Posted on 05/22/2016 7:27:57 AM PDT by John W
The deadly-but-forgotten government gun-running scandal known as “Fast and Furious” has lain dormant for years, thanks to White House stonewalling and media compliance. But newly uncovered e-mails have reopened the case, exposing the anatomy of a coverup by an administration that promised to be the most transparent in history.
A federal judge has forced the release of more than 20,000 pages of emails and memos previously locked up under President Obama’s phony executive-privilege claim. A preliminary review shows top Obama officials deliberately obstructing congressional probes into the border gun-running operation.
Fast and Furious was a Justice Department program that allowed assault weapons — including .50-caliber rifles powerful enough to take down a helicopter — to be sold to Mexican drug cartels allegedly as a way to track them. But internal documents later revealed the real goal was to gin up a crisis requiring a crackdown on guns in America. Fast and Furious was merely a pretext for imposing stricter gun laws.
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“Marxists do not care who or how many they kill in order to get their way.”
We are all just eggs for their omelet.
Surprise, surprise, FAscist Holder and his minions have been hiding incriminating material from Congress.
Trump or Bust
I’d sure like to think that there would be some patriotic employees who would have saved copies of this stuff.
“Shhhhh. It all started under GWB anyway. It really turned in to a debacle under the lyin’ king. Not to mention who in the heck thought this would be a good plan anyway? “
Nope, untrue. The GWB program was vastly different. Educate yourself instead of believing left swing propaganda.
There is an interesting article out there today suggesting getting rid of the department and giving 99% of its functions to the states.
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I love that idea!
So many of us had that same negative guttural reaction the first time we heard him speak. It’s like we knew instinctively that he was evil and trying to brainwash us.
Never let a crisis go to waste.
If one doesn’t conveniently present itself by all means create one.
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