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Justice Department Obstructing 'Fast and Furious' Gun Probe, ATF Director Says
FoxNews.com ^ | July 6, 2011 | By William Lajeunesse

Posted on 07/06/2011 8:54:58 AM PDT by topher

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To: Lurker
Looks like Melson will not go quietly under the bus. If he starts naming names we’ll know if he’s serious or not.

If he dies in a mysterious accident, we'll know the reason...

61 posted on 07/06/2011 10:56:07 AM PDT by Kenton (Trust, but carry a gun...)
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To: topher
... two days ahead of his scheduled interview with the inspector general....

Methinks this is quite significant. Nothing like getting ahead of the curve. Melson may actually turn out to be one of the good guys once this is over.

62 posted on 07/06/2011 10:56:27 AM PDT by Real Cynic No More (ual)
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To: Jeff Chandler

BREAKING NEWS ON....................................And in other News George Bush


63 posted on 07/06/2011 11:07:14 AM PDT by screaminsunshine (Socialism...Easier said than done.)
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To: Soothesayer9

ping

remember our conversation?

Check out the link and video.


64 posted on 07/06/2011 11:23:24 AM PDT by Munz (All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.)
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To: Real Cynic No More

Let’s listen in on the strategy meeting in the oval office:
Carney: The president says he was not involved in this from day one.
Holder: Yeah, he knows nothing.
Jarrett: You want to rephrase that Holder?
Holder: I meant about the gun case.
ATF Director: I was advised by DOJ personnel what to do and how to do it.
Holder: Do you have me on tape er I mean, why do you believe it was me.
Carney: President says you guys must work this out amongst yourselves.
Holder: Mr President, don’t you recall your direction about planting a false notion about guns going to mexico.
Carney: President says he has no knowlege of that.
Jarrett: Listen Holder, get a grip, find some underling to pin this on, you surely were not stupid enough to call ATF directly about this plan.
Holder, Yeah I was stupid enough to do that.
Carney: The president says he has no knowledge of any of this.
Jarrett: Holder, did you ever think what job you would handle in private life...by the way...if you don’t go quietly, we will extradite you to Mexico.
ATF director: See, I was not to blame, I was following orders.
Jarrett: that did not work well at Nuremberg so don’t count on it working here too...just keep you mouth shut and take the 5th when asked about anything or you will be going to Mexico with Holder.
Carney: The president says he did not know anything about this plan, ever.
Obama: Well, its a rap, I will have a statement for the press about some personnel changes around here...get it ready for 6PM friday.
Carney: Should it begin with a statement you had no knowledge of this scheme.
Obama: What scheme, first I heard of it was five minutes ago.
Jarrett: That is how it is going to be. Tell Sharpton he is on the short list for AG.
Obama: Get out of here, I have a tee time.


65 posted on 07/06/2011 11:23:56 AM PDT by Mouton (Voting is an opiate of the electorate. Nothing changes no matter who wins..)
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To: HollyB

>The ATF was going after an FBI informant that had already been deported? Just beautiful /s.<

No, you misunderstood. The FBI informant was the ones who wanted to buy the guns and send them to Mexico.

DEA learned of someone who wanted to buy guns and turned it over to the ATF.


66 posted on 07/06/2011 11:26:39 AM PDT by Munz (All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.)
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To: topher

“two days ahead of his scheduled interview”

Interesting. Was he afraid of something?


67 posted on 07/06/2011 11:31:12 AM PDT by dynachrome ("Our forefathers didn't bury their guns. They buried those that tried to take them.")
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To: Munz

Perhaps, but this what the story said.

“According to sources, unbeknown to the ATF, the target of their operation was a FBI confidential informant, a fact that only became known to them in April of this year after an 18-month investigation that cost millions of dollars of tax dollars.”

“The confidential informant is a former high-level drug dealer who had been deported by the DEA. The FBI, however, recruited him as a counter-terrorism informant, providing information on potential dirty bombs or Al Qaeda suspects moving through the border region.”


68 posted on 07/06/2011 11:31:57 AM PDT by HollyB
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To: Mouton
Hilarious!

Unfortunately, it may not be far from the truth!

69 posted on 07/06/2011 11:35:54 AM PDT by Real Cynic No More (ual)
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To: topher

Like I’ve said before... this 0bama cabal belongs not only out of power, but in the bottom cells of SuperMax. They are criminals and should be treated as such.


70 posted on 07/06/2011 11:36:37 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Imagine.... a world without islam.)
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To: topher

If this was the Bush Administration this would be the first thing out of every TV news anchor’s mouth every day of the week. The NYT would have 5 or 6 reporters covering every aspect of this.


71 posted on 07/06/2011 11:44:47 AM PDT by woweeitsme
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To: 1066AD

I bet that Sarah Brady gets grilled about the conversation where Obama said he was working on this under the radar.

That is the key to linking him to this.


72 posted on 07/06/2011 11:47:22 AM PDT by Munz (All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.)
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To: topher

Apparently Mexican drug cartels are ‘his people’ ,too.


73 posted on 07/06/2011 11:51:53 AM PDT by WOBBLY BOB ( "I don't want the majority if we don't stand for something"- Jim Demint)
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To: HollyB

Exactly. The informant was working for the FBI.
ATF did not know that they were targeting an informant. Which if you know how operations work is impossible unless the FBI was breaking it’s own rules. Which they obviously were.


74 posted on 07/06/2011 11:52:10 AM PDT by Munz (All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.)
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To: topher
I'm shocked! This Country will be a far better place when we get rid of Obama and the cronies of his regime!!
75 posted on 07/06/2011 11:52:46 AM PDT by jakerobins
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To: Munz

Which is what I said. ‘the ATF was going after an FBI informant.


76 posted on 07/06/2011 11:55:23 AM PDT by HollyB
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To: piytar

>30 other ATF agents have been terminated?????

That is what Vince Cefalu said in that interview. Today it comes out that an FBI agent was actively guiding a straw buyer for the cartels and ATF knew nothing about it. DoJ is in this deep.<


77 posted on 07/06/2011 11:57:33 AM PDT by Munz (All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.)
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Remember Obama told the anti-gun people he was working on the issue “under the radar”. I think the plan was to create chaos with all these guns going to bad guys and then use the bloodshed as a pretext for more gun control.


78 posted on 07/06/2011 12:28:10 PM PDT by ICU812 (Oldtime Freeper, back from a long hiatus)
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To: HollyB

>Which is what I said. ‘the ATF was going after an FBI informant.<

okay, it sounded like you believed that the ATF knew it was an FBI informant.


79 posted on 07/06/2011 12:34:57 PM PDT by Munz (All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.)
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To: Oceander

Read the letter - Holy COW!


80 posted on 07/06/2011 12:35:15 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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