Thread: OPERATION GUNWALKER & Fast and Furious Information Collection Information News

Good timeline here

The Gunwalker ATF Scandal:

As more evidence emerges, it appears more and more likely that high-ranking administration officials in both the Justice and State Departments not only lied to the American people, but also conspired to increase the number of US firearms being smuggled into Mexico.


http://reasonedpolitics.blogspot.com/20 ... batfe.html

July 17, 2011

Gun-smuggling cartel figures possibly were paid FBI informants

http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-243779.html

www.latimes.com

July 16, 2011

Which Was Worse: Iran/Contra or Operation 'Fast and Furious'?

http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-243782.html

http://biggovernment.com

Jose de la Isla: 'Fast and Furious' gun fiasco unfolds in Mexico
Sun Jul 17, 2011
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2011/jul/1 ... artner=RSS
http://www.alipac.us/modules.php?name=F ... c&t=243848


Gunwalker and the budget: Crises in the integrity of government
Sun Jul 17, 2011
http://hotair.com/archives/2011/07/17/g ... overnment/
http://www.alipac.us/ftopicp-1246038.html#1246038

Originally Posted by OneNationUnderGod

Originally Posted by jean

July 11, 2011

ATF to require gun buyer information on border

http://www.alipac.us/ftopicp-1244164.html#1244164
www.google.com

July 12, 2011

U.S. to require more gun-buyer information in border states

http://www.alipac.us/ftopicp-1244164.html#1244164
www.latimes.com

NRA Statement on Obama Administration Decision to Require Rifle Sales Reporting

Monday, July 11, 2011

$40 billion transnational criminal enterprises don't fill out paperwork and are not deterred by paperwork violations. This is a blatant effort by the Obama administration and ATF to divert focus of Congress and the general public from their gross incompetence in the Fast and Furious scandal.

This scheme will unjustly burden law-abiding retailers in border states. It will not affect drug cartels and and it won't prevent violence along our borders.

ATF and the Administration lacks the statutory authority to do this and the NRA will file suit as soon as ATF sends the first demand letters.

-Chris W. Cox, executive director, NRA-ILA

http://www.nraila.org/News/Read/NewsRel ... x?ID=15313

Thank God for the NRA!!!

Lawmakers want answers about ATF gun operation
Mon Jul 18, 2011
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/201 ... operation/
http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-243979-.html

ATF director tells Congress of "smoking gun"
Mon Jul 18, 2011
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31727_162-2 ... 91695.html
http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-243980.html

High Crimes and Misdemeanors? (Gunwalker News Roundup)
July 15, 2011By G. Perry

Contrary to appearances, the picture above is not a photograph of the President consoling a child whose parents were killed as a result of the Gunwalker imbrogolio. It’s actually President Obama hugging one of President Felipe Calderon’s kids; whether future cross-border visits will be as amicable remains to be seen. As political fallout from the ATF’s failed gun-smuggling schemes increase with each hour that elapses, it’s probably a wise idea to do a brief roundup of news about the policy that has led to to the deaths of both American and Mexican citizens, as well as a revival in the fortunes of the Mexican coffin industry, per Mark Steyn.
A brief overview of what we now know about Operation Gunrunner and Operation Fast and Furious is provided by the Canada Free Press, which-as the title of this post indicates-believes that President Obama has committed potentially impeachable offenses, depending upon how intimately involved he was in the decisions that led to the deaths of Agent Brian Terry, among many others. Respected journlist Brit Hume seems to agree with that assessment.

Regardless of the President’s foreknowledge of the incipient scandal, we already know that his handpicked choice for Attorney General has his fingerprints all over the high-powered guns that were walked into the hands of Mexican narco-traffickers. That’s why intrepid Congressman Allen West has called for Eric Holder’s resignation. Congressman West isn’t the only member of the House Republican Caucus demanding answers from this administration, as it turns out. In fact, Representative Gus Bilirakis released a letter this week addressed to Acting ATF Director Kenneth Melson and Attorney General Eric Holder asking them to address questions about the latest gunwalking scandal to engulf the White House, Operation Castaway. This program, which in scope is even larger than Operation Gunrunner, has led to the recovery of weapons in Honduras that might have very well been used by MS-13, one of the deadliest narco-gangs on the planet. Puerto Rico and Colombia have also felt the sting of this ill-conceived DOJ and ATF initiative to allegedly obstruct gun-trafficking to violent drug gangs.

The question of motive, therefore, has yet to be properly answered. Why did the Department of Justice and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms decide to let Mexican-and now Central American, and possibly South American-gangs obtain high-powered weapons that can be used to extort, intimidate, maim, and ultimately murder innocent civilians? Citizens 4 Freedom has its theories, many of which revolve around the Obama adminstration’s seemingly implacable crusade to erode and diminish the Second Amendment. This notion is bolstered by the manufactured statistics that were used by both the Obama administration and the Mexican government to inveigh against lawful American gun-owners and gunshop operators. Unfortunately, they are not the only ones who routinely obfuscate and distort the facts in order to promote an ideological agenda, as this report from Pajamas Media illustrates. For an antidote to media mendacity, I highly recommend you read some of the archived articles about Operation Fast and Furious from Pajamas Media, an indispensable resource to understanding what has become the most pervasive scandal to envelop a presidency since Iran-Contra.

Finally, I’ll leave with a very detailed post by Sundries Shack which explains the distinction between Operation Gunrunner and Operation Fast and Furious, an explanation that is sorely needed in an often-bewildering scandal that even many members of the mass media can’t seem to get a firm grip on.




Tags: 2nd Amendment, Aaron Klein, Arizona, ATF, Barack Obama, BATFE, Brian Terry, Brit Hume, Colombia, Daily Caller, Department of Justice, DOJ, Eric Holder, Felipe Calderon, FNC, Fox News Channel, Gunwalker, Gunwalker scandal, Honduras, Kenneth Melson, Mark Steyn, Mexico, MS-13, Operation Castaway, Operation Gunrunner, Orange County Register, Pajamas Media, Puerto Rico, PUMA, PUMAs, The Bill of Rights, The Second Amendment, Watergate, WorldNetDaily

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VIDEOS - Shipping 30,000 guns in to Mexico by the ATF, FBI and DEA
http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-244170.html

House to question ATF officials on guns to Mexico
Jul 21, 2011
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/201 ... to-mexico/
http://www.alipac.us/ftopicp-1247332.html#1247332

Political Earthquakes Coming...
The Gunrunner Scandal and it's offspring appears ready to blow wide open.
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A recent meeting at White House between Barack Obama and high ranking House and Senate Democrats results in the president walking out on members of his own party following accusations of incompetence against the president.

Insider: Since receiving this notification I have confirmed with secondary sources the accuracy of the details. It should also be noted that White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley was not in attendance at this meeting. It is my understanding he has been personally communicating with both Democrat and Republican leaders on the debt ceiling issue – but doing so without the presence of either President Obama or Senior Adviser Valerie Jarrett. Also informed his ongoing private meetings with Congressional leaders involves other topics “more significantâ€