Breaking...CBS News reports ATF agent accuses agency of pushing guns to cartels

* March 21st, 2011 7:06 pm ET

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A new report on CBS News this evening features another ATF agent who is alleging that the agency pushed U.S. gun dealers to sell firearms to the Mexican drug cartels, guns that are then used against Mexican citizens and Americans.

At least one American Border Patriol agent was killed by one of the guns walked to Mexico by the ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives). Hundreds of Mexicans have been slaughtered by the cartels in recent years, violence that is now spilling over into the the U.S. near the southern border.

The official explanation for the 'gun walking' program is that the ATF sent the guns to Mexico in order to track them as they were funneled to the cartels, thereby allowing the U.S. to conduct surveillance on Mexican criminals.

But the facts show a more sinister rationale--bribes involving multi-thousands of dollars, and, an attempt by the Obama Administration, namely, the Holder Justice Department to 'prove' that U.S. guns are arming the Mexican drug cartels as a means of making a case for a new round of restrictive gun control in America.

One gun dealer in Arizona reported that ATF agents paid him money to allow 'straw purchases' of firearms for the purpose of transporting the guns to Mexico. The sales were used by the Justice Department to claim that more controls are needed on U.S. gun dealers.

Both the House and the Senate are currently investigating the scandal--Charles Grassley in the Senate, and Darrell Issa in the House. Grassley reports that requests for information have been met with stonewalling on the part of the Holder Justice Department.

Tonight's segment on CBS News indicates that the scandal is much broader than anyone realized when it was first disclosed. Other government agencies were allegedly aware of the gun walking scandal. The ATF agent interviewed by CBS this evening is claiming that desiite his work to curtail the mayhem of the Mexican cartels he was ordered to allow more firearms to flow to the gangs. The agent goes further to allege that DHS, USMS, DEA, AUSA, and ICE were all aware of the illegal program.

Armed with the new information, Congress pressed Holder, to which he responded by saying, 'We cannot allow guns to be walked into Mexico.'

But in fact, they did, and his agency apparently was an accomplice to the deed.

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