Flashback: David Ogden Announces New Efforts With Project Gunrunner "As Directed By the President"

MRCTV (Media Research Center TV) ^ | 12/22/2011 | Joe S.

[blog.Eyeblast.tv]

On March 24, 2009, David Ogden, who was Deputy Attorney General at the time, announced new efforts with Project Gunrunner "as directed by the president." Ogden says he and Attorney General Eric Holder are taking "several new and aggressive steps as part of the administration's comprehensive plan."

"The president has directed us to take action to fight these cartels and Attorney General Eric Holder and I are taking several new and aggressive steps as part of the administration's comprehensive plan. The first steps include the following: DOJ's Drug Enforcement Administration which already has the largest US drug enforcement presence in Mexico, with 11 offices in that country, is placing 16 new DEA positions in southwest border field operations- specifically to target Mexican trafficking and associated violence. The DEA is also deploying 4 new mobile enforcement teams to specifically target Mexican methamphetamine trafficking, both along the border and in US cities impacted by the cartels", says Ogden.

He continues, "DOJ's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is increasing it's efforts by adding 37 new employees in 3 new offices using $10 million dollars in Recovery Act funds and redeploying 100 personnel to the southwest border in the next 45 days to fortify it's Project Gunrunner- which is aimed at disrupted arms trafficking between the United States and Mexico. ATF is doubling it's presence in Mexico itself, from 5 to 9 personnel working with the Mexicans specifically to facilitate gun tracing activity which targets the illegal weapons and their sources in the United States."

[MestaMachine]

“As Directed By the President”

Hmmmm...ping

[2nd Bn, 11th Mar]

Let us not forget (in response to criticism they weren’t doing enough on gun control) that Obama said “We’re doing things under the radar”.

[TheOldLady]

Everybody knew everything about this conspiracy against the Second Amendment from Day One, and they’re all guilty as sin for the deaths of hundreds of people. Hang ‘em high.

[Eldon Tyrell]

Don’t be silly.

Thousands of automatic weapons were sold to criminals by just a few bad eggs outside of the mainstream of our enforcement agencies.

A few rogues circumvented multiple government agencies without being detected -

Which - if you think about it = is even worse - since all those feds are supposed to prevent this from happening.

Only an idiot doesn’t know this comes from the top.

[simplesimon]

Does Issa or Grassley have this information ?

[joe fonebone]

Game........Set......Match........ fubo is now officially toast, time for strategy... is the move to impeach made now, or do we allow him to be re-elected, then impeach him within the first 3 months of his second term? If we can get the house and senate, along with some backbone, the dems will be in check, and at least no more damage can be done to the country, and the dem machine will be destroyed... what to do, what to do????

[butterdezillion]

Obama should not be captured by the political machinery. He should be captured by law enforcement. What these people are doing is blatantly criminal and they should all be sitting in jail. What we have here is the utter and absolute failure of the rule of law, which is a matter of national security.

If these people refuse to let our law enforcement investigate and get to the bottom of who’s guilty and who’s not, maybe the American Revolution’s method of letting God do the sorting may be the only option. It’s up to them, which way they want justice to come.

[Erik Latranyi]

Turn Obama, Holder & Company over to the Mexicans for trial!

[GOPJ]

Thanks for the ping.

[TigersEye]

"The president has directed us to take action to fight these cartels and Attorney General Eric Holder and I are taking several new and aggressive steps as part of the administration's comprehensive plan." - Dept. Atty. Gen. David Ogden; March 24, 2009

[SunkenCiv]

Yeah, let’s focus on the differences between Zero’s policies and the Pubbies’.

Thanks blog.Eyeblast.tv.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Think I saw this with a video on another thread!

OK guess it is the same video...

[Marine_Uncle]

Thanks E.. It does not look like the administration is going to be able to wiggle out of the whole affair, as they earlier on might have hoped.

[GlockThe Vote]

This clip has been floating around for months now. Still don’t understand why Ogden has not been hauled up to testify.

[Irish Eyes]

This clip has been floating around for months now. Still don’t understand why Ogden has not been hauled up to testify.

Good question. This is the first time I have seen the clip. obama must not be too happy with Ogden.

[GlockThe Vote]

they need to find out what exactly was the instructions Obama told them to.

[Marine_Uncle]

RE: "This clip has been floating around for months now. Still don’t understand why Ogden has not been hauled up to testify."
I must be honest in saying I have cut back drastically as to what I view and time logged onto this site. I have not followed the details on this issue. But thanks for the feedback. Perhaps one of these days I shall set a half day aside to just wade through the many postings on the Fast and Furious and Gunrunner issues.