Ex-ATF Chief Had Staff Give Homework Aid

[DoYouEverWonder]

October 11, 2006

WASHINGTON -- The man who stepped down recently as director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ordered his staff to help with his nephew's high school homework, wasting the agency's time and resources and violating ethics rules, a Justice Department inquiry concluded Wednesday.

The nephew's project -- a documentary about the ATF that took 10 months to complete -- was one of a half-dozen examples of lapses in judgment Carl J. Truscott committed before he resigned in August, according to the report by Justice Department Inspector General Glenn A. Fine.

The report found that only the high school project demonstrated mismanagement by Truscott, whose employees accused him of wasting federal funds, taking pricey trips and creating a hostile work environment.

Still, investigators described themselves as troubled by Truscott's leadership, hiring practices and financial decisions, including his plans to spend $100,000 on gym equipment for the ATF's new headquarters.

The most damning conclusions were saved for the homework episode.

http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-atf-homework,0,3493386.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines


I hope they at least got an A? :sarcasm:

[Bozita]

1. A.T.F. Staff Was Ordered to Help With Homework (betting he's a Repiglican)

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/12/washington/12brfs-005.html

A.T.F. Staff Was Ordered to Help With Homework


By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: October 12, 2006

The former director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ordered his staff to help with his nephew’s high school homework, wasting the agency’s time and violating ethics rules, an inquiry found. The nephew’s project, a documentary about the bureau that took 10 months to complete, was one of a half-dozen examples of lapses in judgment that the former director, Carl J. Truscott, left, committed before he resigned in August, says the report by the inspector general of the Justice Department, Glenn A. Fine. An estimated 20 bureau employees were pulled in to help with the documentary, spending dozens of hours on research, pulling film from the agency’s library and setting up interviews with Mr. Truscott and other officials in Washington and Philadelphia. The nephew received an A on the project, the report noted.

[midnight]

2. It's one thing to let the newphew observe, but to order the staff

to do the homework-crazy.

[aquart]

4. Kid needs to retroactively flunk the course and get his degree revoked.

[pinto]

3. The Reign of Error, redux. Pathetic.

[sutz12]

5. Well at least he got an 'A'

And, I assume nobody died.

:sarcasm:

[Alacrat]

6. No wonder it takes so long to get your paper work for a

NFA firearm through the ATF. They are to busy doing a kids home work, instead of doing their end of the forms like they should.