More info on "Fast & Furious" (BATFE)

[JTHunter]

Hearing On “Fast And Furious” Uncovers Serious Failure At BATFE
The congressional hearings held this week by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform revealed that the gun smuggling investigation known as “Fast and Furious” that was implemented out of the Phoenix Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) office was conducted in a reckless manner that led to the illegal sale of thousands of firearms. Many of those firearms ended up in the hands of Mexican drug cartels and other criminals, and may have contributed to the death of Border Patrol agent Brian Terry.

Here's the rest of the story. (http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Federal/Read.aspx?id=6927)

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[Warthogg]

Just like Ruby Ridge. No one knows who was in charge. yeah....right.


Wart



First, since the story of this reckless operation became known, the Department of Justice has refused to fully respond to congressional inquiries. Both Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee have repeatedly requested full disclosure and been rebuffed. After nearly six months, DOJ continues to stonewall. Chairman Issa pointed out that even the information that was provided to the committee was heavily redacted, with most of the key information blacked out.

This exchange between Rep. Issa and Assistant Attorney General Ronald Weich clearly shows the ongoing refusal of the DOJ to cooperate:

Chairman Issa: "Who authorized this program that got people killed? Who here in Washington authorized it?"

Weich: "We don't know."

“We don’t know” is also the answer Attorney General Eric Holder provided to that same question when asked a few weeks ago. But after six months of scandal and scrutiny, it seems hard to believe the Attorney General still cannot answer this simple question. Or is it that he will not?

[1 Patriot-of-many]

Hearing On “Fast And Furious” Uncovers Serious Failure At BATFE



Really that's the heading????? Complete BS. The only failure is they got caught. This was a deliberate from the top down operation to funnel weapons into Mexico so the Mexican gov't could recover them and the US media, Obama, Holder and every other antigun group in the US could whine and moan about lax US gun laws, ultimately resulting in a new AWB, multiple rifle sales reports ect.

They're trying to say they were going to disrupt the whole organization....Really? The ATF was going to swoop in on the Cartel heads and arrest them??????? I WISH they would. That'd be one less alphabet agency we'd have to worry about seeing their heads cut off on pikes down in Mexico......
Everyone of those fuckers involved excluding the whistleblowers(AMAZING there are actually some ATF agents with some semblance of ethics and morality) are traitors who deserve nothing less than a noose, considering their active involvement in trying to usurp the 2nd amendment rights of US citizens against the very oath of office they took.

[5.56NATO]

I like how they call something an agency whose main goal is to infringe upon rights that shall not be infringed as stated in their oath of office to said document sworn to uphold and defend is a "serious failure"!