Tag Archives: fast and furious

Owens: DEA Agent – Other Fed Agencies Aware of Fast and Furious in 2009

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Jack

In what appears to be an exclusive for border issues-focused Fronteras, Michel Marizco reveals information that seems to directly undermine the Department of Justice’s insistence that Operation Fast and Furious was a localized and compartmentalized plot within the Phoenix ATF and … Continue reading →

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Napolitano queried on lack of Fast and Furious probe

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Jack

Congressional Republicans are trying to expand the scope of questions over disastrous ATF gun-sting operation Fast and Furious to Homeland Security Secretary Janet A. Napolitano, asking her why she never investigated even after suspected guns showed up at the scene … Continue reading →

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Issa letter questions Holder’s ‘credibility’ to serve

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Jack

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.’s “lack of trustworthiness” in explaining what he knew about the failed “Fast and Furious” weapons investigation has “called into question his overall credibility” to serve as the nation’s top prosecutor, the chairman of a … Continue reading →

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Evans: Holder hits bottom – keeps digging (4)

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Jack

AG Eric Holder sounds all powerful in his latest attempt to wriggle out of his role in the Fast and Furious operation, but hubris catches up to everybody. A smart lawyer would never put into writing what he can’t defend, … Continue reading →

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U.S. Government Used Taxpayer Funds to Buy, Sell Weapons During ‘Fast and Furious,’ Documents Show (4)

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Jack

Not only did U.S. officials approve, allow and assist in the sale of more than 2,000 guns to the Sinaloa cartel — the federal government used taxpayer money to buy semi-automatic weapons, sold them to criminals and then watched as … Continue reading →

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Holder Denies Prior Knowledge of ‘Fast and Furious’

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Jack

The head of the U.S. Justice Department launched his strongest personal defense yet in the growing furor over Operation Fast and Furious, the controversial sting targeting Mexican drug cartels and American gunrunners. On Wednesday, Attorney General Eric Holder said for … Continue reading →

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US officials quit over Mexico gun flow probe

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Jack

The acting director of the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) and the US attorney in Arizona are resigning over a botched operation to track the flow of guns to Mexico. The ATF’s Kenneth Melson had recently faced … Continue reading →

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ATF Accused in Congressional Report of ‘Arming’ Cartel for ‘War’ Through Operation Fast and Furious (2)

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Jack

The failed federal anti-gunrunning program known as Operation Fast and Furious got so out of control in November 2009, it appeared the U.S. government was single-handedly “arming for war” the Sinaloa Cartel, documents show, even as ATF officials here kept … Continue reading →

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Holder bragged about Operation Gunrunner in 2009

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Jack

On May 3, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder testified before House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa’s committee that he only learned about the government’s sale of weapons to Mexican drug cartels “in the last few weeks.” But Big … Continue reading →

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