Mexican Guns Tied to US
Wall Street Journal - Evan Perez - ?Jun 9, 2011?
Members of the Mexican Navy lined up suspects and recovered weapons last June after a raid against the Zetas drug cartel in northern Mexico. The US was the source of at least 70% of 29284 firearms recovered by authorities in Mexico in ... GOP Lawmakers Press Investigation of Gun Operation
Wall Street Journal (blog) - Evan Perez - ?Jun 9, 2011?
Republican lawmakers are preparing their biggest push yet to try to force the Justice Department to explain a troubled federal investigation that they say inadvertently fueled arms trafficking to Mexico. House Oversight Chairman Rep. ... Guns From U.S. Probe Surface in Mexico
Wall Street Journal - Evan Perez - ?Jun 8, 2011?
An arsenal found in Mexico included at least five assault rifles that US authorities trace to a federal operation gone badly awry, according to government documents. The discovery appears to confirm for the first time fears cited by ... Administration, ATF knowingly smuggle thousands of guns
Kentucky Sports Report (subscription) - ?Jun 10, 2011?
No kidding. As part of a smuggling investigation they actually told gun store owners to sell guns to known smugglers as much as 30 to 40 guns at a time. At least one dealer has an agent on audio tape telling him to do it. They put in cameras, etc. ... ATF: '70% of Mexican cartel guns originate in US'
Pajamas Media - ?Jun 10, 2011?
From the Wall Street Journal: “The US was the source of at least 70% of 29284 firearms recovered by authorities in Mexico in 2009 and 2010, according to new US government figures.” But analysis of the data reveals another picture. ... Issa Investigates Project Gunrunner
National Review Online - Frank Miniter - ?Jun 10, 2011?
President Obama is hiding behind big government in the hopes that a scandal will fade away. Rep. Darrell Issa (R., Calif.) is set to issue a number of subpoenas to federal officials who have ties to “Fast and Furious,” a secret program run by the ... Agencies stonewall 'gunrunner' inquiries
Herald and News - ?Jun 10, 2011?
What started out as an "innocent" program run by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to allow guns purchased in the United States to be smuggled into Mexico for the purpose of tracking them to high-ranking members of Mexican drug ... Mexican drug gang's guns traced to US operation
World Socialist Web Site - Bill Van Auken - ?Jun 9, 2011?
An arsenal of assault rifles and other weapons seized by police in Mexico has been traced to a US government program that intentionally allowed guns to be smuggled into Mexico. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that the ... Missing The News
Town Hall - ?Jun 9, 2011?
Two enormous stories are waiting for the MSM when it recovers from the Weiner implosion. One concerns domestic policy and the other foreign. "Fast and Furious" is the name given to a Department of Justice/Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms ... The gun-running scandal: Sunshine, please
Tribune Review - ?Jun 9, 2011?
Congressional subpoenas must reveal what the Justice Department won't explain about a Border Patrol death and its ham-handed effort to link illegally sold guns with Mexican drug cartels. With Justice largely stonewalling, US Rep. ... ATF “Gunwalker” scandal target of Congressional Hearing June 15th
Tucson Citizen - Hugh Holub - ?Jun 9, 2011?
A showdown is coming between Congress and the Obama Administration over ATF's Operation Fast and Furious which led to AK 47's being “walked” to the Mexican drug cartels. Two of these “walked” guns were found at the murder scene of Border Patrol Agent ... Fast, Furious, and Useless
Human Events - John Hayward - ?Jun 9, 2011?
The Wall Street Journal reported this morning on a huge cache of firearms seized in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, which lies across the border from El Paso, Texas. Among the other goodies taken by the Mexican police were “two dozen AK-47-style ... Issa Moving Forward With Operation Fast and Furious Investigation
Town Hall - ?Jun 9, 2011?
Chairman of the House Oversight Committee Darrell Issa is moving forward with his investigation into the Obama Justice Department's lethal Operation Fast and Furious, conducted under the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (for reference, ... As U.S. Guns Turn Up in Mexico, Justice Dept. Under Fire for Flubbing Anti ...
Alaska Dispatch - Marian Wang - ?Jun 9, 2011?
The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives—or ATF—is under the gun yet again. Mexican police recently conducted a raid in Ciudad Juarez, a hotspot for the drug trade, and they swept up a cache of weapons. Among that cache? ... Yet more on the idiotic plan to send guns south of the border
Pajamas Media - ?Jun 9, 2011?
Rep. Darrell Issa, (R-Calif.) Chairman on the House Committee on oversight and government reform is at it again. He's scheduled more hearings on the — well I'd call it controversial, but A. it was stupid and B. journalists overuse that term ... BREAKING: 2nd 'Fast and Furious' hearing set; Grassley, Dodson to testify!
Examiner.com - ?Jun 9, 2011?
The second in what promises to be a series of hearings on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' controversial Operation Fast and Furious has been announced for next Wednesday, June 15, and Sen. Charles Grassley will testify. ... Too Fast, Too Furious? Guns In Mexico Stash Traced To ATF Ahead Of Issa Hearing
TPMMuckraker - Ryan J. Reilly - ?Jun 9, 2011?
At least five Romanian-made AK-47-style assault rifles purchased by suspects being traced by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) were found in a stash of weapons in Mexico, Evan Perez reports in a front-page story for the Wall ... Grassley, Weich, Victim's Family To Testify on ATF Program
Main Justice - Channing Turner - ?Jun 9, 2011?
The family of slain Border Patrol agent Brian A. Terry, Assistant Attorney General Ronald Weich and Sen. Charles Grassley, the Senate Judiciary Committee's ranking Republican, will testify before the House n ... Issa schedules second Gunrunner, Fast and Furious hearing
Daily Caller - Matthew Boyle - ?Jun 9, 2011?
Photo: AP Rep. Darrell Issa, California Republican and chairman of the House Oversight Committee, announced details for the second in what he said will be a series of hearings on Project Gunrunner and Operation Fast ... Second Hearing on ATF's Operation Fast and Furious to Include Slain Agent's Mother
ticklethewire.com - Allan Lengel - ?Jun 9, 2011?
A second Congressional House hearing on ATF's controversial “Operation Fast and Furious” gun program — set for June 15 — will include a host of witnesses including Sen. Chuck Grassley and the mother and other relatives of slain Border ... ATF gun program a failure, some say
UPI.com - ?Jun 9, 2011?
A billboard along 32nd Street in Phoenix is an indication of the attitudes of Arizona residents on gun rights, people of Arizona are allowed to carry guns into bars, January 10,2011. UPI/Art Foxall WASHINGTON, June 9 (UPI) -- The discovery of at least ... Justice Officials in 'Panic Mode' as Hearing Nears on Failed Anti-Gun ...
MyFox Tampa Bay - ?Jun 10, 2011?
The operation was supposed to stem the flow of weapons from the US to Mexico by allowing so-called straw buyers to purchase guns legally in the US and later sell them in Mexico, usually to drug cartels. Instead, ATF documents show that the Bureau of ...
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