Losing track? These four ATF agents all testified under oath that they were ordered to stand down and let guns "walk" against their objections.
The Department of Justice’s Operation Fast and Furious: Accounts of ATF Agents
Posted on 12/02/2011 3:25:53 PM PST by Red in Blue PA
While federal officials publicly denounced a lone whistleblower and told Congress the Obama administration had done everything it could to stop guns from going to Mexico, administration officials had signs that Fast and Furious investigators were losing track of weapons, a new memo obtained exclusively by Fox News suggests.
The memo, written in early February by Agent Gary Styers with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, appears to corroborate allegations made a few weeks earlier by whistleblower ATF Agent John Dodson about the gunrunning probe. It also conflicts with a letter from Assistant Attorney General Ron Weich to Congress, in which he insisted, "The allegation ... that ATF ‘sanctioned’ or otherwise knowingly allowed the sale of assault weapons ... is false.”
Styers' memo to top ATF officials was dated Feb. 3, a day before Weich told Congress on Feb. 4 that Dodson's claims were false. Styers explained that Fast and Furious "divided and isolated agents," and the agent in charge called off surveillance. He detailed one instance in which agents monitoring a firearms transaction at a gas station were told they were too close to the scene -- while they repositioned, the buyer left the area without agents following.
"It is unheard of to have an active wiretap investigation without full time dedicated surveillance units on the ground," he wrote.
Styers wrote that his advice, and the advice of other agents, was "widely disregarded."
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Waiting for Woodward-and-Bernstein Watergate-style expose on this. waiting............ still waiting....
...it is starting to get close to Dumbo, Steadman is gone before Christmas!
The current regime in the Oval Office makes the Nixon team look like paragons of virtue. At least with Watergate, there were no deaths traceable to the bad judgment, and no foreign involvement impinging on another country’s sovereignty.
This is grave, and failure to recognize the stark implications of flouting law and established international relations, is much more than merely illegal, it is undermining America’s standing in the world in ways never before imagined.
But who will ask the questions? I know of no such parallel in history by a legitimate government, and this tactic would be daring for an absolutely outlaw regime.
The term “Byzantine” comes to mind. Until the Medici of Florence came to power, that was the standard by which truly corrupt regimes were judged.
It was designed to simply dump guns into Mexico from the beginning. Very few of the agents had any concern and NONE of them had enough to go to Congress KNOWING FULL WELL it was illegal before Brian Terry was murdered.
Mexico should be screaming “Bloody Murder!”
Check the bank accounts of officials in Mexico.
Would bet they are being paid for their silence.....would put NOTHING pass this corrupt administration.
During Bush, we were informing the mezzicanx when guns were crossing the Border. The episode that ended that operation was when we called the mezzicans, and told them a crossing was happening. They called back 20 minutes later to say the hadn’t seen the vehicle. I figure that 20 minutes was how long it took for money to change hands. They’re completely corrupt.
Lots of Federal money is going to Mexico. I am sure that there are lots of informal, "backchannel" ways for the officials there to be informed of what is politically desired on this side of the border. You know, just to smooth things out to keep the "aid" coming.
Losing track? These four ATF agents all testified under oath that they were ordered to stand down and let guns "walk" against their objections.
The Department of Justice’s Operation Fast and Furious: Accounts of ATF Agents
The noose is tight on Holder’s neck. The only question, to me, is if he will fall on a grenade to save Obama.
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