Wayward policy blamed for agent’s slaying


By Joe Davidson, Wednesday, June 15, 7:14 PM

Room 2154 of the Rayburn House Office Building, the scene of many heated partisan arguments, was packed but solemn, as Robert Heyer spoke about his cousin, slain Border Patrol agent Brian A. Terry.

Seated with Terry’s mother and sister, Heyer told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing about a federal law enforcement officer whose killing has been linked to a failed gun-trafficking operation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

“It was just 10 days before Christmas last year when our family received the devastating news — Brian had been shot and killed while engaged in a firefight with a group of individuals seeking to do harm to Americans citizens and others . . .â€