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Gun-tracking operation caught top suspect, then let him go (Fast and Furious)
LAT ^ | March 19, 2012 | Richard Serrano

Posted on 03/19/2012 5:24:48 AM PDT by GlockThe Vote

Seven months after federal agents began the ill-fated Fast and Furious gun-tracking operation, they stumbled upon their main suspect in a remote Arizona outpost on the Mexican border, driving an old BMW with 74 rounds of ammunition and nine cellphones hidden inside.

Detained for questioning that day in May 2010, Manuel Fabian Celis-Acosta described to agents from theBureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosiveshis close association with a top Mexican drug cartel member, according to documents obtained this weekend by the Times/Tribune Washington Bureau.

The top Fast and Furious investigator, Special Agent Hope MacAllister, scribbled her phone number on a $10 bill after he pledged to cooperate and keep in touch with investigators.

Then Celis-Acosta disappeared into Mexico. He never called.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


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Speecheless
1 posted on 03/19/2012 5:24:51 AM PDT by GlockThe Vote
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To: GlockThe Vote

Hope springs eternal. So does stupidity.


2 posted on 03/19/2012 5:34:02 AM PDT by bcsco
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To: GlockThe Vote

Fast and Furious is not about catching Mexican drug lords.
Fast and Furious is not about guns in Mexico.

Fast and Furious is about attacking the Second Amendment within the United States.


3 posted on 03/19/2012 5:36:10 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy ("And the public gets what the public wants" -- The Jam)
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To: ClearCase_guy

And not one of these turds running in the primary has said a word about it.


4 posted on 03/19/2012 5:38:15 AM PDT by GlockThe Vote (The Obama Adminstration: 2nd wave of attacks on America after 9/11)
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To: GlockThe Vote

He never called !

Because He’s still holding his belly rolling aroung on his back in Mexico laughing him self silly at “ Special Agent” Hope MacAllister.

The $10.00 bill with Her phone number is framed an hanging in a cantina.

She still sitting next to the phone ?


5 posted on 03/19/2012 5:39:16 AM PDT by reefdiver ("Let His day's be few And another takes His office")
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To: GlockThe Vote

Well the agents name says it all: HOPE


6 posted on 03/19/2012 5:51:04 AM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (I miss President Bush! 2012 - The End Of An Error! (Oathkeeper))
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To: reefdiver

These are the thugs and morons we are supposed to place trust in for energy, health care, economy, taxes etc.

I wonder why this Hope moron still is employed by the ATF? Oh we know the answer now don’t we?


7 posted on 03/19/2012 5:56:15 AM PDT by GlockThe Vote (The Obama Adminstration: 2nd wave of attacks on America after 9/11)
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To: GlockThe Vote

This story alone is enough to demand Holder’s resignation from the trusted position of Attorney General.


8 posted on 03/19/2012 6:01:55 AM PDT by Rapscallion (The corruption and mismanagement persist because YOU tolerate it.)
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To: Rapscallion

Nothing will happen so long as we have Boehner as Speaker.

Boehner single handidly is killing off the GOP.


9 posted on 03/19/2012 6:03:23 AM PDT by GlockThe Vote (The Obama Adminstration: 2nd wave of attacks on America after 9/11)
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To: GlockThe Vote

The drumbeat of Bolshevik Dictator Baby-Doc Barak continues to grow louder - - - .


10 posted on 03/19/2012 6:12:14 AM PDT by Graewoulf (( obama"care" violates the 1890 Sherman Anti-Trust Law, AND is illegal by the U.S. Constitution.))
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To: ClearCase_guy

911 was spun around by liberals to attack Christians, so it is logical that Fast and Furious is designed to their desires.


11 posted on 03/19/2012 6:15:46 AM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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To: ClearCase_guy; MestaMachine; Joe Brower; marktwain
Fast and Furious is not about catching Mexican drug lords. Fast and Furious is about attacking the Second Amendment within the United States.

Exactly. Which is the essential fact about Murdergate that Gangster Govt TV will not address. (They are too busy with American Celebrity and Birth Control.)

12 posted on 03/19/2012 6:21:44 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: GlockThe Vote

“He carried a permanent U.S. resident card, a Social Security number and an Arizona driver’s license”.

My guess is he told them he would vote for Obama in November, thats why he was let loose....only after the phony program ended was he captured and arrested by agents who actually know how to do their jobs.


13 posted on 03/19/2012 6:32:18 AM PDT by 3rdcoastislander (Northern Mexico......aka South Texas.....)
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To: GlockThe Vote
Just like a man - they say they will call tomorrow but they never do!

Another clueless twit in a position of authority and responsibility because of her internal plumbing arrangements instead of her qualifications.


14 posted on 03/19/2012 6:38:37 AM PDT by Iron Munro (If Repubs paid as much attention to Rush as the Dem's do, we wouldn't be in this mess)
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To: GlockThe Vote
MacAllister asked Celis-Acosta whether he "would be willing to cooperate." When he said yes, they confiscated the ammunition and let him go.

Smart crook, stupid feds.

15 posted on 03/19/2012 7:10:53 AM PDT by ElkGroveDan (My tagline is in the shop.)
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To: GlockThe Vote

Once again, combined with the Breitbart release of Holder’s admission that manipulating people’s view of guns is a priority, it points to a devious anti-gun motivation behind F&F (what ELSE could it be?)

Eric Holder on tape, speaking about guns: “We need to just really brainwash people”

http://www.breitbart.com/


16 posted on 03/19/2012 7:48:03 AM PDT by cookcounty (Newt 2012: ---> Because he got it DONE.)
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To: GlockThe Vote
Newt Gingrich addresses the NRA
17 posted on 03/19/2012 8:46:41 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Iron Munro

I’m so stealing that cartoon.


18 posted on 03/19/2012 9:46:56 AM PDT by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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To: GlockThe Vote

Kinda like catching a bank robber while he’s robbing the bank, and saying, “I need to mark those bills, so if you ever spend them, they can be traced back to you”.....:]


19 posted on 03/19/2012 10:08:40 AM PDT by Quickgun (Second Amendment. The only one you can put your hands on.)
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To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...

The list, Ping

Let me know if you would like to be on or off the ping list


20 posted on 03/19/2012 11:05:27 AM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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