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Former DEA chief says 3 other federal agencies knew about Operation Fast and Furious
foxnews ^ | 2/10/12 | William La Jeunesse

Posted on 02/10/2012 12:43:23 PM PST by ColdOne

While criticism surrounding Operation Fast and Furious has so far focused on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, three other federal agencies knew about the operation and some of their agents tried to stop it, according to the former chief of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in Tucson.

Tony Coulson, the DEA’s agent in charge of Southern Arizona during Fast and Furious, says many federal field agents knew the ATF was walking guns to Mexico, but supervisors told them to back off when they objected.

“Clearly, we went too far,” Coulson said. “The question we had among rank and file law enforcement was, ‘When is someone going to call ATF on this, when is someone going to tell them to stop?’”

Coulson’s remarks jibe with what is already known about the operation. The DEA, the FBI and ICE, also known as Immigration Customs and Enforcement, all played roles in the investigation.

Coulson said those agencies share the blame since top officials knew, but did little to stop, the gunrunning effort. Coulson is among the first senior public officials, current or former, who admit knowing about the botched operation.

Coulson claims he raised objections to then-DEA chief Elizabeth Kempshall

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
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1 posted on 02/10/2012 12:43:26 PM PST by ColdOne
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To: MestaMachine; Nachum

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2 posted on 02/10/2012 12:44:42 PM PST by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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To: ColdOne

Don’t forget that this Administration and all of its parts are communists and will overthrow our Constitutional America.


3 posted on 02/10/2012 12:47:44 PM PST by Logical me
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To: ColdOne

So how many were conspiring to subvert the Constitution here?

Every one of them needs to be brought up on High Treason charges. All the way to OBAMA.


4 posted on 02/10/2012 12:48:06 PM PST by Dogbert41 ("...or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King. " -Jesus)
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To: ColdOne

Boner is covering for them now:

http://www.coachisright.com/john-boehner-to-halt-fast-and-furious-investigation-sell-out-to-eric-holder-and-white-house/


5 posted on 02/10/2012 12:52:21 PM PST by Mechanicos (Why does the DOE have a SWAT Team?)
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To: ColdOne
"...the botched criminal operation...."

Botched, my @$$.

6 posted on 02/10/2012 12:55:16 PM PST by Paladin2
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7 posted on 02/10/2012 12:56:22 PM PST by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: ColdOne

All these agencies knew of or had a part in this CF and they knew it was counterproductive and wrong. All arrows lead to Holder as the gatekeeper of wants/needs/information.
Doesn’t this remind you of the pre-Bush/Cheney years of agencies stumbling over each other? What was the result of that Huh?


8 posted on 02/10/2012 12:56:22 PM PST by bossmechanic (If all else fails, hit it with a hammer)
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Former DEA chief says 3 other federal agencies knew about Operation Fast and Furious


9 posted on 02/10/2012 1:00:26 PM PST by LucyT (**** Who is Barry Soetoro? ****)
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To: ColdOne; MestaMachine; Nachum; LucyT; STARWISE; maggief
How can three dept be involved WITHOUT coordination from the very top?

Rahm, Valerie....? who did the scheming.

10 posted on 02/10/2012 1:11:05 PM PST by hoosiermama (Stand with God and Sarah, the Gipper and Newt will be standing next to you.)
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To: Dogbert41

Agree! They should get the choice of rope or fast projectiles.


11 posted on 02/10/2012 1:16:50 PM PST by mcshot (Voter fraud will be the doom of the Republic as desired by the Lib Dems.)
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To: ColdOne

The State Department had to know, but of course, this whole thing was probably Hillary’s idea.


12 posted on 02/10/2012 1:31:27 PM PST by Carry_Okie (There has not been a conservative American government for 90 years.)
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To: hoosiermama

IMHO, there is no way that FUBO wasn’t in the loop on this.


13 posted on 02/10/2012 1:37:00 PM PST by basil (It's time to rid the country of "gun free zones" aka "Killing Fields")
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To: hoosiermama

Well of the four agencies who knew, seems to me three report to the Justice Department...Seems to me somewhere that info must have flowed to the top.

BTW, the false statement statute was amended sometime ago to expand it beyond knew it was false to should have known it was false. If Holder says he did not know of this operation, he set up a wall to make sure he did not know.


14 posted on 02/10/2012 2:12:42 PM PST by Mouton (Voting is an opiate of the electorate. Nothing changes no matter who wins..)
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To: ColdOne
...but supervisors told them to back off when they objected.

Supervisors. I bet they have names don't they?

15 posted on 02/10/2012 2:59:30 PM PST by TigersEye (Life is about choices. Your choices. Make good ones.)
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To: TigersEye

That caught my eye right off!


16 posted on 02/10/2012 3:07:41 PM PST by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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To: ColdOne
We have had proof for many months that the DOJ, ATF, FBI, DEA, ICE, BP and DHS knew of and had reps sit in meetings about F&F. Holder wants to say that the whole thing was run by some mid-level ATF agents out of the Phoenix office. If that's true then the heads of every one of those agencies is stunningly incompetent and should be removed immediately.

Holder should either name the "supervisors" who did this, detail their activities, fire and/or prosecute them or admit that he can't handle running a sidewalk lemonade stand and resign.

17 posted on 02/10/2012 3:28:48 PM PST by TigersEye (Life is about choices. Your choices. Make good ones.)
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18 posted on 02/10/2012 5:30:04 PM PST by MestaMachine (obama kills)
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To: Nachum
The committee report linked from the Fox article is quite interesting, however it is in their online viewer which is difficult to read. A regular PDF is here:

http://www.justf.org/files/primarydocs/120202MajorityReport.pdf

19 posted on 02/11/2012 9:04:11 AM PST by Clinging Bitterly (We need to limit political office holders to two terms. One in office, and one in prison.)
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To: MestaMachine

They can’t have erased/shredded everything. There are hard drives, and multiple people have copies of this and that.


20 posted on 02/11/2012 8:50:32 PM PST by little jeremiah (We will have to go through hell to get out of hell)
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