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‘Project Gunwalker’ allegations bolstered by Project Gunrunner indictments

February 7th, 2011 7:01 am ET


Two in Rio Rico (see 'firearms recovered' link at end of column) Photo: BATFE

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“Grand juries have returned multi-count indictments in five cases against 34 defendants accused of assisting Mexican Drug Trafficking Organizations with illegally trafficking firearms from the United States to Mexico,â€

A journalist's guide to 'Project Gunwalker'

many, many links on this post; go to the link below to view them

The following is a summary and time line of articles appearing on the Sipsey Street Irregulars blog and Gun Rights Examiner, reflecting original reporting on the developing "Project Gunwalker" story by Mike Vanderboegh and myself. That's the purposely ironic name I assigned it, a parody of the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosive's "Project Gunrunner," and it refers to allegations by whistleblowing ATF insiders that:

* ATF management was allowing potentially hundreds of semiautomatic firearms to be walked across the Mexican border in order to pad statistics used to further budget and power objectives.
* Mexican authorities were kept in the dark, and protests that they should be informed were overridden, first by the Phoenix ATF office, and ultimately by higher-ups in Washington, DC.
* A gun used in this operation was involved in a December 2010 incident in which a Border Patrol agent was killed.

The original allegations were posted on CleanUpATF.org. Vanderboegh and I, who have a history going back years of documenting allegations posted there, and pressing for congressional hearings to investigate the claims, were both contacted independently by various ATF insiders claiming to have corroborating information and documentation. Mike vetted his sources and I used my contacts to help validate that my informant was who he represented himself to be. Mike and I did what we could throughout our separate and coordinated investigations to test and corroborate what was being told. We also had a small circle of behind-the-scenes consultants, including firearms designer Len Savage, and a few other knowledgeable advisors, all with contacts and informed insights of their own, and all of whom have earned our trust over the years.

Our primary goal was to help arrange for protection for our sources, and quickly, as retaliation was feared. Because the allegations involved higher ups within the Justice Department, the added protection afforded by separation of powers was sought. Through various contacts and machinations that are documented in the following timeline, the whistleblowers came under the protective umbrella of Sen. Charles Grassley, a senior member of the Committee of the Judiciary.

Our secondary goal was to push this story outside our limited spheres of influence and into the "mainstream press," so that it would be problematic to ignore or bury things. Again, making this happen has been an ongoing struggle, but we've seen the first cracks in the dam. The following time line will bring journalists just getting involved with this story up to speed by walking them though it, from its genesis to where we are today as major media outlets finally begin to take notice and get involved.

By way of a FAQ, two seem to be recurrent:

Will you have your sources contact us?

and

Will you provide us with copies of documentation?

The answer to both is "No." The reason is one of protection. You will need to observe official proceedings and develop/consult sources of your own.

Here's what's happened so far, at least what I can publicly disclose:

Dec. 28:

* Border Patrol agent killed with ATF-smuggled AR? Some ATF agents seem to think so.

Jan. 3:

* So the DOJ comes to visit, worried about the ATF-smuggled gun that may have killed the Border Patrol officer last month, and their exit page is CUATF.

Jan. 5:

* "Pure fact verified." The ATF scandal that's going to guarantee oversight hearings.
* ATF source confirms ‘walking’ guns to Mexico to ‘pad’ statistics

Jan. 6:

* More information on ATF ‘walking’ guns across Mexican border

Jan. 7:

* Walk Don't Run
* White House now in decision making loop on ATF "Walking Gun-gate" scandal. The ghost of Vince Foster to walk the corridors of the fifth floor?
* This just in on the Mexican end of what David Codrea has called "Project Gunwalker."

Jan. 10:

* The Curious Case of the Walking M-16s by L. Neil Smith

Jan. 12:

* Following the various threads of Project Gunwalker -- "Gun Dealer: 'ATF Approved Sales to Mexican Gun Runners'"

Jan. 13:

* Does Texas gun shop tie in with ‘Project Gunwalker’?

