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Operation Gunrunner was funded by the 2009 Stimulus Package
7/7/2011 | Domandred

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.

TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Mexico; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: arra; atf; banglist; batf; batfe; bhofascism; congress; corruption; doj; fastandfurious; govtabuse; gunrunner; gunwalker; holder; hr495; issa; july2011; lawenforcement; obama; obamacrimes; porkulus; soros; stealthguncontrol; stimulus; taxes
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To: Domandred

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161 posted on 07/08/2011 11:30:31 AM PDT by PMAS
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To: Domandred

Rush covering this story about the stimulus funding on air right now ping


162 posted on 07/08/2011 11:31:19 AM PDT by voteNRA (A citizenry armed with rifles simply cannot be tyrannized)
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To: voteNRA; Domandred; Jim Robinson; xzins
This thread is getting a lot of notice on the internet:

Operation Gunrunner was funded by the 2009 ... - FreeRepublic.com

www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2745149/posts
7/7/2011 | Domandred. Posted on 07/07/2011 10:06:47 AM PDT by Domandred. Something about Project Gunrunner (gunwalker, fast and furious) has been bugging me ...
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163 posted on 07/08/2011 2:09:19 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
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To: Free America52; All; kristinn

Was it the Joyce Foundation and Tides? We need to know who put it in and the lobbyist (who probably wrote it during those lock out sessions.


164 posted on 07/08/2011 2:10:44 PM PDT by AliVeritas (Pray. For all the latest, check out: http://directorblue.blogspot.com/)
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To: Domandred; HonestConservative; holdonnow; Fudd Fan

Thanks. Time to cross check the players and funders.


165 posted on 07/08/2011 2:15:26 PM PDT by AliVeritas (Pray. For all the latest, check out: http://directorblue.blogspot.com/)
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To: wac3rd

WTH does any of those individuals have in way of subject, government, law enforcement, etc. re: our sovereignty or defending our borders?


166 posted on 07/08/2011 3:09:47 PM PDT by AliVeritas (Pray. For all the latest, check out: http://directorblue.blogspot.com/)
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To: P-Marlowe

AG Eric Holder paging Dan Rather. Mr Rather would you pick up the pink courtesy phone please.


167 posted on 07/08/2011 4:14:36 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! True Supporters of our Troops PRAY for their VICTORY!)
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To: Domandred

Attorney General Eric Holder at the Mexico/United States Arms Trafficking Conference
CUERNAVACA, MEXICO ~ Thursday, April 2, 2009

Holder: “My department is committing 100 new ATF personnel to the Southwest border in the next 100 days to supplement our ongoing Project Gunrunner...”

http://www.justice.gov/ag/speeches/2009/ag-speech-090402.html


168 posted on 07/08/2011 5:49:14 PM PDT by TheBigJ
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To: apillar

Bump


169 posted on 07/08/2011 6:31:33 PM PDT by arkady_renko
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To: penelopesire

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170 posted on 07/08/2011 6:35:09 PM PDT by arkady_renko
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To: Domandred

Snowe, Specter and Collins for this in the Senate - not one Republican voted for it in the House.


171 posted on 07/08/2011 6:56:02 PM PDT by raybbr (People who still support Obama are either a Marxist or a moron.)
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To: SDShack
I do so hope Issa is the guy I think he is. I am also impressed with Grassley. I'm actually feeling pretty positive about this....after being disappointed with so many false alarms before. Well, not false alarms, but things well worth investigating...just going away.

I don't know if you all remember that story about 1 1/2 years ago that involved the mayor of Sacramento, Mechelle's brother and the firing of Inspector General Walpin. I just KNEW that this was a very, very dirty thing that Michelle was in the middle of. It had to do with the Mayor abusing an underage girl, misappropriation of fed funds, etc. Issa, apparently didn't go after this and I was so upset. It seemed like he was going to play hard ball with the slimes in the regime.

Oh, well....I pray if this is as bad as it looks, and it looks VERY bad...Issa will put the pedal to the medal. Wouldn't that be wonderful....to catch these crooks red handed? Not just innuendo, but facts, a trial, credible witnesses....The Mexican gvt demanding extradition of the perps. I'm going to really pray to God to just help Issa be strong enough to do this.

172 posted on 07/08/2011 8:13:04 PM PDT by Pigsley
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To: Domandred
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.

You're right - this does deserve it's own thread. Thanks.

173 posted on 07/08/2011 8:15:23 PM PDT by GOPJ (Black flash mobs: street level reflection of liberal elite's hatred of middle class America..)
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To: apillar
Shovel Ready Projects were the graves of the victims ... killed by ... ATF guns.

You've got a great tagline in there...

174 posted on 07/08/2011 8:20:37 PM PDT by GOPJ (Black flash mobs: street level reflection of liberal elite's hatred of middle class America..)
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To: TheBigJ

But but I thought Holder said he only learned about it a few days ago (/sarc)

Lying POS. It was probably his idea, or at least his final approval, to walk the guns in the first place but is trying for plausible deniability.


175 posted on 07/08/2011 8:48:11 PM PDT by Domandred (Fdisk, format, and reinstall the entire .gov system.)
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To: Domandred

Sent this to Drudge. Suggest all of you do the same.


176 posted on 07/08/2011 9:52:57 PM PDT by keats5 (Not all of us are hypnotized.)
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To: Domandred; All

WND has picked the story up but they don’t credit FR.

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=320221


177 posted on 07/09/2011 4:59:32 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Domandred

This whole thing gets stinkier and stinkier. Good catch. FReepers rule!


178 posted on 07/09/2011 8:51:10 AM PDT by b4its2late ("Pray for Obama. Psalm 109:8")
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To: Domandred

April 2009—Eric Holder (in Mexico) said:

“Last week, our administration launched a major new effort to break the backs of the cartels. My department is committing 100 new ATF personnel to the Southwest border in the next 100 days to supplement our ongoing Project Gunrunner, ... DHS is making similar commitments, as Secretary Napolitano will detail.”


179 posted on 07/09/2011 8:59:23 AM PDT by reagandemocrat
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To: reagandemocrat

from the DOJ’s own site:

http://www.justice.gov/ag/speeches/2009/ag-speech-090402.html


180 posted on 07/09/2011 9:03:37 AM PDT by reagandemocrat
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