Posted on 07/06/2011 3:29:47 PM PDT by macquire
This morning, there was a stunning development in Congresss investigation of the Justice Departments Fast and Furious gun-running program: it was revealed that on July 4, Kenneth Melson, the acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and the Obama administrations intended fall guy in the scandal, broke ranks with his superiors. Without their knowledge, he gave an interview to Darrell Issas House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, accompanied only by his personal attorney. While a transcript of that interview is not yet public, it is clear that he blew the whistle on senior officials in the Justice Department.
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I have heard a lot about it on talk radio.
"Fast and Furious" was the official name given to the operation Ny ATF/DOJ. "Gunwalker" was a name given to it by frustrated field agents and was never, in any way, official...
the infowarrior
Ok, here's your correction... The Bush Administration program was "Gunrunner", not "Gunwalker". As you said, the guns were never allowed to leave the country, and the straw purchasers were arrested.
"Fast and Furious" was a program initiated by the Obama administration, obstensively as part of "Gunrunner, but the tactics were quite different. Instead of seizing the guns, and arresting the purchasers before they got to Mexico, the field agents were told by higher ups to allow the guns to "walk", or to enter Mexico. This made no logical sense to the agents in the field, so they took to calling it "Gunwalker", in protest...
the infowarrior
We know that at least one gun store in Texas was directed to sell guns to straw buyers that they believed were walking guns to Mexico.
We may be seeing just the tip of the iceberg.<
No, I think this was one operation that was being handled by the one District Court. It all would have gone back to the same office.
Another operation is now coming to light, in Tampa, with the guns going to MS-13 types in Honduras. This may be bigger than you think...
the infowarrior
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