Today is a good day to die.
I didn't say for whom.
Posted on 02/11/2011 5:26:19 AM PST by marktwain
If you want to see a change in response from the ATF, take away their budget.
I’m willing to bet they just may change their minds.
What is “Project Gunwalker”?
Anyone have a link to referenced letters to and from Grassley?
Project Gunwalker was a program the ATFE developed to essentially authorize the movement of a number of US purchased weapons to slide across the border in order to prove there were weapons being smuggled from the US into Mexico. Ostensibly, they were going to monitor the movement of these weapons but they lost accountability. Now it seems that some of these weapons were used in the killing of Border Patrolmen Brian Terry last December.
In short, the ATF was using FFL’s and strawbuyers to sell guns across into Mexico. Initially, this was to try and close down illicit channels, but then became a political tool to try and push more legislation. A few of these guns have turned up being used in border crime including one recovered that was directly linked to the murder of a US Border Patrol Agent.
You type faster than I do. ;-)
I think you’re sugar coating it a little. I’d describe it as an agent provocateur program, atf wanted to prove that guns were being smuggled into mexico in some organized way, and the only way to do that was to smuggle them down there themselves. Only they got caught when BPA Terry was murdered with one of their guns.
Interesting, but it’s hard to take an author seriously when they mix trite movie quotes with political commentary.
May be here:
http://sipseystreetirregulars.blogspot.com/2011/02/empire-strikes-back-doj-issues-denial.html
The go do your own write up. Show us how it’s done.
I believe this is it:
Dear Attorney General Holder:
During our meeting on January 31, I provided you with copies of my recent letters to Acting ATF Director Kenneth E. Melson. I had received serious allegations from ATF whistleblowers. ATF agents told my staff that the agency allowed the sale of assault rifles to known and suspected straw purchasers for an illegal trafficking ring near the southwest border. Authorities allegedly recovered two of those weapons at the scene of a firefight near the southwest border on December 14, 2010. Customs and Border Protection Agent Brian Terry lost his life in that firefight and may have been killed with one of those two rifles. That is why I requested nearly two weeks ago that the ATF brief my staff as soon as possible.
Unfortunately, the reaction to my request has, so far, been little more than delay and denial. I finally received a letter at close of business on Friday, February 4, in response to my request. It came not from the ATF, but from the Justice Department. Inthat letter, the Department categorically denied that the ATF “knowingly allowed the sale of assault weapons to a straw purchaser….” The Department said the ATF makes “every effort to interdict weapons that have been purchased illegally and prevent their transportation into Mexico.”
Read the rest: http://www.scribd.com/doc/48549160/RosettaStone
One can ask Randy Weaver about the damnable ATF
The only thing(s) “ATF” should be is three aisles at Wal Mart.
“Interesting, but it’s hard to take an author seriously when they mix trite movie quotes with political commentary”
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Here’s a “trite” movie quote for ya:
Captain Willard: “Oh man, the bullshit piled up so fast in the Federal Government, you needed wings to stay above it”
Ok Ok, I know that’s not the EXACT quote, but HEY it’s still pretty true!
I like the authors use of movie quotes.
What’s even more telling is the complete complicity the media has in protecting the Obama administration from being associated with “Project Gunwalker”.
Searching Google News I got exactly ZERO hits on “Project Gunwalker” from any so-called MainStream Media outlet.
The Democrat cover-up on Project Gunwalker is so far holding quite well.
What an annoying article. Instead of wasting my time quoting from Braveheart, why don't you tell us: 1. Eric Holder's letter. 2. Grassley's much talked about but actually unmentioned reply. 3. The 'rosetta stone' documents.
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