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Operation Fast and Furious — How the Obama Administration Conned the Washington Post
Pajamas Media ^ | June 24, 2011 | Hans A. von Spakovsky

Posted on 06/24/2011 9:08:38 AM PDT by jazusamo

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1 posted on 06/24/2011 9:08:45 AM PDT by jazusamo
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To: jazusamo

Once again, a very bad lie, to advance a very bad idea for the rest of the U.S. populace.


2 posted on 06/24/2011 9:14:18 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: jazusamo

Next year when we have a Republican Congress and a conservative president, I propose she appoint one new Czar with one responsiblity: the elimination of `non-essential’ federal agencies. Let’s start with the BATF.


3 posted on 06/24/2011 9:15:17 AM PDT by tumblindice (Our government is upside down)
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To: jazusamo

If you want to be conned (which I am sure the Washington Post does), conning someone isn’t that difficult.


4 posted on 06/24/2011 9:18:48 AM PDT by bwc2221
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To: jazusamo

If you want to be conned (which I am sure the Washington Post does), conning someone isn’t that difficult.


5 posted on 06/24/2011 9:19:02 AM PDT by bwc2221
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To: jazusamo

Considering the simpletons who work at the WaPo, is this “unexpected”?


6 posted on 06/24/2011 9:19:10 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: tumblindice

Agreed, and secondly have the new AG go through the DOJ and clean out the leftists.


7 posted on 06/24/2011 9:19:31 AM PDT by jazusamo (His [Obama's] political base---the young, the left and the thoughtless: Thomas Sowell)
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To: jazusamo

Fast and Furious/Gunrunner have NOTHING to do with “incompetence and ineptitude.” They were DIRECT, DELIBERATE, criminal plans to “legitimize” the need for drastic gun control legislation. Problem for the Regime is John Dodson and other courageous ATF agents spoke up, blowing the whistle on this grotesque assault on the 2nd amendment rights of the American people. Now Hussein and Holder are in semi-panic mode and the WaPo is working, as usual, to provide cover.


8 posted on 06/24/2011 9:19:48 AM PDT by Oldpuppymax
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To: Da Coyote

Not unexpected at all, they’ll parrot any lies fed to them by liberals and communists.


9 posted on 06/24/2011 9:21:55 AM PDT by jazusamo (His [Obama's] political base---the young, the left and the thoughtless: Thomas Sowell)
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To: Oldpuppymax

Well said. I also believe Fast and Furious was set up as an assault on the 2nd amendment.


10 posted on 06/24/2011 9:24:49 AM PDT by jazusamo (His [Obama's] political base---the young, the left and the thoughtless: Thomas Sowell)
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To: Oldpuppymax

Those who ignore history are condemned to repeat it.

The Reichstag fire worked for Hitler.


11 posted on 06/24/2011 9:28:05 AM PDT by MikeSteelBe ( "Failure to speak out against evil is evil itself" - Dietrich Bonhoeffer)
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To: jazusamo

I know some may think that killing federal government agencies is nigh on impossible.
But to borrow from Obozo and his dupes: “Yes We Can!”
Our government is off the rails and out of control.


12 posted on 06/24/2011 9:29:19 AM PDT by tumblindice (A free Republic? If you can keep it ......)
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To: jazusamo

The Washington Post wants to be fooled by Obama.


13 posted on 06/24/2011 9:38:51 AM PDT by bmwcyle (Romey, Newt, Perry, Hunt,)
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To: jazusamo
The Post actually interviewed DeSaye over his store’s appearance in the trace records. DeSaye, to his credit, did not reveal the still-secret ATF operation to the Post reporters, even though they were clearly writing a negative story that was potentially embarrassing to DeSaye.

This was clearly an advertising ploy by ATF to get the word out to the gunrunners where they might obtain weapons. The merchant was probably in on the plan.

My only question is was the Post reporter working with ATF to get the word out?

14 posted on 06/24/2011 9:45:32 AM PDT by oldbrowser (Breitbart for a Pulitzer Prize)
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The WarshPost's involvement in Fast and Furious is too complicated to have been a result of their having been conned or misled.

They knew!

15 posted on 06/24/2011 9:47:31 AM PDT by muawiyah
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Believe what you want but the Chicago crowd aren’t that sophisticated. They were simply using ATF to send guns to favored cartels ~ it’s part of the PAY TO PLAY game they’re into ~ they call it “THE CHICAGO WAY”.


16 posted on 06/24/2011 9:50:39 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: oldbrowser
The gunrunners know where to get guns ~ what this did was LEGITIMATE the claims that these particular dealers actually could deliver the goods to them.

That saved the cartels thousands of manhours in trying to find a dealer to go along with them.

The Post undoubtedly knew what this was about.

17 posted on 06/24/2011 9:52:35 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: jazusamo

Articles like this drive me nuts. The author insists on pretending that the Post is an honest news organization that was somehow bamboozled by the Administration. In reality, there’s no need for the leftists to “con” their own disinformation outlets.


18 posted on 06/24/2011 9:58:48 AM PDT by Interesting Times (WinterSoldier.com. SwiftVets.com. ToSetTheRecordStraight.com.)
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To: jazusamo

With a Republican President impeachment proceedings would be started by now. And justifiably so.

At the end of the day we will see the head of the ATF fall on his sword and/or get thrown under the bus. A new, and worse Obama toady will take his place, and the Dems in congress will chant their usual mantra of “We need to move forward and let this go”.

And these fascists will continue their march to totalitarianism unimpeded.


19 posted on 06/24/2011 10:12:50 AM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ( If you can remember the 60s....you weren't really there)
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To: Interesting Times

I don’t know why von Spakovsky presents it like he is in this article because I’m sure with his experience in DC he knows the truth about WaPo.


20 posted on 06/24/2011 10:23:06 AM PDT by jazusamo (His [Obama's] political base---the young, the left and the thoughtless: Thomas Sowell)
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