ATF Chief Walks

For illegally providing firearms that were used to murder a US agent, a person should stand trial on criminal charges.

In this case, the government employee responsible for providing those weapons gets a slap on the wrist by possibly being fired. For any other person, the following headline would read: Kenneth Melson Indicted For Murder And Firearm Trafficing

Head of ATF Is Likely to Go

The Justice Department is expected to oust the head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, according to people familiar with the matter, amid a troubled federal antitrafficking operation that has grown into the agency's biggest scandal in nearly two decades.

Earlier this year, government criminal Kenneth Melson refused to testify in front of Congress.