John Dodson
John Wesley Dodson
was born in Virginia. His mother was a custodian at an elementary school and
his father was a farmhand. He went straight into the army after high school,
where he worked in intelligence for three years. He was given an honorable
discharge and became a deputy. After a long, successful law enforcement career,
making detective and working in the vice-narcotics unit, he was recruited in 2005 by the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF). In late 2009 he was transferred to Phoenix to help start a new group that
would specifically target firearms trafficking, where he became aware of the
Fast and Furious program. After blowing the whistle in early 2011, he was
transferred to Tucson, Arizona, where he currently resides.
