The government is out of control.

H/T Joseph Ayer

Reporting from Washington—

Firearms from the ATF's Operation Fast and Furious weapons trafficking investigation turned up at the scenes of at least 11 violent crimes in the U.S., as well as at a Border Patrol agent's slaying in southern Arizona last year, the Justice Department has acknowledged to Congress.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-atf-guns-20110817,0,7742514.story

ATF promotes supervisors in controversial gun operation

The three, who have been criticized for pushing on with the border weapons sting even as it came apart, receive new management jobs in Washington.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-atf-guns-20110816,0,7676977.story