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And my apologies for any redundant pings.
Posted on 03/04/2011 1:12:53 PM PST by RC one
A federal operation that allowed weapons from the U.S. to pass into the hands of suspected gun smugglers so they could be traced to the higher echelons of Mexican drug cartels has lost track of hundreds of firearms, many of which have been linked to crimes, including the fatal shooting of a Border Patrol agent in December.
The investigation, known as Operation Fast and Furious, was conducted even though U.S. authorities suspected that some of the weapons might be used in crimes, according to a variety of federal agents who voiced anguished objections to the operation.
Many of the weapons have spread across the most violence-torn states in Mexico, with at least 195 linked to some form of crime or law enforcement action, according to documents obtained by the Center for Public Integrity and The Times.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, which ran the operation, said that 1,765 guns were sold to suspected smugglers during a 15-month period of the investigation. Of those, 797 were recovered on both sides of the border, including 195 in Mexico after they were used in crimes, collected during arrests or intercepted through other law enforcement operations.
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If its bad enough that CBS and the LA TImes are running it, the MSM must smell blood in the water.
Could it be that the intent was, ultimately, to criminalize a few American firearm dealers? Jes’ wonderin.’
exactly. This isn’t going away and there’s no longer any spinning it. This is officially a scandal.
“Let”?
No, truth is that they GAVE them the weapons courtesy of Obama and the Brady batch.
Gotta have that anti-second amendment propaganda you know.
Wonder if the pressers finally waking up to it will cover that aspect?
BATFE to the rescue and to generate a need for their budget to increase.
Oopsie.
The dam dun busted today.
First Rush, now this.
Just damn.
I have been preoccupied. what’s up with Rush?
No, that’s not it at all. In fact, the gun dealers all called the ATF to report the suspicious mass gun sales. The ATF ordered them to proceed with the sales. Now it turns out they even videotaped the guns being loaded into their vehicles.
The BATF faces Waterloo on a Watergate scale.
Rush spent the first half hour of his second hour today on Gunrunner/walker/fast and furious. ATF, Bortac agent Terry, all of it.
sweet. get some.
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There needs to be some prosecutions over this. A man is dead because of these ATF idiots.
A man who was far better and worth more than the entire BATFE.
1,765 guns were sold to suspected smugglers
Thanks for the pings Joe!
No need to wonder. That’s exactly the intent. It’s not like the Cartels didn’t have enough criminal charges pending. They needed to add gun charges to that?
Damn redundant pings. There oughta be a law.
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