AP Documents show federal government used taxpayer money to buy and assist in the sales of semi-automatic weapons to drug cartel, undermining Justice Department claims that agents 'lost track' of firearms in operation. Read Documents Detailing ATF's Involvement in 'Fast and Furious'
Lawyers, Guns, and Money Last December, U.S. border patrol agent Brian Terry was murdered in a firefight with three Mexican nationals in Arizona. Two guns recovered at the crime scene were traced back to an ongoing Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) investigation, informally known under the code names “Gunwalker” and “Fast and Furious.” As part of this investigation, ATF had allowed American firearms dealers to sell more than 2,000 guns to Mexican criminal gangs with no plan to interdict or recover the guns. Several ATF agents had expressed concern about the operation. One of the firearms dealers involved had even emailed the ATF agent in charge to express concern that the operation was putting the lives of border patrol agents at risk—six months before Terry’s murder. Thanks to some whistleblowers, there’s now a congressional inquiry into the Gunwalker operation. But, closing in on a year after Terry’s death, we still have no clear idea of what law enforcement goals Gunwalker was supposed to achieve. In a recent conference call with reporters, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform chairman Darrell Issa could only conclude, “This was dumb, it was useless, and it was lethal.” Lawyers, Guns, and Money | The Weekly Standard
Gunrunning Informant Used Taxpayer Money to Buy Drugs, Possibly Guns, Lawmakers Allege Congressional investigators are confronting the Justice Department about evidence they say indicates an FBI informant used U.S. taxpayer money not only to buy drugs but also possibly to buy guns for the Sinaloa cartel. Those facts apparently were known by the FBI and DEA as early as 2009 but not passed on to key people in the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, which went on to spent millions of dollars and thousands of man hours trying to identify that informant and others gun traffickers like him through the controversial Operation Fast and Furious. Read more: Gunrunning Informant Used Taxpayer Money To Buy Drugs, Possibly Guns, Lawmakers Allege | Fox News
The rabbit-hole gets deeper and deeper. Notice how both Holder and Obama manage to dodge the sh*t flying from this like a teflon don. Why isn't the media holding Holder and Obama's feet to the fire? Why isn't (at least) Holder fired, and perhaps prosecuted?
Call for Special Counsel on Holder Reuters EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans are calling for a special counsel to determine whether Attorney General Eric Holder perjured himself during his testimony to the House Judiciary Committee on Operation Fast and Furious, Fox News has learned. Read Letter Requesting Special Counsel How Special Counsel Would Work in 'Fast and Furious' Probe Did Holder Know More Than He Claimed? VIDEO: How Much Did Holder Know?
[TABLE="class: esc-layout-table"] [TR] [TD="class: esc-layout-thumbnail-cell"] Los Angeles Times [/TD] [TD="class: esc-layout-article-cell"]New ATF Chief Shakes Up Top Ranks Wall Street Journal - 47 minutes ago WASHINGTON—The new chief of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives announced a shake-up of senior executives and a review of investigative tactics at the agency, which has faced criticism over a botched gun probe.[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]
Top congressional Republicans say Attorney General Eric Holder received weekly memos starting in July 2010 about controversial gunrunning probe known as Operation Fast and Furious, though he claimed this past May he only learned of the operation a few weeks prior. VIDEO: Did Holder Mislead Congress on Fast & Furious?
I will accept nothing less than Holders job and him being charged, it will most likely end their since Obama still has his teflon suit on.
Agreed!! This guy needs to go down in flames and made an example of. This was definitely a piss poor attempt by the democrat scumbag fucks trying "grease the logbook" by making it appear that responsible firearms owners are somehow to blame. This sickens me to no end... I'm glad this failed miserably and these idiots are going to get burned. This is just as bad as democrats committing voter fraud.
Holder Challenges 'Fast and Furious' Allegations in Scathing Letter to Congress AP Attorney General Eric Holder speaks during a conference at the 66th session of the General Assembly at United Nations headquarters on Sept. 19. Attorney General Eric Holder, under new pressure from Republicans over when he learned of "Operation Fast and Furious," has mounted his most forceful defense to date, accusing critics of using "irresponsible and inflammatory rhetoric" and insisting his statements have been "truthful and accurate." "I have no recollection of knowing about 'Fast and Furious' or of hearing its name prior to the public controversy about it," Holder wrote in a letter to congressional leaders Friday. "Prior to early 2011, I certainly never knew about the tactics employed in the operation." Read more: Holder Challenges 'Fast And Furious' Allegations In Scathing Letter To Congress | Fox News
It's much worse....there is no known direct connection between voter fraud and the murders of US Border Patrol Agents.
