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EXCLUSIVE: FBI Implicated In ‘Fast and Furious’
fox news ^ | 7/26/11 | William La Jeunesse & Laura Prabucki, Fox News

Posted on 07/26/2011 9:00:46 AM PDT by Nachum

n the latest chapter of the gunrunning scandal known as Operation Fast and Furious, federal officials won't say how two suspects obtained more than 360 weapons despite criminal records that should have prevented them from buying even one gun.

Under current federal law, people with felony convictions are not permitted to buy weapons, and those with felony arrests are typically flagged while the FBI conducts a thorough background check.

However, according to court records reviewed by Fox News, two of the 20 defendants indicted in the Fast and Furious investigation have felony convictions and criminal backgrounds that experts say, at the very least, should have delayed them buying a single firearm. Instead, the duo bought dozens of guns on multiple occasions while federal officials watched on closed-circuit cameras.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: atf; banglist; castaway; corruption; dea; doj; fast; fastandfurious; fbi; furious; govtabuse; gunrunner; gunwalker; holder; implicated; obama; treason; tyranny
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To: edcoil

Or we could elect a RINO and have him go on Leno, like another RINO I remember, and hear him say “Can’t we all just get along? We need to move forward.”


21 posted on 07/26/2011 2:01:48 PM PDT by Terry Mross (I'll only vote for a SECOND party.)
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To: Nachum

exactly


22 posted on 07/26/2011 3:14:40 PM PDT by Joe Boucher ((FUBO))
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To: Nachum

How long ago did we discuss their involvement and this is an “exclusive” HA!


23 posted on 07/26/2011 6:15:07 PM PDT by Munz (All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.)
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To: DCBryan1

He may be trying to fall on the sword, but it wont last.

There is too much information out there and this was above his paygrade


24 posted on 07/26/2011 6:16:41 PM PDT by Munz (All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.)
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To: ronnyquest

Yes, Lincoln is a poor choice when talking about the defense of freedom.


25 posted on 07/26/2011 9:03:51 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX ( The state is the great fiction by which everybody seeks to live at the expense of everybody else. ~)
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