....what the fuck is this shit? FWIW, I was one of those who mentioned the huge drop in funding the ATF sustained. But this level of bungling? I'm as surprised by it as anyone else. The document they left behind? I really hope no other ops have been compromised because of that act of carelessness.
I'm hoping the rest of the alphabet soup agencies are paying attention to what happened here, and learn from it. This is incompetence on the worst level, the sort of thing you see when there's a breakdown in communications coupled with not thinking the plan all the way through. I want to see the recruits review this bungling and make damn sure they never commit it themselves.
On another note, I saw what actually goes on behind the scenes of firearms checks (serial number, owners, etc) on the local (WDTV Channel 5) news today, and they're stuck still using microfiche and paper receipts due to the 1986 law that prevents a federal computer database from coming into being. If it's urgent, they can still complete the check in about 24 hours. If not, it takes about five days. This in spite of having a constant stream of 1000 boxes a month of receipts coming in. So, in spite of it, at least the ATF does well in one area.