Jan. 18:

* Is ‘Project Gunwalker’ about to bust wide open?
* "Project Gunwalker" scandal story at a tipping point this morning, though it may take a short while for you to see it.
* Senators crawfish on helping agents in Project Gunwalker scandal. See if you can't help concentrate their minds.

Jan. 19:

* Open Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee staff on 'Project Gunwalker'
* Sources, Timeline and Summary of the ATF "Project Gunwalker" scandal and the death of BP agent Brian Terry.
* We have movement on the Senate side of the Project Gunwalker scandal.
* Outstanding idea from Kurt Hofmann on ratcheting up the pressure on the Project Gunwalker scandal!

Jan. 20:

* Mayors Against Illegal Guns issues new graphic in light of ATF's "Project Gunwalker" scandal!
* Yogi Berra was right. Rumor of a big, bad ATF bust early next week.

Jan. 21:

* ‘Project Gunwalker’ sources talking to Senate staffers
* The shadow war for the truth. "Management culture of ATF holds no regard for the life and/or safety of front line agents." STAND DOWN THE ATF!
* Will the Mexican reporter who called last night about Project Gunwalker please contact me?
* Senators now in contact with ATF agents about Project Gunwalker scandal.

Jan. 22:

* Knox reports on ‘Project Gunwalker’
* Jeff Knox and World Net Daily pick up on the Project Gunwalker scandal.
* Brian Terry memorial service marred by insincere promises and pious platitudes

Jan. 23:

* ‘Project Gunwalker’ investigators: Watch for smears, focus on leads
* David Codrea on Liberty Watch Radio about Project Gunwalker.

Jan. 25:

* ATF Project Gunrunner dog and pony show in Phoenix today. Are they ready to spin the "modified limited hangout" on the death of BPA Terry?
* Here's the dog and pony show -- "Gun Running Operation Uncovered in Arizona." Yeah? Did they arrest the Phoenix ATF SAC as the mastermind?

Jan. 26:

* Hans von Spakovsky asks "Is the fix in at Justice? Appointing Robin Ashton to oversee ethical standards is like choosing a fox to guard the henhouse."
* More on the Project Gunrunner dog and pony show in Phoenix.

Jan. 27:

* One question for ‘Project Gunwalker’ skeptics
* This just in: Senate is now referring to "Project Gunwalker" as the "Brian Terry Whistleblower Case" plus a question for ‘Project Gunwalker’ skeptics.

Jan. 30:

* Phoenix ATF reportedly retaliating against ‘Project Gunwalker’ whistleblower
* Mexican press picks up on 'Project Gunwalker'
* David Codrea: "Phoenix ATF reportedly retaliating against ‘Project Gunwalker’ whistleblower."
* "Torpedo . . . LOS!" MEXICAN PRESS PICKS UP ON 'PROJECT GUNWALKER'!! ATF brass headed for lifeboats?

Jan. 31:

* Why does link for Mexican newspaper redirect to the FBI’s website?
* A Sipsey Street Exclusive: Senator Grassley is on the Project Gunwalker scandal case -- big time.
* BREAKING NEWS: Grassley Writes Melson on Project Gunwalker
* "We do not permit the exit of arms to Mexico." Riiight. El Diaro translation, cleaned up by, ironically enough, Avatar at CleanUpATF.org
* ATF execs' ululations of agony -- Not-so-instant Karma at the tipping point of the perpetual scandal that is ATF -- and David Olofson's revenge.
* There's going to be a lot more of this before it is over.
* Plumbing the considerable depths of ATF spokesman "Baghdad Tom" Mangan's 'unawareness.'

Feb. 1:

* Media begins noticing ‘Project Gunwalker’
* Three Examiner Columns on "Project Gunwalker": Two from David and one from Kurt
* Burning the midnight oil at DOJ over Project Gunwalker.
* If it is on television, it must be true.
* Actions louder than words. Eric Holder just told the President of Mexico and Senator Charles Grassley to go fornicate themselves.

