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Do the arrest. nobody came, so what was the purpose of it? you know, maybe it was just to make the a tf agent look bad. at least there's one quote from people within the office that said they wanted to dirty up the agent in a sense like you said in your letter. they were threatening him. did he want a job at the atf or a lower paying job with the sheriff? it's all -- it's all a matter of intimidation and not wanting to have anything to do with the bad judgment that was made up here in washington, dc. >> greta: which is actually two issues. one is the operation itself, but as i look through the...

Has made no attempt to retaliate against any of its agents regarding the matter. then i have an e-mail from a supervising atf agent which he's talking about you better be having fun and you'll go from 100,000 a year to work forgive the sheriff for 30,000 which is a way to say you better get on board or you'll be working somewhere else. is that a misleading statement by the justice department lawyer or is that a lie or is it the truth? >> it's a lie. it's a lie, and just to make things clear for your listeners, the a tf ordered this atf agent to purchase these guns and in turn sell them, and su...

Has made no attempt to retaliate against any of its agents regarding the matter. then i have an e-mail from a supervising atf agent which he's talking about you better be having fun and you'll go from 100,000 a year to work forgive the sheriff for 30,000 which is a way to say you better get on board or you'll be working somewhere else. is that a misleading statement by the justice department lawyer or is that a lie or is it the truth? >> it's a lie. it's a lie, and just to make things clear for your listeners, the a tf ordered this atf agent to purchase these guns and in turn sell them, and su...

Favorite hardware. >> there's probably a dozen different weapons on the market today. >> reporter: according to court documents, hernandez purchased four guns at this shop. we spoke with the owner. he didn't want to go on camera and it was a few weeks after that that hernandez plashed $20,000 in cash and ready to buy 20 more weaponses. the owner said that he rejected the sale. >> people that are buying drugs in the united states have just as much blood on their hands as mexico. >> now serving an eight-year prison sentence after pleading guilty, this atf agent says one bring is broken up and ne...

Officials say he was at the center of the straw purchasing scheme. >> regular guy in his 20s. >> reporter: he recruited a team of people to purchase firearms at gun shops across houston. court documents show he bought six weapons and ammunition at this gun shop. one of the weapons was later connected to the kidnapping and murder of a mexican businessman. hernandez admitted to buying weapons used in the infamous 2007 acapulco massacre where seven people including police officers were slaughtered by a dozen armed drug traffickers. >> it has a long range capability. >> reporter: atf agent in char...