Anyone even remotely surprised?
Via The Blaze:
The director of the agency responsible for Operation Fast and Furious told a House panel Wednesday that no government officials were fired for allowing the gun-walking program to go awry, but stressed some were disciplined and others retired with pensions intact.
Todd Jones took over as director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in August 2013, well after the investigation of the botched Operation Fast and Furious had begun. It was under his watch, however, that ATF officials involved in the matter received a lesser penalty than recommended by either the Justice Department’s inspector general or the department’s professional review board.
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) questioned Jones about accountability.
“Everybody at the Department of Justice from yourself to the attorney general is living under the specter of Fast and Furious and how it discredited the men and women who do these jobs otherwise right,” Issa said. “Just to make the record clear, was anyone fired as a result of Fast and Furious?”
Jones responded, “Mr. Chairman, I can say, publicly in this forum that everyone involved in the ATF in the chain of command has either been disciplined or is no longer working with the agency.”
“But the answer of fired is no. Is that correct? It’s a yes or no. It really is, Todd,” Issa said.
Jones admitted, “As a result of the inspector general’s report, the answer is no.”