Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Agent: I was ordered to let U.S. guns into Mexico [March 3, 2011]
CBS News ^ | May 3, 2013 | Sharyl Attkisson

Posted on 05/04/2013 10:54:23 AM PDT by Innovative

An Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms senior agent assigned to the Phoenix office in 2010, Dodson's job is to stop gun trafficking across the border. Instead, he says he was ordered to sit by and watch it happen.

Dodson's bosses say that never happened. Now, he's risking his job to go public.

Agent Dodson and other sources say the gun walking strategy was approved all the way up to the Justice Department. The idea was to see where the guns ended up, build a big case and take down a cartel. And it was all kept secret from Mexico.

ATF named the case "Fast and Furious."

Surveillance video obtained by CBS News shows suspected drug cartel suppliers carrying boxes of weapons to their cars at a Phoenix gun shop. The long boxes shown in the video being loaded in were AK-47-type assault rifles.

So it turns out ATF not only allowed it - they videotaped it.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; Mexico; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 2deadfeds; 300deadmexicans; atf; attkisson; banglist; brianterry; dea; dhs; doj; fastandfurious; fbi; guncontrol; gunrunner; guns; gunwalker; holder; hsi; jaimezapata; mexico; obama; obamadrugpartner; secondamendment; terry; waronterror; zapata
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-53 next last

1 posted on 05/04/2013 10:54:23 AM PDT by Innovative
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Innovative; Nachum

Bump


2 posted on 05/04/2013 10:55:16 AM PDT by Jet Jaguar
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: MestaMachine

Ping-—Sharyl Attkisson


3 posted on 05/04/2013 10:58:33 AM PDT by thouworm (DEMOGOGUE: leader who makes use of prejudices, false claims and promises to gain power.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Innovative
suspected drug cartel suppliers carrying boxes of weapons to their cars

They must have passed their background checks with flying colors. [/s]


4 posted on 05/04/2013 10:58:44 AM PDT by TomGuy
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: TomGuy

That would be Holder-colored nackground checks...


5 posted on 05/04/2013 11:01:13 AM PDT by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com (Vendetta))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: Innovative

6 posted on 05/04/2013 11:02:10 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The ballot box is a sham. Nothing will change until after the war.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: TomGuy

Dang, I hate to say it but I guess for once king hussein didn’t lie about the US being responsible for the violence in meh-ico. As long as the feds are letting guns walk there will be an issue. Did they stop doing that? Or is it still an “ongoing investigation/sting operation”.


7 posted on 05/04/2013 11:02:57 AM PDT by rktman (BACKGROUND CHECKS? YOU FIRST mr. president(not that we'd get the truth!))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: Innovative

“The idea was to see where the guns ended up, build a big case and take down a cartel.”

No, the idea was to load up Mexico with guns that originated in the US so that Obastard could use it as an excuse for tighter gun control.


8 posted on 05/04/2013 11:02:59 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Inside every liberal and WOD defender is a totalitarian screaming to get out.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Innovative

March 3, 2011 6:10 PM

That was a long time ago.


9 posted on 05/04/2013 11:04:18 AM PDT by Gadsden1st
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Blood of Tyrants

But, there’s a twist in the motive here. Holder wanted to set the stage for GOING AFTER GUN SELLERS/FFL’s for selling guns to criminals. I believe that was Holder’s ultimate objective.


10 posted on 05/04/2013 11:07:01 AM PDT by GeorgeWashingtonsGhost
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: Innovative

This disgusting and corrupt regime has a hell of a lot to answer for.


11 posted on 05/04/2013 11:07:02 AM PDT by madmominct
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Innovative

The thing that REALLY ticks me off about this Fast and Furious deal is that, the Kenyan and Holder set up the Fast and Furious fiasco to set the stage for exactly what the Kenyan did in Mexico the other day. Blame all of the killings in Mexico on OUR Second Amendment. This whole regime is hateful and despicable. Very anti-American. So how did America get this point? Politicians offering free handouts for votes.


12 posted on 05/04/2013 11:07:20 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (I got expelled from the "fundamental transformation" indoctrination center.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Blood of Tyrants

Bingo:

You got that right.

Now the liar in chief goes to Mexico and tell them we are responsible for the gun in their country, but he doesn’t add that he sent them there.


13 posted on 05/04/2013 11:08:14 AM PDT by Venturer
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: FlingWingFlyer

Agree. This story needs to go absolutely viral.


14 posted on 05/04/2013 11:08:36 AM PDT by SpaceBar
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: Joe Brower; Travis McGee; LucyT; vette6387; MetaThought; 60Gunner; XHogPilot; FreedomPoster; ...
Dodson's risking his job to go public? Hmmm.


15 posted on 05/04/2013 11:09:29 AM PDT by MestaMachine
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Gadsden1st

Yes, the published date is wrong on the FR post. It was dated May 3rd not the date on the article which was Mar. 3rd.

Thanks.

But it does fit nicely with the other Obozo administration criminal actions in Benghazi.


16 posted on 05/04/2013 11:10:18 AM PDT by Texas Fossil
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: Venturer

Unfortunately Mexico knew damn well what was going on because it fit their goals as well.


17 posted on 05/04/2013 11:10:33 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: Innovative

Brian Terry was murdered a long time ago. What difference does it make?

Most Americans think “Fast and Furious” was the name of an old Clint Eastwood spaghetti western.


18 posted on 05/04/2013 11:13:40 AM PDT by lonevoice (Today I broke my personal record for most consecutive days lived)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: lonevoice

Vin Diesel.


19 posted on 05/04/2013 11:18:02 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (I got expelled from the "fundamental transformation" indoctrination center.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 18 | View Replies]

To: Innovative

This is orders-of-magnitude worse than Watergate.


20 posted on 05/04/2013 11:18:18 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Islam is a religion of peace, and Moslems reserve the right to detonate anyone who says otherwise.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-53 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson