Posted on 06/20/2011 3:01:06 PM PDT by tobyhill
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives acting Director Kenneth Melson is facing pressure to resign over a poorly run gun-trafficking operation blamed for putting weapons in the hands of a border agent's killers.
One of the three ATF agents who blew the whistle on the program, dubbed "Fast and Furious," told a Congressional committee hearing last week that rather than shutting down the illegal gun trade to drug cartels, the operation helped arm them.
"ATF is supposed to be the sheepdog that protects against the wolves that prey upon our southern border," ATF Agent John Dodson said. "Rather than meet the wolf head-on, we sharpened its teeth and added number to its claws, all the while we sat idly by -- watching, tracking and noting as it became a more efficient killer."
Under "Fast and Furious," ATF agents recorded and tracked straw purchases of weapons and allowed the guns to "walk" across the U.S. border into Mexico in an effort to locate major weapons traffickers, rather than catching the low-level buyers.
The operation took a tragic toll when two weapons found on the scene where Border Patrol agent Brian Terry was murdered were linked to the ATF program.
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
Not the person they are talking about replacing him with is from.....the Chicago field office.
It looks like unseen forces are forcing people’s hands and the ATF and Judiciary depratments are singing and it really doesn’t matter. Holder is next!
No.. wait. That was the ATF name for the prearranged press coverage at the military-style attack on the geezers and children at the Davidian's "compound."
Wonder what this was called.. Shock and.. ah sh!t?
It's time folks.. but let the professionals do it.
Hello out there.
If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!
Well someone has got to take the fall for Holder and Obama.
Will they charge the ATF guy with accessory to murder?
REal questions should be like Did Holder Know about this?
How about Obammy?
Any senators or congress thiefs?
This stinks to high heaven and ya gots to know these crooks are shredding.
Pray it happens. If Holder goes down Obama’s firewall goes down as well.
Au contraire. It did exactly what it was intended to do - to prove that the cartels' guns were coming from the US.
resign? Why isn’t he in jail?
Imagine this:
US legal authorities learn that the highest leaders in the Mexican government knowingly permitted seperatist groups within the USA to be armed with weapons from Mexico.
Imagine further that these groups in the USA then used the Mexican weapons to shoot down a US helicopter, and they murdered Mexican officers.
What would be the legal response of the Mexican government...?
Would they do nothing? Because there IS an extradition treaty.
Hopefully Melson will be thrown under the bus. Then he will become the star witness at Issa’s hearings. LOL.
In the readers’ comments at the ABC website, 25 so far, not one pro-Obama excuse maker. Hmmmm.
Better yet, demolish the entire BATFE (F Troop).
Always call them F-Troop. They HATE being called “F Troop”.
As I mentioned on another thread, I worked with Andrew (Andy) Traver years ago when he was an ATF field agent. We worked anti-gang operations. My estimation, which is supported by numerous others assigned with me, is that Traver doesn’t have the necessary mental acumen to fill out an ATF job application. Trust me, he will be a lap dog for Obama. Lord help us.
And that should be following defunding and total elimination of BATFE.
Even this long after Waco, it's not too late for justice...
Another Webb Hubbell.
Hubbell rolled over for the Klintons.
This idiot is rolling over for Holder and Zero.
what the hell does ACTING mean???
Bump.
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