Arizona sheriffs blast gun-smuggling operation [HR][/HR] PHOENIX (AP) -- Ten Arizona sheriffs slammed the Obama administration on Friday over a botched federal operation that that lost track of up to 1,400 weapons sold to suspected straw purchasers for Mexican drug gangs. The sheriffs called for the president to launch an independent investigation and for Attorney General Eric Holder to step down or b... [TABLE] [TR] [TD="align: center"]Read the full story at News and Sentinel [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]
House Panel to Subpoena Holder Over His Role in 'Fast and Furious' AP House Oversight and Government Reform Committee to issue subpoena this week to attorney general to find out what he knew about the 'gun-walking' scandal, and when. 'Furious' Guns Found in Home of Suspected Cartel Enforcer? VIDEO: Holder Responds to Attacks Over 'Fast and Furious' Full Coverage: Eric Holder
Re: Agent: I was ordered to let U.S. guns into Mexico (Merged Threads) [TABLE="class: esc-layout-table"] [TR] [TD="class: esc-layout-thumbnail-cell"] USA Today [/TD] [TD="class: esc-layout-article-cell"]Issa: 'Fast and furious' subpoenas issued soon CBS News - 1 hour ago (AP) WASHINGTON - The chairman of the House oversight committee said Sunday that he could send subpoenas to the Obama administration as soon as this week over weapons lost amid the Mexican drug war. [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]
Fast and Furious weapons were found in Mexico cartel enforcer's home Reporting from Washington— High-powered assault weapons illegally purchased under the ATF's Fast and Furious program in Phoenix ended up in a home belonging to the purported top Sinaloa cartel enforcer in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, whose organization was terrorizing that city with the worst violence in the Mexican drug wars. In all, 100 assault weapons acquired under Fast and Furious were transported 350 miles from Phoenix to El Paso, making that West Texas city a central hub for gun traffickers. Forty of the weapons made it across the border and into the arsenal of Jose Antonio Torres Marrufo, a feared cartel leader in Ciudad Juarez, according to federal court records and trace documents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The smugglers' tactics — quickly moving the weapons far from ATF agents in southern Arizona, where it had been assumed they would circulate — vividly demonstrate that what had been viewed as a local problem was much larger. Six other Fast and Furious guns destined for El Paso were recovered in Columbus, N.M. Fast and Furious weapons found in Mexico cartel enforcer's home - latimes.com
Re: Agent: I was ordered to let U.S. guns into Mexico (Merged Threads) A notary can send out an subpeaona. Big deal...I'm sick of all this "well, someone should be investigatiing this...." Just STFU and do it already.
Issa to Holder: Time to 'Come Clean' AP/Fox News GOP lawmaker says evidence suggests that attorney general was 'less than truthful' when he told Congress about his knowledge of the 'Fast and Furious' gun program, but Holder maintains that his statements were 'truthful and accurate.' VIDEO: House Committee to Subpoena Holder on 'Fast and Furious' Read Issa's Letter to Holder
DOJ Blasts Issa for 'Mischaracterizing' Probe Justice department criticizes GOP lawmaker over comments made about 'Fast and Furious' investigation
well all Holder has to do to make the commitee eat thir words is release the documents they supenaed....without the redactions
'Fast and Furious' Probe Turns Focus to FBI Role Congressional committee sends letter to FBI questioning weapons found near murdered border patrol agent READ: Letter to FBI Full Coverage: ATF
Napolitano Grilled Over ‘Fast and Furious,’ Likens Hearing to Cross Examination Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011, before the House Judiciary Committee hearing on immigration and Southwest border issues. House Republicans on Wednesday turned their sharp questioning over "Operation Fast and Furious" toward Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, who acknowledged her agents were twice told to "stand down" in deference to what she called a "very troublesome" operation. Napolitano, at one point likening the questioning to a cross-examination, said repeatedly she only learned of "Fast and Furious" after Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry was killed in December. She emphasized the operation, conceived and run by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, "was an ATF operation," under the auspices of the Justice Department, not her department. Read more: Napolitano Grilled Over
Holder Agrees to Testify on Botched 'Fast and Furious' Attorney general to appear before House panel about his role in ATF's failed anti-gunrunning operation VIDEO: Demanding Answers on 'Fast and Furious' Full Coverage: ATF
