Posted on 07/07/2011 10:06:47 AM PDT by Domandred
Something about Project Gunrunner (gunwalker, fast and furious) has been bugging me but I just couldn't put my finger on it.
This morning when I woke up I remember seeing Project Gunrunner in a bill that was discussed here. The original thread about it was a rumor thread that HR45 had been rolled into the stimulus package.
In that thread I scanned the text of H.R.1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for gun, firearm, etc and came up with a hit.
I posted in the thread: "Only time gun or firearm appears is in the part that give $10,000,000 to the ATF for Project Gunrunner. That was H.R. 495, asking for 15,000,000 for Gunrunner".
H.R. 495 that I mentioned never made it out of committee, but it looks as it was to specifically fund Gunrunner.
Instead portions of it were rolled into the stimulus package a month later. That text found in H.R.1 is:
For an additional amount for State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance, $40,000,000, for competitive grants to provide assistance and equipment to local law enforcement along the Southern border and in High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas to combat criminal narcotics activity stemming from the Southern border, of which $10,000,000 shall be transferred to Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Salaries and Expenses for the ATF Project Gunrunner.
Notice that's $40,000,000 for Southern border enforcement, $10,000,000 of which specifically for Project Gunrunner. What does $10 million pay for here? It didn't hire any new agents that I am aware of.
What this tells me is that several congressmen also had knowledge of what Gunrunner was going to entail. This isn't just the ATF and DOJ. This is all levels and areas of government. Even members of the House and Senate knew what Project Gunrunner was.
Looks like Obama will need a new VP. Joe Biden was the one who was going to be the stimulus sheriff. You remember- “nobody messes around with Joe!” It makes sense to have him as the fall-guy as no one really believed the bumbling incompetent was going to do anything to keep track of the stimulus.
It is and it does. FYI, I've forwarded itb to a couple of people in the news and talk radio biz. I doubt you'll get credit for it, but if they go with it, you deserve both their and our thanks.
Sponsor:
Rep. Ciro Rodriguez [D-TX23]hide cosponsors
Cosponsors:
Henry Cuellar [D-TX28]
Eliot Engel [D-NY17]
Silvestre Reyes [D-TX16]
Harry Teague [D-NM2]
This is from govtrack.us
The above was H.R.495 that failed to pass but was later funded by the stimulus.
More reading for you: the Merida Initiative
” Can you say offshore accounts? Govt fraud? Money laundering? Illegal
conversions of govt monies? “
Oh yeah....the only 2 questions are where, and how much?
Bump - great work - thank you!
It is very significant that the Democrat authors in the House and Senate inserted words to authorize and fund the criminal actions of the Administration and DOJ.
A tangled web indeed.
Interesting the people that keep popping up.
Stimulus funds Gunrunner
Apollo Alliance writes stimulus
Phil Angelides part of Apolllo Alliance
Angelides whitewashes Fannie Mae role in financial collapse
Jim Johnson on Fannie Mae
Jim Johnson Obama Advisor
and on and on
Is there a way to find the exact line in the bill to look at where this appropriation is mentioned- specifically the statement you mention. I’m not having much luck using their search feature - Thanks
Good old non read stimulus.
you have great information there. But your conclusion is faulty.
>What this tells me is that several congressmen also had knowledge of what Gunrunner was going to entail. This isn’t just the ATF and DOJ. This is all levels and areas of government. Even members of the House and Senate knew what Project Gunrunner was.<
They thought it was intended to arrest STRAW buyers, not let the guns walk.
http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h1/text?version=enr&nid=t0:enr:232t
Go to that link, wait for it to load (it’s long). Then CTRL-F (find) “gunrunner”. Should bring you right to it, highlighted.
Yes, this is as serious a story of government abuse as I’ve seen in a long time.
It's a little off topic, but as girlangler notes important. Government Gone Wild, but not reality TV. I suspect in an attempt to abridge our firearm rights up front, but far beyond that. People have died, many of them. The most transparent administration in history, lying. Not going to ping these articles, but for anyone interested, I'd suggest getting on Joe Brower's gun rights list.
Levin just gave FR (you) props and mentioned this.
Why isn’t this in breaking news?
This thread was mentioned on the Mark Levin program. I think it deserves to be in breaking news.
Apollo or the Ctr for American Progress.
Same deal, really.
Attaboy Extreme.
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