Project Fast and Furious Thread

[EL1227]

OBE. Apparently ATF changed their stance and are allowing him to publish, just not allowing him to "profit" from it.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/16/justice/fast-and-furious-agent-book/

Donate the profits to SAF and everybody wins ... well except the bad guys with guns.

 

[kralizec]

New Katie Pavlich article on townhall.....

http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiep...update-on-operation-fast-and-furious-n1748651

 

[Inigoes]

In a ruling Monday afternoon, U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson said her September 30 ruling rejecting Holder's request to dismiss the lawsuit was not such a close call that it deserved immediate review from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

Judge won't allow Holder appeal now in contempt case

 

[EL1227]

Excerpt from Bongino's book

Breitbart.com -
Book: Were Fast and Furious Guns Used on U.S. Soil?

In his upcoming book, Life Inside the Bubble: Why a Top-Ranked Secret Service Agent Walked Away From It All, an advance copy of which was provided to Breitbart News, Bongino asks: “Were Fast and Furious guns used on US soil, and why did the Department of Justice fail to take preventative measures?”

Bongino argues that the above data {that he cites in the book and quoted in the Breitbart article} makes it such that it is “not difficult to conclude that these weapons were not only found but used on American soil, despite the lack of media coverage on the topic.”

 

[EL1227]

Was The Washington Post complicit ?

From a "Guns & Patriots" email blast ...

Dear Guns & Patriots reader,

Three years ago, there was a four-reporter team from The Washington Post, James V. Grimaldi and Sari Horwitz with research editor Alice Crites and staff writer William Booth, embedded inside President Barack Obama's Fast and Furious program.

The team was given access to restricted documents and operations for months and Dec. 13, 2010 they published their "Secret Life of Guns" series subtitled, "As Mexico drug violence runs rampant, U.S. guns tied to crime south of border."

Those were documents the team either stole or were given illegally. In addition, to support the article's rollout, ATF Special Agent J. Dewey Webb narrated a Post-produced video.

In the article, the team reference restricted documents it either stole or were given illegally and to support the article's rollout, ATF Special Agent J. Dewey Webb narrated a Post-produced video.

In the article, the Post printed a list of the top 12 gun stores responsible for selling guns traced to crimes in Mexico. On top of the list was Lone Wolf Trading in Glendale, Ariz.

The series was meant to buttress the narrative that under-regulated guns sold in the United States were fueling gun violence and mayhem In Mexico--a narrative debunked, when researchers discovered that the bulk of the guns at play in Mexico came from other countries and crooked soldiers and police officers with keys to the warehouse.

All reporters trade access for ground rules, but The Washington Post team crossed the line, when instead of breaking the Fast and Furious story and exposing the administration's own drayage of firearms to Mexico's criminal organizations.

This would go down as standard journalistic malpractice if the results of the Post dereliction of duty had not be so tragic.

The night the story broke an attorney for one of the gun stores fingered as a major supplier to Mexican criminals told a Houston television station that his client had been cooperating with the feds. A charge denied and dismissed--but, absolutely true.

The next night, Border Patrol tactical agent Brian A. Terry was killed in an ambush in the Arizona borderlands when he was struck by a bullet fired by an AK-47 sold by the Lone Wolf Trading gun store with guidance from the ATF--a store the Post knew was part of the Fast and Furious program.

Imagine if, instead of partnering with the Obama administration's message machine, the Post reporters had exposed the program--and by doing so alerted people working in the borderlands that there were more guns floating around and that the area was far more dangerous than before Obama took his first oath of office.

There it is. Simple. But, instead of putting out news that could have saved lives, like Terry's, the Post held onto the vital truth and put out its manufactured news.

This week, take the time to read the articles we have assembled this week, they are both vital and urgent--and I have included a more detailed examination of the Post's part in the Fast and Furious tragedy.

Enjoy!

Neil W. McCabe
Editor, Guns & Patriots

 

[EL1227]

New revelations in Dodson's book

AZcentral.com -
Agent: FBI key in border agent Terry slaying
Book claims feds had ties to killers of Ariz. border agent

John Dodson, a special agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, contends that the bandits who killed Terry were working for FBI operatives and were sent to the border to do a drug rip-off using intelligence from the federal Drug Enforcement Administration.

“I don’t think the (FBI) assets were part of the rip-off crew,” Dodson said. “I think they were directing the rip crew.”

In his book, Dodson uses cautious language to characterize his account of circumstances surrounding Terry’s death, saying the information is based on firsthand knowledge, personal opinion and press reports. He asserts that the DEA had information about, and may have orchestrated, a large drug shipment through Peck Canyon that December night. He alleges that DEA agents shared that intelligence with FBI counterparts, who advised criminal informants from another cartel that the load would be “theirs for the taking.”

Read the whole article on how the FBI, DEA, and ATF were in a game of one-up-manship with Mexican cartels who had infiltrated the US all the way to Chicago. ... U.F.B.

