Thread: ATF Agent Speaks Out On Gunrunner

ATF Agent Speaks Out On Gunrunner

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms (ATF)'s PROJECT GUNRUNNER allowed gun sales to criminals so they could present "evidence" to the administration that the Second Amendment should be restricted or abolished!



While the Obama administration was blaming our gun rights for the drug war violence in Mexico, its very own gun sting operation looks to have been a major source of illicit firearms ... and now the administration is REFUSING TO COOPERATE with the investigation into this scandal!

Guns purchased under Project Gunrunner and sold to Mexican drug cartels were ultimately used to kill at least two United States government employees.

IT HAS BEEN VERY DIFFICULT TO GET ANSWERS ON THIS INVESTIGATION... acting ATF Director Kenneth E. Melson has not cooperated, and Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA), told CBS News he is being "stonewalled" in his efforts to find out information.

But now, George Gillett Jr., who was assistant special agent in charge of the ATF Phoenix field office, and provided day-to-day oversight of the Arizona component of the Gunrunner operation, is ready to talk.

He initially stalled the investigation by ordering ATF agents not to cooperate with congressional inquiries... but he has changed his mind, and has had two preliminary meetings with investigators.

Last year, President Obama said his administration would be the most open and honest ever. Now, he is saying "no comment," and his corrupt Department of Justice refused to turn over information to Senator Grassley by the March 30th deadline.

We will not allow the anti-gun Obama administration to engage in criminal activity in their efforts to restrict and abolish our Second Amendment freedoms. Obama and his supporters are actively working to take away your right to own a gun.

Because Grassley is getting no cooperation, Rep. Darrell Issa, Chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, has asked Secretary of State Clinton for all communications related to a meeting in Mexico City in the summer of 2010 involving then-U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Carlos Pascual, Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer and others, who had gathered to talk about the gunrunning operation.

Issa asks Clinton to "please explain in detail the reasons behind your refusal to answer the Senator directly. I understand that you have yet to respond and are likely to refuse Senator Grassley's request for information without a letter from the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. This refusal is mystifying in its own right, given Senator Grassley's standing as the Ranking Member of that Committee. More inexplicably, your refusal stands in stark contradiction to the promise of transparency promoted by President Obama."

Issa gave Secretary Clinton until 5pm on April 12th to send the requested documents.

In order to legitimize claims by Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder that an "iron pipeline" of American guns were running into Mexico, the ATF allowed thousands of weapons over 15 months to go from gun dealers in the U.S. to straw buyers, knowing they were likely to be acquired and used by Mexico's drug cartels.

Gun shops wanted to stop the questionable sales, but ATF encouraged them to continue.

Darren Gil, the former ATF attache to Mexico, tells CBS News the gunrunner operation was approved by the acting ATF director and by higher officials at the Justice Department, and that Assistant Attorney General and head of the Criminal Division Larry Breuer knew about it.

But when serial numbers from guns used in drug cartel crimes were traced back to the "Fast and Furious" case in Phoenix, Gil found he had been locked out and couldn't get access to any information.

What was the REAL PURPOSE of Project Gunrunner?

Is the Obama administration trying to gain more funding for the ATF, which is under threat of a 13% decrease?

Did Obama and Holder want to use false statistics about American guns getting into Mexico as an excuse to increase gun regulations?

Or did they want to use this "data" to reinstate the assault weapons ban?

There is no way around it; this administration will do whatever it takes to destroy our Second Amendment rights!

This administration has engaged in criminal behavior that led to the deaths of American citizens, and now they are covering it up!

Respectfully,


Alan M. Gottlieb
Chairman
Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms

P. S. The Obama administration needs to feel the pressure to cooperate with this investigation, and give answers to the American people. Obama's administration and a powerful anti-gun lobby are determined to take away our firearms by whatever means possible. That is why they are stonewalling efforts to get to the bottom of the ATF Gun Runner scandal. We are seeing the lengths this administration will go to, in their efforts to restrict our Second Amendment freedoms.

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received by e-mail from CCRKBA info@ccrkbaalerts.com on Sat, Apr 16, 2011 8:57 am

if this is true Obama and Holder need to be( mod edit) and riven out of Washington ASAP! The American people Rep Issa need to get to the bottom of this!

Originally Posted by alamb

if this is true Obama and Holder need to be ( mod edit) and riven out of Washington ASAP! The American people Rep Issa need to get to the bottom of this!

of course its true, its too damn GOOD to make up

ATF Reshuffles the Gunwalker Deck.
Posted on April 15, 2011 by Brad Kozak

Ah Spring. That time of year when a senior ATF agent’s thoughts turn to CYA. And so it is with little surprise that we report to you, gentle reader, that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (and sometimes Really Big Fires) summoned all the head cheeses to D.C. for a circle-the-wagons confab earlier this week. We can now report that what spooked the ATF spooks was a report that the Phoenix office Special Assistant Agent in Charge, George Gillett, is cooperating with Senator Charles Grassley’s investigation into Operation Fast and Furious. Or the Gunwalker Project. Or whatever they’re calling it this week inside the Beltway. (My guess would be “Operation Step in a Steaming Pile,â€