by John Hill
Stand With Arizona
The disastrous Obama Administration operation “Fast and Furious”, which deliberately put guns in the hands of the Mexican cartel, exploded this week with new revelations of a cover-up, and emails which tie the scandal directly to the White House for the first time.
“Fast and Furious” was an attempt to intercept gun-trafficking that sent 2,000 guns to cartel operatives via straw buyers. Critics believe that U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder saw the program as an opportunity to embarrass U.S.-based gun dealers, and help galvanize support for increased gun-control measures, while controlling where and how the guns would be “walked” across the border. But the operation went horribly wrong as the guns went unaccounted for, leading to the murder of Border Patrol Agent Brian A. Terry last December in Arizona, and the deaths of untold others inside Mexico – all using guns provided by the ATF. Holder denied knowledge of the operation at a U.S. House hearing on May 3rd, but subsequent revelations clearly show both Holder and the White House had been informed about this program as it ran off the rails.
Rep. Alan West has called for Holder to resign or be fired as a result.
Now it has been revealed that after the death of Agent Terry, Assistant U.S. Attorney Emory Hurley and then-U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke colluded to cover-up the fact that Terry was killed using one of the guns from ‘Fast and Furious’. Evidence shows that Hurley – who knew “almost immediately” that the guns could be traced to the program, contacted Burke, and they agreed to cover it up:
In an internal email the day after the murder, Hurley, and then-U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke, decided not to disclose the connection, saying ” … this way we do not divulge our current case (Fast and Furious) or the Border Patrol shooting case.”
As Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) said “The level of involvement of the United States Attorney’s Office … in the genesis and implementation of this case is striking.” Grassley and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) are investigating the scandal, and AG Holder’s knowledge and role in its implementation.
Grassley’s office on Thursday also revealed that 21 more Fast and Furious guns have been found at violent crime scenes in Mexico. That is up from 11 the agency admitted just last month, and Grassley said he can only imagine the carnage that will be shown to have been made possible by the thousands of guns put into the hands of criminals by the Obama Administration.
Grassley and Issa also Thursday asked Justice for “interviews, emails, memos and even hand-written notes from members of the U.S. attorney’s office” involved with ‘Fast and Furious’. Thus far, Holder’s arrogant department has stonewalled, deceived and provided censored testimony, when it even responds.
And now, for the first time, evidence that the White House – which had denied knowledge of the operation – did in fact know about the scandal. At least three national security officials in the White House were briefed to some extent on the operation:
The supervisor of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives operation in Phoenix specifically mentioned Fast and Furious in at least one email to a White House national security official, and two other White House colleagues were briefed on reports from the supervisor, according to White House emails and a senior administration official.
The White House denies that they were informed of the operation’s “covert investigative tactics”, which sounds an awful lot like parsing to avoid legal jeopardy.
Where is the national media on this? During the Watergate scandal, the nation came to a screeching halt while the media expended unlimited resources exposing the debacle – no detail was too small to be exposed.
With “Fast and Furious”? Crickets. Sure, they’ll mention new details when leaked to them, or notable testimony from a House hearing. But unlike Watergate, the national media will not put dedicated reporters on the trail to dig up the whole story. Even when the Attorney General is caught in a lie – under oath. Even White House is now proven to have been in the loop all along – despite their denials.
And no one was killed from Watergate.
Hey media: do your damn job. If not for us, then do it for him…
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Imagine how CNN, MSNBC, ABC, and all the other liberal media folks would be foaming at the mouth rabid had this been tied to the Tea Party or Republicans… The hypocrisy in media is so blaring arrogant!
Not only that but it shows how corrupt our…. Their government has become. It is a government by the government, for the government. I am nearly ashamed to have worn the army uniform. Never again will I serve this government!
F&F is 1,000 times worse than Watergate and look what the media did to Nixon. What’s with the double standard? Are we going to allow Obama and Holder to openly replace America with a Marxist police state because we fear being called “racist” for trying to stop them? PEOPLE DIED BECAUSE OF F&F.. And they’re STILL dying as a result of the scores of assault weapons which the ATF allowed to flourish, giving Obama the excuse he needed to declare strict gun controls leading to gun bans.. Just as Obama’s excuse to declare strict domestic oil drilling moratoriums was to orchestrate the sabotage of a Gulf oil rig.
0bama and Holder must be IMPEACHED. EVEN IF THEY WERE WHITE they should both be in shackles for their crimes.
The Patriot Post is preparing a Class Action Law Suite against this adminisration and the congress, the house and all the judicals/
It’s posted on my wall….Never mind I brought it to you..
http://patriotpost.us/alexander/2011/09/15/the-oath-accountability-civil-action/
This was just king nothings cheap attempt @ imposing martial law on USA for our own protection. Our ONLY WAY OUT IS TO MARCH ON WASHINGTON & DRAG THIS USURPER THRU THE STREETS APOLOGIZING TO EVERY AMERICAN WHOSE PATH HE CROSSES!!! RON PAUL 2012 LIBERTIES LAST CHANCE!! DON’T RE-NIG ON YOUR COUNTRY IN 2012 ANYONE IN OFFICE TODAY NEEDS TO BE REMOVED BY FORCE WE MUST RETURN OUR COUNTRY TO SANITY!!!
The government has the mentality of Chicago thugs. This is the only way they know how to operate. What ever happened to the words full disclosure, and out in the open, discussions with the press and investigations into the White House corruption.
They HAD to have had discussions on the inevitability of Mexican citizens being injured or killed as the result of this little fiasco; every last one of them who had any knowledge of F&F should be turned over to the Mexican ambassador for extradition and prosecution for every death in Mexico as the result of their stupidity!
What is not being mentioned is that it is a violation of law for any law enforcement official to break a law to catch a criminal which is what Fast and Furious did from day one. Having gun dealers break federal law to catch law breakers is a criminal act in itself. In addition, it is a violation of Mexican law to import military style weapons or ammo into Mexico so where is the Mexican government’s outcry over this?
In addition to the killing of border patrol agent Brian Terry it has never been revealed what type of weapon was used nor the person captured for the murder of rancher Rober Krentz in Arizona.
Can anyone imagine if this had been a Bush program what the news media would be screaming? Once again obama and the number two racist in America Eric Holder (Michelle is the number one racist) gets a free pass from the news media.
The republicans should be looking at Holder’s involvement in Ruby Ridge (white people killed and an FBI agent promoted); Waco (white people including women and children killed) and of course the midnight raid by unidentified military style black uniformed personnel to snatch and grab Elian Gonzales and return him to a communist country – Cuba.
Arizona and Texas need to form a coalition to fight border invasion, so the Sheriffs can begin a joint
millitia vemtire, and engage in deputising volenteers, and paid mercenaries from all over the USA to repel the drug cartel invaders, and Illegal alien entitleists.
Fast and Furious has repeatedly been called a scandal. It is not. It is treason. Our government is now so corrupt it is committing treason against its people. I sit in wait for the revolution. The founding fathers would be shooting already. The whole world is ready to take their freedom. It’s just a matter of time before the collective consciousness becomes one and we will rise.