 

[EL1227]

And the hits just keep on comin'

Gun from botched 'Fast and Furious' operation turns up after Mexican resort shootout

A gun from the failed "Fast and Furious" operation has turned up after a shootout at a Mexican resort this month, Fox News confirms.

The gunfight took place between authorities and suspected cartel gunmen at a seaside Mexican resort on Dec. 18 in Puerto Peñasco.

The gun was found and traced through the owner of the Lone Wolf gun store -- the man at the center of the "Furious" scandal for selling most of the weapons in cooperation with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

The gun was purchased on Sept. 14, 2010.

Note to self: Don't plan any vacations at Mexican resorts.

 

[EL1227]

Good video discussion on TheBlaze.com -

 

[Brooklyn]

Gun from botched 'Fast and Furious' operation turns up after Mexican resort shootout



Note to self: Don't plan any vacations at Mexican resorts.

Don't plan vacations in failed states under the disfunctional protectorate of the US.

Seriously stay clear.

 

[WeaponsCollector]

This should come as no surprise especially after fast and furious. The DEA has worked with certain Mexican drug cartels since the year 2000 meeting with them more than 50 times. Gotta love the murderous failed "War On Drugs"!

 

[Tungsten]

It is amazing that such a vile POS can't be impeached in this country.

 

[kralizec]

New third gun story from Sharyl Attkisson

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/fast-and-furious-questions-linger-as-ig-continues-investgation/

 

[EL1227]

Attkisson resigns ...

New third gun story from Sharyl Attkisson

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/fast-and-furious-questions-linger-as-ig-continues-investgation/

I guess she had enough of CBS's foot-dragging in promoting her investigations.

NewsBusters.com -
Sharyl Attkisson Resigns From CBS; Kept Spotlight on Benghazi, Fast and Furious

Back in May 2013, Byers reported that "Attkisson can't get some of her stories on the air, and is thus left feeling marginalized and underutilized." The journalist hadn't reported about the Benghazi attacks during a five month-plus period between November 23, 2012 and May 8, 2013. Her next report on the issue didn't come until September 16, 2013 – almost four months later. CBS also ignored Attkisson's September 2013 scoop on Secretary of State John Kerry's refusal to let the Benghazi survivors testify.

 

[EL1227]

Dobson ... The final saga ?

This will piss you off ...



Obama and Holder will go to ANY length to destroy the country, Dobson, or you as an individual if you stand in the way of 'fundamental change'.

 

[kralizec]

Link to Sharyl Attkisson's website. Has all her fast and furious stories,

http://sharylattkisson.com/fast-and-furious.html

 

[kralizec]

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Govern...er-and-Congress-on-Fast-and-Furious-Documents

Seems kind of weak. From the judge's comments, if it becomes a presidential executive order, then the docs will never see the light of day.

 

[EL1227]

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Govern...er-and-Congress-on-Fast-and-Furious-Documents

Seems kind of weak. From the judge's comments, if it becomes a presidential executive order, then the docs will never see the light of day.

Maybe some Pro-2A group needs to CrowdSource a $1M reward for 'information leading to' ... like they're doing on the IRS scandal. Career DoJ lawyers who up till now have feared for their cushy gov'mnt jobs, might think twice about shredding damning documents if they felt they had a way out.

It's funny how people's memories and conscience come into focus when BIG BUCKS are involved.

 

[EL1227]

Finally ...

Katie Pavlich on TownHall.com -
After Two Years in Mexican Custody, Suspect in Brian Terry's Murder Extradited to the United States

So, will this bring closure ... doubtful.

Until the 'accomplice' guilty of aiding and abetting, who won't require extradition to the 'Estados Unidos' is brought to justice, we shouldn't rest.

 

[EL1227]

Is it coming to a head ?

Breitbart.com -
Holder Begs Court to Stop Document Release on Fast and Furious

Attorney General Eric Holder and his Department of Justice have asked a federal court to indefinitely delay a lawsuit brought by watchdog group Judicial Watch. The lawsuit seeks the enforcement of open records requests relating to Operation Fast and Furious, as required by law.

Probably NOT ... it's getting too close to the Novemeber elections for yet another scandal to divert attention away from.

 

[kcbrown]

Breitbart.com -
Holder Begs Court to Stop Document Release on Fast and Furious

Attorney General Eric Holder and his Department of Justice have asked a federal court to indefinitely delay a lawsuit brought by watchdog group Judicial Watch. The lawsuit seeks the enforcement of open records requests relating to Operation Fast and Furious, as required by law.

Probably NOT ... it's getting too close to the Novemeber elections for yet another scandal to divert attention away from.

Huh?

Those date from January of 2013. That case was, in fact, stayed.

The plaintiff in that case has apparently brought a relatively new suit, probably in pursuit of different documents.


These suits are going to go nowhere. They'll be stayed for long after Obama and his cronies have left office, if they're not ruled against on the merits.