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Posted on 05/05/2011 7:25:44 PM PDT by neverdem
It is the closest thing to a smoking gun congressional investigators have in their probe of Project Gunrunner -- a program that was intended to stop the flow of guns to criminals in Mexico but instead allowed those guns to be smuggled to Mexico instead.
An internal memo from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives shows that U.S. officials allowed criminals to buy 1,318 guns worth nearly $1 million, even after they suspected the buyers were working for Mexican drug cartels, and that the agency's effort to stop the guns had "yielded little or no results."
That memo came to light Wednesday at a Senate Judiciary Hearing and provided by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa. The ATF memo shows a list of 15 suspects, all later indicted, who bought guns on behalf of Mexican cartels.
Click here to see memo (see page 1)(PDF)
Those suspects are known in the trade as straw buyers, or people who legally purchase guns and illegally resell them....
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In a companion memo dated June 15, 2010, field agents say they recovered "179 crime guns in Mexico...and 130" in the U.S., but roughly 1,300 were unaccounted for and "due to the proximity to the border, bank subpoenas and financial investigations have yielded little or no results."
Click here to see memo (see page 2)(PDF)
In a second, equally explosive disclosure, a law enforcement source tells Fox News, that ATF undercover agents were acting as the straw buyers and purchasing guns using government-issued false identifications and then providing those guns to cartel traffickers to gain credibility in their undercover roles. In that capacity, the ATF "provided 2, 50 cal. machine guns to traffickers that are loose in Mexico and unaccounted for," the source said.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
I suspect they’re probably M2’s. What a bunch of idiots...
Our tax dollars in action. Do we really want government running our lives?
This should end obamas time in office.
He is responsible, no doubt.
Tell the subservient, compliant, propagandist mediots to float stories out there about drug cartels buying guns from American gun dealers, at the same time you're "suggesting" (do it, or else we'll make your lives miserable) that they do so.
Never let a crisis go to waste. We're being run by third-world scum. May they all be brought down hard. It's too bad only Grassley and Issa dare make noise. 2% of our near-worthless Senators.
Guns don’t kill people, Presidents do..
Probably the Barretts. Reporters are scared of them and think they’re machineguns.
Just how many times does the ATF have to be cause red handed in the middle of HUGE scandals before folks wake up and see what the real problems are?
Lest we forget tyhe ATF and FBI killed Weavers Wife and Son over 2 sawed off shotguns.
Oh and the burning alive of men women and children in Waco over a gun business.
But somehow Mexican Drug Cartels get the kid glove treatment. Typical Dum administration policy.
Holder on gun smuggling scandal: ‘I frankly don’t know’ what really happened
New Study Points to Truth About Mexican Cartels' Guns I printed parts of 2 pages from the PDF about how lame the Mexican gov'ts act is.
Friction Grows Between Lawmakers and DOJ Over 'Project Gunrunner' Probe
What Attorney General Holder Won’t Tell on Controversial Gun Operation, Documents Do
I'm betting by the time you remove all of the illegal ATF sponsored sales of guns, there were virtually no illegal gun sales to speak of.
Yet another 100% government manufactured crisis.
Even more disgusting is using alleged sales of guns to Mexican interests by US dealers as an excuse to trash RKBA.
I really think part of this program was in support of the anti second amendment efforts, by intent.
I also believe Obama knew about it from day one and approved it.
So where are the Republicans standing up and speaking out about this? We already know the leftist media won’t. But our guys, or supposedly our guys, are strangely and oddly silent.
What the hell???
Have they decided the Attorney General or anyone in the WH is responsible yet? This was a real stupid idea from whomever it was.
Check the links in comment# 11. Grassley in the Senate is on it, but being in the minority isn't in a very strong position. Issa in the House heads the House Oversight & Government Reform Committee. IMHO, I think he's going to do this right!
Thanks for the ping!
Thanks for the link.
You are very welcome.
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