Feb. 2:

* Has ATF Phoenix SAC been transferred to Mexico?
* Late to the story, Pravda (WaPo) Parrots Kremlin Cover Up Line.
* "Heer there be Dragones." My letter to the Pravda reporters. "Welcome to the Project Gunwalker Scandal story."
* Washington Post ‘Project Gunwalker’ piece lets key claim go unchallenged
* FOX News picks up the Project Gunwalker story.

Feb. 3:

* Irrational exuberance
* Putting their money where their cover-up is. Did Project Gunwalker Scandal cause the Obama administration to double down on ATF?
* Mainstream press reports shed additional light on ‘Project Gunwalker’
* Of Whistleblowers and Watchdogs
* InfoWars on Gunwalker
* My letter to Consul General Salvador De Lara, Consul General in Atlanta of the Republic of Mexico.
* So where are the "authorized journalists" asking sharp questions of the State Dept. about the violation of treaty & protocol in Project Gunwalker?
* Chris Dumm, writing at The Truth About Guns, has an interesting observation. . .
* Alex Jones' "DisInfo Wars" finally finds the "Gunwalker" scandal, but of course they can't mention Sipsey Street.
* TTAG picks up my letter to the Mexican Consul General in Atlanta. "If there is justice in this world castration's too good for them."

Feb. 4:

* Need good Spanish translation of my letter to the Consul General ASAP
* ATF Deputy Director Melson doing the French Mistake in Lyon.
* I Accuse! Meet the Assistant Attorney General at the center of the Project Gunwalker Cover-up: Lanny Breuer.
* A word about our Project Gunwalker scandal icon.
* Death in the Desert: Project Gunwalker and the ATF Cover-Up
* WaPo Reporter: "Help! I'm trapped in my Weltanschauung and I can't get out!"

Feb. 5:

* The Project Gunwalker Scandal in a nutshell.
* ‘American Thinker’ narrates development of ‘Project Gunwalker’ story
* Did Lanny Breuer play a role in ‘Project Gunwalker’?
* BP agent Brian Terry's own valediction is an indictment of the government-paid cowards who are covering up the circumstances of his death.

Feb. 6:

* On the Obama Death Star, The Project Gunwalker scandal continues as the Empire Strikes Back in the form of evil eminence Darth Breuer.
* ATF Agent: "Unfortunately the objectives usually have nothing to do with the best interest of the Government or the public."
* No answers yet about guns found at Border Patrol agent death scene
* Profiles in Cover-up. When is some big media type going ask Janet Napolitano what the meaning of "swift justice" is? Plus a calendar to keep track.

Feb. 7:

* Big Week for Gunwalker Scandal -- Agents Suggest Witness List. "God have mercy on our agency but please don't give the bad guys another free pass."
* My letter to the Consul General of the Estados Unidos Mexicanos in Atlanta -- In English AND Spanish.
* ‘Project Gunwalker’ allegations bolstered by Project Gunrunner indictments
* Open Source Analysis of "Fast & Furious" Bust Confirms It As An Integral Part of the Project Gunwalker Cover-up.

This post will be regularly updated with new links, so those interested in having a one-stop resource to keep up with Mike and my posts should bookmark it and return to keep apprised of new developments.

From other Gun Rights Examiners:

Sean McClanahan/Des Moines:

* Senator Grassley pushes BATFE on Project Gunwalker

Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:

* 'Project Gunwalker': Another angle from which to bring the heat
* Cutting BATFE's funding sounding better and better
* Are more tax dollars to be spent facilitating arms trafficking to Mexico?
* Where is the 'gun control' movement's outrage over 'Project Gunwalker'?

Dave Workman/Seattle:

* Selective Seattle coverage: Bloomy gun show sting v. alleged ATF 'negligence'
* Silence in Seattle: Why is Brady Campaign defending ATF operation?


