'There is also another explosive charge revealed, once again, by CBS News. The network is reporting that the ATF wasn’t the only agency involved in the gunrunning operations. ”Documents show ATF had conference calls with ‘DHS’ (Homeland Security). ‘USMS’ (U.S. Marshals) and DEA. An ‘Ice’ or Customs Agent was on ATF’s Fast and Furious team. They were advised by an ‘AUSA’ or Assistant U.S. Attorney under the Justice Department,” says CBS. In addition, Mr. Issa believes the State Department was also involved. He sent a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton regarding her agency’s refusal to turn over documents and information about the ATF as well, characterizing the State Department’s stonewalling as “simply unacceptable.” '
Hillary Clinton wants Americans subjected to the UN Gun Ban while the State Dept., along with the rest of the Government's Alphabet Soup, is arming Drug Running Illegal Aliens and killing off some of their own.
The Obama administration is apparently stonewalling a congressional investigation of Project Gunrunner, a federal arms trafficking sting operation which may have played a role in the murder of border agent, Brian Terry.
Darrell Issa (R-CA), chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, isn’t going to allow the administration to keep the details of an Project Gunrunner under wraps. The project, begun in 2009, was an effort by Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) officials allowing straw buyers to purchase weapons in the United States and illegally ship them to Mexico. According the the ATF, the goal of Project Gunrunner was to track the flow of weapons into Mexico in order to bring down the major drug cartels involved in gun trafficking. In a March 16 letter to Acting ATF Director Kenneth Melson, Mr. Issa requested information, including specifics about an Arizona-based component known as “Fast and Furious,” which led to the death of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry. He gave the agency until last Wednesday to comply. They failed to respond, so Mr. Issa issued a subpoena.
The Obama administration is apparently stonewalling a congressional investigation of Project Gunrunner, a federal arms trafficking sting operation which may have played a role in the murder of border agent, Brian Terry.
Darrell Issa (R-CA), chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, isn’t going to allow the administration to keep the details of an Project Gunrunner under wraps. The project, begun in 2009, was an effort by Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) officials allowing straw buyers to purchase weapons in the United States and illegally ship them to Mexico. According the the ATF, the goal of Project Gunrunner was to track the flow of weapons into Mexico in order to bring down the major drug cartels involved in gun trafficking. In a March 16 letter to Acting ATF Director Kenneth Melson, Mr. Issa requested information, including specifics about an Arizona-based component known as “Fast and Furious,” which led to the death of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry. He gave the agency until last Wednesday to comply. They failed to respond, so Mr. Issa issued a subpoena.
Agent Terry was killed with one of those guns. It was sold at a Glendale, Arizona shop monitored by the ATF. It is also likely another American, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Jaime Zapata, killed in Mexico on February 15th, was also a victim of Project Gunrunner. The weapon used in that crime was traced to Otilio Osorio, a Dallas-area man, allegedly tied to a crime group that assists cartels by illegally selling them guns from the U.S. Yet because 40 separate guns were involved in the purchase, ties to Agent Zapata’s death have yet to be officially confirmed.
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