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The Fast and Furious Red Herring
American Thinker ^ | May 6 2014 | anonyomous

Posted on 05/06/2014 7:19:48 AM PDT by PoloSec

The disappearing act known as the congressional Fast and Furious investigation made a brief return to the stage recently when U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder became unhinged during questioning by Representative Louis Gohmert (R). The trigger for his defiance was the mention by Rep. Gohmert of possible contempt charges over the Fast and Furious scandal. The AG’s admonition of “Don’t go there buddy,” started discussion as to why Holder reacted in such a strong manner. Sure, he’s hiding something, or someone, but are the White House, ATF, and the AG the only players?

-SNIP-

And my personal favorite:

…a 22-year-old girl walks in and dumps $10,000 on . . . AK-47s in a day, when she is driving a beat up car that doesn’t have enough metal to hold hubcaps on it.

The fact is the ATF knew most of the buyers before the operation began and either explicitly or implicitly gave the green light to buy guns illegally. That is, there was no need for the purchasers to establish any pattern of legitimacy or worry about flying below the radar. On top of this, the buyers transferred the weapons to “third parties” who moved them across the border. Who were the cross-border smugglers? Well, we don’t know, since the ATF withdrew its surveillance to allow the guns to walk. As many others have concluded, the only thing flying under the radar was the administration’s effort to build a case for more gun control.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: corruption; fastandfurious; fastfurious; gohmert; holder; holdercontempt
Long article, well worth the read...
1 posted on 05/06/2014 7:19:48 AM PDT by PoloSec
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To: PoloSec

Post is not the title of a Clancy novel.


2 posted on 05/06/2014 8:35:04 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob (You can count my felonies by looking at my FR replies.)
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To: PoloSec

Where`s the Select Committee of gun running to mexican drug gangs !?

THis is a slam dunk. If proven it means Impeachment of Obama and arrest of Holder.


3 posted on 05/06/2014 9:56:14 AM PDT by Para-Ord.45 (Americans, happy in tutelage by the reflection that they have chosen their own dictators.)
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To: PoloSec
Long article, well worth the read...

So, why didn't hang it in the editorial sidebar?

4 posted on 05/07/2014 6:06:23 PM PDT by neverdem (Register pressure cookers! /s)
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