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It was an international crime, which should be brought to the ICC. (world court) It is and was a classic RICO case if there were ever a model for the act.
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Hillary clearly laid out the whole Fast and Furious conspiracy, in March, 2009, in the New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/26/world/americas/26mexico.html
“Our insatiable demand for illegal drugs fuels the drug trade,” Mrs. Clinton said, using unusually blunt language. “Our inability to prevent weapons from being illegally smuggled across the border to arm these criminals causes the deaths of police officers, soldiers and civilians.”
Mrs. Clinton’s remarks were coupled with a pledge that the administration would seek $80 million from Congress to provide Mexican authorities with three Black Hawk helicopters to help the police track drug runners.
She also came bearing a new White House initiative, announced Tuesday, to deploy 450 more law enforcement officers at the border, and crack down on the smuggling of guns and drug money into Mexico.
The diplomatic offensive, which will include visits by several other senior American officials ahead of President Obama’s visit next month, was calculated to mollify Mexican officials, who have chafed in recent years at what they regard as Mexico-bashing in Washington. It seems to have worked.
Patricia Espinosa, Mexico’s foreign secretary, said the new measures were “much along the line of cooperation that we have been trying to build upon.” But, she added, “there is always room for improvement in the U.S.”
Indeed, some of the Obama administration’s measures are likely to run squarely into American political realities. For example, early indications that Mr. Obama will push for stricter controls on the sale of assault rifles have already set off an outcry among gun-control opponents.
“Politically, this is a very big hurdle in our Congress,” Mrs. Clinton conceded.
