They believe this was part of a convoluted plan for the Obama administration and the attorney general to actually increase the level of violence on the Mexican border with assault weapons purchased in the U.S. in an apparent attempt to rekindle interest in an assault weapons ban.
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August 31, 2011 07:45
Issa on gun scandal “We know we’re being gamed”
Rep. Darrell Issa told Greta Van Susteren last night that the House Oversight Committee is being gamed by the Obama Administration. He also said he knew that most all of the weapons in the Fast and Furious program were in the hands of the Mexican cartels. – Video from Jim Hoft
August 31, 2011 07:37
Issa gets first scalp in ATF gun running scandal
DOJ handed Issa a victory, announcing that acting AFT director Kenneth Melson, who has led the agency since 2009, was being replaced and transferred to the Office of Legal Policy. The news came in conjunction with a separate announcement that the U.S. Attorney for Arizona, Dennis Burke, was resigning. Burke oversaw the legal aspects of the Fast and Furious operation, providing advice to agents involved. – The Hill
August 18, 2011 10:11
Sen. Cornyn calls AG Holder liar on ATF gun scandal
“Boneheaded idea from the beginning …. now it looks like three of the people involved are getting promoted.”
July 28, 2011 05:12
Did Obama lie again? White House told of ATF gunrunner actions last year
A staffer on Obama’s National Security Council, was told about Operation Fast and Furious in September 2010 by former ATF agent William Newell in an email. Newell, the former ATF special agent in charge of the Phoenix field office, told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee investigating the scandal that he communicated with Kevin O’Reilly. Both Obama and Eric Holder have denied knowing about the operation that let gunnrunners take weapons to Mexican drug cartels in an operation “called Fast and Furious” resulting in the murder of a US border patrol agent and untold number of Mexicans.
July 27, 2011 07:19
Rep. Burton questions agents on who came up with operation Fast & Furious
Rep. Dan Burton (R-IN) questions ATF Special Agents about the deadly Operation Fast and Furious.
July 14, 2011 06:37
Deputy AG video shows Obama behind gunrunner scandal
Project Gun Runner (Fast and Furious) was launched under the orders of Obama with the knowledge of Attorney General Eric Holder.
July 12, 2011 05:17
LIAR!: Eric Holder Bragged About Operation Gunrunner In 2009
“Two days ago we learned that despite Barack Hussein Obama and Eric Holder repeatedly denying knowledge of Project Gunrunner over the years, Obama approved and signed the stimulus funding for its operations back in 2009. And during that same year, Obama’s Attorney General Eric Holder bragged about Project Gunrunner at the arms trafficking conference in Cuernavaca, Mexico – as documented on the Department of Justice website”
July 11, 2011 08:19
Allen West calls for Holder firing – “incompetent”
Obama’s clueless AG says he only heard about the gun scandal in the last few weeks. Is he incompetent and inept as West says?
July 8, 2011 08:45
ATF Weapons from Fast and Furious scandal tied to drug bust of illegals in US
The scope of Eric Holder’s disastrous ‘Fast and Furious” ATF operation just keeps expanding. Now a single traffic stop in Phoenix has revealed 43 automatic weapons with serial numbers traceable to the the ATF scandal – taken from 4 illegal aliens arrested in the stop. How many AK-47s has this Administration put in the hands of gangs throughout the U.S. How many children will die in drive-bys using weapons Holder GAVE to criminals? And with the ATF Director now saying the DoJ obstructing the investigation, the House GOP must not stop until all responsible are rotting in jail. And what did Obama know and when did he know it? – by StandWithAZ
