Gunwalker: Gunning Down the ‘Bush Did It, Too’ Lie
The Bush Justice Department ran a sting operation intended to interdict weapons. Guns were never allowed to walk.
Wide Receiver sought to track and interdict guns being smuggled south using a combination of RFID-tracking devices embedded in the shipments and overheard surveillance aircraft.
Sting operations can sound similar. For example if two operations were being done to catch drug dealers but one CAUGHT the dealers - and the other one (designed the same) put drugs in the hands of drug lords and NEVER arrested anyone - they would be VERY different operations...