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Monday, February 7, 2011

BLOCKBUSTER: Open Source Analysis of "Fast & Furious" Bust Confirms It As An Integral Part of the Project Gunwalker Cover-up.

This analysis came to David Codrea and Mike Vanderboegh from a current or retired ATF agent and is being released simultaneously here at Sipsey Street Irregulars and David's War on Guns and National Gun Rights Examiner column. The original document has been copied into this form to prevent it being traced.

Note: "TIII" referenced in the text is shorthand for Title III Electronic Surveillance.

The Wiretap Act regulates the collection of actual content of wire and electronic communications. Codified in 18 U.S.C. §§ 2510-2522, the Wiretap Act was first passed as Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 and is generally known as "Title III". Prior to the 1986 amendment by Title I of the ECPA, it covered only wire and oral communications. Title I of the ECPA extended that coverage to electronic communications.

More at: http://ilt.eff.org/index.php/Privacy:_Wiretap_Act

Analysis begins:

OK, I can’t believe this is even necessary but since no one else seems to have done it? Let us examine what we know through open source material…

On January 25th, 2011, ATF Phoenix and the United States Attorney’s Office – District of Arizona held a press conference where they proudly displayed their 53 count “Jaime Avila Indictmentâ€

ATF Project Gunrunner May Have “Lostâ€

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

ATF Project Gunrunner dog and pony show in Phoenix today. Are they ready to spin the "modified limited hangout" on the death of BPA Terry?

President Richard Nixon: "You think, you think we want to, want to go this route now? And the--let it hang out, so to speak?"

White House Counsel John Dean: "Well, it's, it isn't really that--"

Bob Haldeman: "It's a limited hang out."

Dean: "It's a limited hang out."

John Ehrlichman: "It's a modified limited hang out."

Nixon: "Well, it's only the questions of the thing hanging out publicly or privately."

-- Watergate Tapes, 22 March 1973 meeting between Richard Nixon, John Dean, John Ehrlichman, John Mitchell, and H.R. Haldeman.


A limited hangout, or partial hangout, is a public relations or propaganda technique that involves the release of previously hidden information in order to prevent a greater exposure of more important details. It takes the form of deception, misdirection, or coverup often associated with intelligence agencies involving a release or "mea culpa" type of confession of only part of a set of previously hidden sensitive information, that establishes credibility for the one releasing the information who by the very act of confession appears to be "coming clean" and acting with integrity; but in actuality, by withholding key facts, is protecting a deeper operation and those who could be exposed if the whole truth came out. In effect, if an array of offenses or misdeeds is suspected, this confession admits to a lesser offense while covering up the greater ones. -- Wikipedia.

Confirmed with two reporters that there will be a press conference at 10 a.m. at ATF in Phoenix. It will be all about how Project Gunrunner is protecting us from the evil American gun dealers. Presumably they won't be bragging about "walking" the rifle south that killed BPA Terry. Whether they have a "modified limited hangout" ready remains to be seen.

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BATFE ~ Busted

ATF ~ Busted

DHS ~ Busted

Obama and his Small Arms Treaty ~ Busted

bttt

related: http://www.alipac.us/ftopicp-1184450.html#1184450

Originally Posted by AirborneSapper7

BATFE ~ Busted

ATF ~ Busted

DHS ~ Busted

Obama and his Small Arms Treaty ~ Busted

"That's good right?"`stopping these guys, and blowin' the lid off!

Originally Posted by stevetheroofer

Originally Posted by AirborneSapper7

BATFE ~ Busted

ATF ~ Busted

DHS ~ Busted

Obama and his Small Arms Treaty ~ Busted

"That's good right?"`stopping these guys, and blowin' the lid off!

Steve ... this is Bizzarro World Blowing up in the Federal Governments face

The ends "DO NOT" Justify the means to get a North American Perimeter

You cannot give weapons to a cartel that has killed over 30,000 Mexicans

This is the New Water Gate