direction of the latest movie in the series, the fate of the furious, which officially puts the films ahead of the popular book series that inspired it. Atf special agent john dodson is a national hero who in 2011 blew the whistle on operation fast and furious, the obama administrations gun. As a private citizen and retired federal employee this. The congressional probe into fast and furious is one of the longest in history. No scandal is more threatening to the obama administration than operation fast and furious. Katie did an excellent job of detailing the testimony and truth that tells the real story about the doj and atf lies and coverups. Now, the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives, where dodson works, is preventing him from publishing a book about the failed gun investigation, dubbed fast and furious. The atf doesnt want you to read the fast and furious whistle. Bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives. Is the fast and the furious series based on a book. Agent john dodson s book on his experiences in operation fast and furious was released by simon and schuster on december 3, 20.
Atf attempts to prevent publication of whistleblowers. You can now search for apple music playlists, albums and stations with my new apple music artwork finder. He was particularly upset because dodson, one of the crucial figures in exposing fast and furious, had written a memo outlining a plot to let guns walk across the border into mexico and. Anybody can read kindle books even without a kindle devicewith the free kindle app for smartphones and tablets. My fight to blow the whistle and expose fast and furious audiobook by john dodson. However, documents ultimately showed that he had received regular briefings on fast and furious. Dodson was terrified when the next phone call came, one withthe potential to destroy his career, his family, and his life. Cbsinvestigative journalist sharyl attkisson asked dodson to go public with whathe knew about fast and furious. Fast and furious film series now ahead of the books. Drivers, speed cameras and control in a risk society offers an explanation for the continued debate about one road safety intervention the speed camera by situating that debate within contemporary literature about the risk society beck, 1992 and more broadly understood experiences of risk faced on a daily basis by drivers. John dodsons book, the unarmed truth, is set for release in january. Reilly washington the american civil liberties union aclu is seeking answers after the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives atf told an atf agent he isnt permitted to be paid for publishing a book about his experience calling attention to a controversial operation that allowed guns to flow to mexican drug cartels. Theres still plenty that the american public doesnt know about the fast and furious scandalor so says agent john dodson, one of the whistleblowers. In fact, they had a policy of letting illegal gun purchases go between 2006 and 2011.
A hardhitting inside account of the fast and furious scandalthe governmentsponsored program intended to win the drug war by providing and tracking gun sales across the border to mexicofrom whistleblower and atf agent john dodson. In 2011, dodson told congress that atf bosses told agents monitoring these illegal guns to stand down and let. Dodson was vocal within atf throughout 2010 about his concerns, and on march 3, 2011, he exposed fast and furious and its connection to brian terrys murder on national television to cbs news. The atf doesnt want you to read the fast and furious whistle blowers book john dodson, the operation fast and furious whistleblower whose account has been publicly doubted, is writing a book. A hardhitting inside account of the fast and furious scandal the governmentsponsored program intended to win the drug war by providing and tracking gun sales across the border to mexico from whistleblower and atf agent john dodson. A federal agent will be allowed to write a book with an insiders account of operation fast and furious, reversing an earlier government attempt to block publication for morale reasons.
The smearing of fast and furious whistleblower john dodson. Atf agent john dodson, whose disclosures about the arizonabased atf operation known as fast and furious sparked congressional and justice department investigations, is trying to publish a book about his experience. To me, the fast and furious scandal should be one of the greatest scandals in american history, and i hope this committee does all they can so that people in the future always know the name of eric holder and know how little was done by this administration after they participated, for whatever motivation, in trying to get automatic weapons. However, john dodson, an agent with the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives, wont be allowed to make money on the book. Gunwalking, or letting guns walk, was a tactic used by the arizona u. There were several other agents that stood up as well, not as highprofile as i did, but they put just as much on the line, had as much skin in the game as i did, he said. The federal agent who blew the whistle on the fast and furious scandal is suddenly unwelcome at the very border patrol agency he sought to. The unarmed truth book by john dodson official publisher page. Atf agent can write fast and furious book, cant profit from it cnn. John dodson was the whistle blower on operation on fast and furious. Ultimately, john dodson was cleared by the inspector generals office, publicly heralded as a hero, and returned to arizona.
