ATF Accused in Congressional Report of 'Arming' Cartel for 'War' Through Operation Fast and Furious

Fox News ^ | July 26, 2011 | William Lajeunesse

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The failed federal anti-gunrunning program known as Operation Fast and Furious got so out of control in November 2009, it appeared the U.S. government was single-handedly "arming for war" the Sinaloa Cartel, documents show, even as ATF officials here kept lying to fellow agents in Mexico about the volume of guns it helped send south of the border.

Those shocking allegations are revealed in the latest congressional report investigating the operation.

At one point, agents say guns sold under the watch of the program took just 24 hours to travel from a gun store in Phoenix to a crime scene in Mexico.

ATF agents there pleaded for help but were told nothing about Fast and Furious, which was intended to let guns "walk" in order to track them to higher-profile traffickers.

Meanwhile, the report claims the agents' superiors in Washington met every Tuesday, to review the latest sales figures and the number of guns recovered in Mexico.

"How long are you going to let this go on?" Steve Martin, an assistant director of intelligence operations asked the ATF top brass at meeting Jan. 5, 2010. None of the men responded and several quickly left the room, according to a transcript of the meeting.

By Feb. 27, 2010, Lanny Breuer, the head of the Criminal Division of the Justice Department in Washington, D.C., was allegedly told that the ATF had successfully helped sell 1,026 weapons worth more than $650,000 to members of the Sinaloa

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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/07/26/atf-accused-in-congressional-report-arming-cartel-for-war-through-operation/

[ken21]

si.

arming an insurrection south of the border that spreads into the u.s.

you can see comrade obama and his attorney general smirking.

[kittymyrib]

This criminal activity by our government was happening in Nov. 09, and so far, not one person has been arrested for this blatant breaking of our law and the laws of at least two other countries. No one has even been fired. This is an outrage.

[Westbrook]

Why are they wasting time with this?

Didn’t they get the meme from the NYT?

The BIG story is Rupert Murdock!

And IMAGINE! The effrontery, the temerity, of NJ Gov. Christie to actually have LUNCH with Roger Ailes!!!

Oh, the HUMANITY!!!

[AndyJackson]

$600 per firearm and 24 hr delivery. Monopolistic bastards! Maybe we can get the feds for anti-trust violations.

[cripplecreek]

I’ve wondered if we were arming an invasion for a while now.

[Happy Rain]

IMPEACH Obama and FROG MARCH Holder!!!

[opentalk]

From the article:

ATF fficials confirm the murder of Mario Gonzales Rodriguez, brother of he Chihuahua attorney general, with a Fast and Furious gun. According to the report, the U.S. knew for eight months.

[mad_as_he$$]

Saw Issa on Imus yesterday. He pulled no punches - Holder knew and is eyeball deep in it. Issa has the goods on him. Now if he can pin it 0 in the next few months.

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[rbg81]

I’ve wondered what the endgame was here. Could it be to destabilize Mexico (even more than it already is) and drive even more people (illegals) up North? Maybe if Mexico becomes a failed state we would have to step in an annex it? That would ensure a Democratic majority like.... forever. The mind reels.....

[cripplecreek]

We need to look at immigration from a congressional district standpoint.

If there are 30 million illegals in America and each congressional district is made up of a bit more than 600,000 people, its enough to populate more than 50 congressional districts. Hell, my own state of Michigan only has 17 districts.

[opentalk]

Without the death of the border guard ATF gun connection and a whistle-blower, it would still be operational. (I am assuming they have stopped it)

[RummyChick]

It is very very important to note that one of the heads of the Sinaloa Cartel-Zambada Niebla- is in custody and claiming he was a CIA asset.
His prison conditions could lead one to believe he is telling the truth.

[RummyChick]

This was a CIA op. CIA trumps all.

It is unclear to me if the CIA co-opted Holder’s program or if they told Holder to let those guns walk.

Hopefully , we will find out.

[mewzilla]

Seems to me the question is now: What did the president know and when did he know it?

Note to Barry: You make Tricky Dick look like a piker...

Note to the left: You've become what you claim to loathe.

[RummyChick]

For more on the CIA part of this read this thread
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2747039/posts

[MikeSteelBe]

Annex like Germany did with Austria?

See my tagline.

[SC_Pete]

GRAND JURY TIME.