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    Report: ATF guns killed Arizona border agent

    Report: ATF guns killed Arizona border agent

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    By: Dave Biscobing



    PHOENIX - An investigative report will be released at a Congressional Hearing on Wednesday criticizing a federal government program that let thousands of U.S. guns cross into Mexico.

    The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee began looking at "Operation Fast and Furious" after a border patrol agent was gunned down by weapons tied to the program.

    In December, agent Brian Terry was killed in southern Arizona by drug cartel members. His family is also expected to testify at the hearing.

    Operation Fast and Furious was set up by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in order to track firearms sold to "straw purchasers" and connect them to high-level cartel members.

    However, the federal investigation accuses the ATF of failing to monitor those guns and letting thousands of firearms cross unchecked into Mexico.

    The investigation has been spearheaded by Rep. Darren Issa, R-California.

    He has blamed the ATF, U.S. Attorney's Office and Department of Justice for helping spread violence across the border because of the failed operation.

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    ATF program tracking guns put agents at risk, report says
    By Kevin Johnson, USA TODAYUpdated 1h 23m ago |

    WASHINGTON — Federal agents based in Arizona "abandoned" surveillance of suspicious gun purchases along the southwest border for months and allowed possibly hundreds of weapons to fall into the hands of Mexican drug cartel operatives and other criminals as part of a risky investigative strategy aimed at dismantling cartel operations.

    The program ceased shortly after two of the rifles were found at the scene of a U.S. border agent's slaying last year, a congressional report concluded Tuesday.

    Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry's Dec. 15 death was "likely a preventable tragedy," the report found, indicating that the suspect who allegedly bought the two rifles was linked to at least two other suspicious gun purchases before buying the weapons seized at Terry's shooting. The weapon used to kill Terry has not yet been identified.

    The report, prepared by the staffs of Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, states that the activities of the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives agents involved in the strategy — known as Operation Fast and Furious — were approved by top ATF officials in Phoenix, despite concerns raised by some who believed the practice was potentially deadly.

    One Arizona agent, according to the report, told congressional investigators there was such dread that more deaths would follow the Terry murder because of the novel investigative strategy that "panic" swept the office in January when Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., was wounded in an attack that left six dead, including U.S. District Judge John Roll.

    "There was a state of panic, like, 'Oh, God, let's hope this is not a weapon from that case,'" ATF Agent Pete Forcelli told investigators. The weapon used in the Tucson assault was not linked to the ATF program.

    The congressional review comes amid a simmering battle between the Justice Department and Republican members of Congress who have been demanding information about the ATF operation.

    According to the report, agents had hoped that by letting the weapons "walk," the trail of guns would lead to high-level traffickers.

    Instead, the tactic has only brought grief and trouble for federal authorities. "Unfortunately, ATF never achieved the laudable goal of dismantling a drug cartel," the report found. "In fact, ATF never got close."

    In a House hearing room today, scrutiny of the program is set to intensify as ATF officials are scheduled to testify along with Terry's relatives before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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    Those responsible

    Those responsible should certainly be charged in any crimes committed with any of the weapons now...

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