John dodson is the whistleblowing author that witnessed the second operation, fast and furious. He talks about how he was complaining about the operation from day one and how those complaints fell on deaf ears. The atf says its not censoring fast and furious whistleblower. It was agent dodsons disclosures that helped bring the operational failures at the phoenix field division to light, the aclu wrote in a letter to.
Weapons recovered by the mexican military in naco, sonora, mexico on november 20, 2009. Border patrol agent brian terry killed on december 14, 2010, and let mexican criminals get enough guns that they were found at over 150 crime scenes where mexican citizens were either killed or maimed. They include weapons bought two weeks earlier by operation fast and furious suspect uriel patino, who bought 723 guns during the operation. Dodson said a number of agents involved in fast and furious have been punished for blowing the whistle on the illfated project. John dodson was the atf agent who exposed the operation fast and furious scandal and wrote this column in his capacity as a whistleblower and private citizen. A settlement was announced in 2019 where both sides disagree with the prior courts orders and agree to continue to fight over privilege issues. My fight to blow the whistle and expose fast and furious kindle edition by john dodson. A sitting atf agent, john dodson, blew the whistle on the secret operation in a story with me for cbs news in early 2011. There is also a whole host of additional artwork including ultrawide banners, logos, and parallax files. A main whistleblower of the deadly fast and furious gunrunning scandal named the fbi as a key player in the 2010 murder of border patrol agent brian terry. Special agent john dodson will publish a book about the atfs operation fast and furious.
Two months ago, the bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms attempted to censor a book written by operation fast and furious whistleblower john dodson04162020 12. Former atf agent john dodson was one of the chief whistleblowers on operation fast and furious, a covert program that channeled over 2000 u. How did you get involved with the fast and the furious. When the final chapter on fast and furious is eventually written, special agent john dodson of the bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms will. Theres still plenty that the american public doesnt know about the fast and furious scandalor so says agent john dodson, one of the whistleblowers who exposed the botched operation. And some of the guns were used in the november 2015. The unarmed truth by john dodson a hardhitting inside account of the fast and furious scandalthe governmentsponsored program intended to win the. Why john dodson blew the whistle on fast and furious. Holders atf blocks fast and furious whistleblower book. The unarmed truth by john dodson overdrive rakuten. John dodson cant be paid for fast and furious book, atf. Charles grassley, the ranking republican on the judiciary committee, about fast and furious.
Burkes actions related to the release of a memo about a federal agent involved in the fast and furious investigation particularly. The bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives is not allowing federal agent john dodson, the main whistleblower who helped expose operation fast and furious, to publish his book about. The fast and the furious film series the fast and the furious film series films the fast and the furious 2001 film 2 fast 2 furious the fast and the furious. Having written the book during his continued employment with the atf, dodson had to request that it qualify as outside employment in order to be able to receive any proceeds from. Having written the book during his continued employment with the atf, dodson had to request that it qualify as outside employment in order to be able to receive any proceeds from publishing the book. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. The studio, producer, and director asked, what do you want to do next.
Newlyreleased fast and furious documents still keeping. Attorney general eric holder testified to congress that he didnt know about the controversial program when it was underway. A good study in how wellmeaning public servants can loose sight of the bigpicture in an effort to do good and then having staked fame and fortune upon a fallacy, close ranks and seek to hide misdeeds and discredit their detractors. I have read other books, testimony, newspaper articles about eric holder and fast and furious. The atf agent who blew the whistle on fast and furious said. If it werent for john dodson, americans would never have known. Fast and furious whistleblower says he became an enemy of the state. Fast and furious whistleblower says he became an enemy of. While other scandals involve money, fast and furious involves lives, including that of border patrol agent brian terry, gunned down with a weapon that the federal government put in the hands of mexicos narcoterrorists. The atf doesnt want you to read the fast and furious. For her report revealing john dodson as the key whistleblower in fast and furious, sharyl attkisson received an emmy award for outstanding investigative journalism. John dodson cant be paid for fast and furious book, atf says. Fast and furious whistleblower special agent john dodson is set to release his book, the unarmed truth, in january, but earlier this month was told that federal regulations that.
Whistleblower gives incredible insider view of fast and. John dodson, the operation fast and furious whistleblower whose account has been publicly doubted, is writing a book. Washington the american civil liberties union aclu is seeking answers after the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and. John dodson cant be paid for fast and furious book, atf says by ryan j. Atf rejects agents fast and furious book the washington post.
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