Posted on 12/15/2011 1:00:37 PM PST by neverdem
The head of the FBI is strongly denying claims his agency tried to cover up evidence related to "Operation Fast and Furious" and the murder of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry.
"Let me start with adamantly rejecting the suggestion that the FBI would in any way cover up what happened in the tragic killing of Brian Terry," FBI Director Robert Mueller told a Senate panel Wednesday. "To the contrary, every available necessary resource has been put on that and similar investigations where we lose one of our own."
It's the latest in a broader back-and-forth over tactics used by investigators from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to target gun-runners in Arizona. Launched in late 2009, "Fast and Furious"...
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But emails in the hours after the incident show at least some ATF officials wondered whether a third gun had been recovered.
In one email, deputy ATF-Phoenix director George Gillett asks if two AK-47 rifles cited were "in addition to the gun already recovered this morning." It's unclear whether anyone responded to him.
Since then, some sources have accused the FBI of covering up evidence to protect an informant working inside a major Mexican cartel. That informant, sources have alleged, helped pay for the weapons used in the attack that killed Terry.
In addition, in recently disclosed recordings, a lead ATF investigator can be heard telling a Phoenix-area gun-dealer that an "SKS assault rifle out of Texas" had been found at the Terry murder scene.
In September, a spokeswoman for Grassley, R-Iowa, told Fox News it was "pretty clear" the ATF agent was talking about the Terry murder. Still, weapons involved in another case not tied to "Fast and Furious" -- the murder of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Jaime Zapata in Mexico -- were traced to Texas.
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Standard operating procedure. Means nothing.
Are we going to see another Saturday Night Massacre soon?
Who can we believe? Everyone lies out of fear. The Media will not even investigate or report what is true regarding Fast and Furious to protect their Great Obama.
Losing track of who said what, when.
This may be a “old news” ping.
If not, I missed this hearing:
“Let me start with adamantly rejecting the suggestion that the FBI would in any way cover up what happened in the tragic killing of Brian Terry,” FBI Director Robert Mueller told a Senate panel Wednesday.
FBI Criminal Informant Complicit in Brian Terry’s Death (PJM Exclusive)The rip crew was in Peck Canyon that evening with the intention of stealing money and drugs from a specific shipment of which they had prior knowledge.
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The rip crew knew to be in Peck Canyon that December evening because a CI working for the FBI found out about a smuggling run — from the FBI.
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The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) — through its own CIs and communications intercepts — was also aware of the planned assault.
Neither the DEA nor FBI warned Border Patrol about the expected criminal activity.
The federal government will still not reveal if one of the two WASR-10 AK-pattern semi-automatic rifles located near the scene — provided to the Sinaloa cartel via Operation Fast and Furious — was the weapon that put a bullet through Brian Terry’s heart. The existence of a third recovered gun, an SKS carbine, has been disputed by the FBI despite the fact it had been talked about openly in the beginning of the investigation among federal agents.Multiple sources tell PJM that this third weapon “disappeared” because it was the weapon carried by the FBI CI who ran the rip crew. When it was recovered near the scene of the murder and subsequently traced by the ATF, it traced back to the FBI CI via the gun shop in Texas where it was purchased.
BP murdered by FBI informant-BUMP.
It stinketh to the high heavens of several cover-ups: not all of them are revealed yet.
Mueller is an Obamabot.. the FBI is probably a Trojan Horse for the next administration.. just full of treasonous shills..
Probably must be totally rebuilt.. along with the State Department and Justice department..
The list, Ping
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“...WASR-10 AK-pattern semi-automatic rifle....an SKS carbine, ...”
Gee, they really do get all “wee-wee’d up” about people owning these cheap combloc firearms, don’t they...
well, ya really dint expect them to tell the truth now did you???
Nothing is ever really old news about this. There is always someone who is just hearing about this for the first time. As much as has been revealed, there is an awful lot to catch upon....and probably a lot more to learn.
I not only believe Withholder knew but he was involved in the brainstorming in obama’s cabinet that led to the idealogical political decision for this fiasco. No operation with this much risk would be instigated from a low level government employee. These employees were to afraid of losing their jobs. When the truth finally comes out (that is a standard phrase when talking about the obama administration) Those found guilty should be punished to the fullest extent of the law.
Mark
Why are none of the candidates talking about closing the ATF?
Thanks for the link & text.
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