by The headline poses an interesting question. One would assume or just maybe hope that special agents working for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives would be non-political or even apolitical. They are considered “Further Restricted Employees” under the Hatch Act.
In the case of Biden’s nominee to head BATFE, that would be a wrong assumption.
Below you can see David Chipman with his fiancee’ Tara at a presidential inaugural ball in 2009 for President Barrack Obama. While probably not a violation of the Hatch Act, it is a bit unseemly.
In January 2009, Chipman was still the Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Detroit Field Division. A couple of months later he got a promotion to a SAC position in the Washington headquarters. I’m sure it is just a coincidence.
Would it surprise anyone to know that Chipman is such a non-believer in OpSec that I was able to find his home address, its Zillow value of $874,000, Facebook pages for him, his now-wife Tara, his ex-wife Micki, and his two kids.
It’s the underground shelter in the backyard (a buried schoolbus) that makes the property so desirable.
Never know when you might be not-an-assaulted by… well, anybody.
Apparently Mr. Chipman found his new Mrs. Chipman when she was working as his secretary at ATF…
Do you have a source for that? If so, I’d love to see it so it can be publicized.
Atf Agents don’t have balls…..