Fair enough. But isn’t the key point that the published text of Holder’s speech in Mexico in April 2009 gives a clear indication that he was aware of plans for the DOJ/ATF/FBI to expand Gunrunner to entail operations both in Mexico and the US—just what became F&F starting 5 months later?
All that speech proves is that Holder knew about Gunrunner just as many did. The key to Holder’s (and Zer0’s) knowledge about F&F is in how it was funded......and THAT was part of the stimulus bill. Lemme search out that link.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2745149/posts
The four Congressmen behind HR 495 are Reyes TX, Rodriguez TX, Teague NM and Engel NY.
As is always the case in scandals and cover-ups...FOLLOW THE MONEY!
Holder and Zer0 knew about all this early on. Hell, they planned it for PROPAGANDA PURPOSES. They FACILITATED the illegal shipment of illegally purchased weapons out of this country. Only problem was, the numbers weren't high enough for their purposes. That's why the FBI started using TAXPAYER MONEY to have informants buy weapons!
The speech referenced at the start of this thread proves nothing of consequence.
Here is a link to the folks who have covered this very well. IIRC, this is where the term “Gunwalker Scandal” originated. Unfortunately, their posts are newest first, so you’ll have to scroll to the bottom and hit “older posts” and keep doing that to get to the start. This is the blog that American Thinker and others got a lot of their information.
http://sipseystreetirregulars.blogspot.com/