They are taking "appropriate action" in response to Issa's demands....
Posted on 07/07/2011 4:52:14 AM PDT by marktwain
Part of 'Operation Castaway'?
Exclusive Special Report by Mike Vanderboegh and David Codrea
Virginia O’Brien, Special Agent in Charge at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Tampa Field Division, ran a gun-running investigation that was walking guns to Honduras using the techniques and tactics identical to Fast and Furious, it was reported to these correspondents this evening via private correspondence from a proven credible source.
On 21 September, 2010, A. Brian Albritton, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida issued a press release on Operation Castaway:
Part of 'Operation Castaway'?
Exclusive Special Report by Mike Vanderboegh and David Codrea
Virginia O’Brien, Special Agent in Charge at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Tampa Field Division, ran a gun-running investigation that was walking guns to Honduras using the techniques and tactics identical to Fast and Furious, it was reported to these correspondents this evening via private correspondence from a proven credible source.
On 21 September, 2010, A. Brian Albritton, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida issued a press release on Operation Castaway:
United States Attorney A. Brian Albritton, Virginia O’Brien, Special Agent in Charge of central and northern Florida Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) operations, and Susan McCormick, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations, Tampa Field Office announce the initial results of Operation Castaway, an intensive and wideranging Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) firearms trafficking investigation conducted by ATF, ICE, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office, the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office, and the Miami-Dade Police Department. ATF describes Operation Castaway as the most significant firearms trafficking investigation in Central Florida history.
(Excerpt) Read more at examiner.com ...
PS, go to Doug’s site (see tagline) re: Hezzies, Mexico and F&F links. Will send other stuff when I get home.
We need the O, Joyce Foundation, linked board members/donors, fake, paid for gun studies, etc. as well.
Ciao for now.
That would be great! Thanks.
Remember, Hillary took a keen interest in punishing Honduras after they expelled Chavez crony Manuel Zelaya, who tried to eliminate presidential term limits.
They are taking "appropriate action" in response to Issa's demands....
Sorry. Couldn't let that one get past me.
There were several agencies involved in the operation. There is NO WAY that Holder and Obama weren’t in the loop and approving all of it. This is an impeachable offense and the talk show hosts are more interested in raising the debt ceiling or Casey Anthony.
Somehow this doesn’t seem right to me - it is not like the other F & F program. This was a Task force. Comprised of many agencies.
What Obama and Holder were doing was covert. They wanted as few people involved as they could have .. the more people that know a secret the less a secret it is.
This wa snot one department but rather: ATF, ICE, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office, the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office, and the Miami-Dade Police Department.
I am not ready to jump on the bandwagon with this one. It may be a diversion of sorts to justify F&F.
>One of the BATFE officials slipped in his testimony, alluding there may be other programs outside Phoenix.<
A whistle blower “slipped” in his testimony?
>If this program is so large, it will be impossible to contain it as a BATFE program only.<
well that is the problem. If they wanted it covert then they can’t allow it to be anything more than compartmentalized. Keeping it close would be necessary.
You will not get an arguement from me about dismantling agncies. I will add BATF due to this outrage in a long line of outrages. Especially using Fed agencies to force special interest group think on Americans.
I understand that individuals can make mistakes etc. But this came from the top. And was policy.
EPA,EDU,INTERIOR, BATF. These are the agencies that strike right at the heart of our freedoms.
What we are seeing from Melson's testimony is that Fast and Furious involved many agencies as well. There was a cover story. The story was that this was a "sting" operation. It was never meant to be secret in the military or CIA sense,or the perpetrators would have known that they had blown it when they got so much blowback from their own people.
If there was a secret, it was the real purpose was of the operation. The "sting" cover simply doesn't hold up.
Also, I would not underestimate the incompetence and arrogance of this regime.
They are completely used to the media covering for them, and having a political machine that will cover for them in Chicago.
They likely think that they are invulnerable. Many freepers think so.
“It would be logical to assume there are Texas programs and possibly New Mexico and California programs as well.”
Check out this thread: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2745149/posts
There is the text of the original funding authorization attempt (HR-495) which states that the funds will:
“(2) establish not fewer than 1 Project Gunrunner team in each State along the international border between the United States and Mexico;”
So, you are correct, there were most assuredly operations in every Southern border state. Now, with this new revelation we know it was not limited to the Mexican border, but there were other states with similar operations under different names. We need to keep digging!
For Phoenix...possibly. But who for Tampa and Operation Castaway.... interim US Attorney O'Neill? He doesn't seem to have the DC clout. ATF SAC Virginia O'Brien however was in Phoenix for F&F, was promoted to DC for a cup of coffee and then demoted down to Tampa.
More on O’Brien
http://sipseystreetirregulars.blogspot.com/2011/07/breaking-news-source-claims-atfs-tampa.html
Remember too, Obama was meddling in Honduran affairs at the same time.
One way it would force its way onto the marxist mainstream media, would be if House Republicans would grow balls and bring impeachment chargs against 0dumb0 and criminal charges against Holder. That way it would force the leftist MSM to have to report this, simply because they could not stand to sit idly by while their RAT bastard commie pig-in-chief 0dumb0 faces impeachment proceedings.
I think the citizens of the US are getting just a bit sick of the assault on our freedoms. I know I am.
The only way this will stop is for 12-14 states (mainly southern & western mountain states) to declare secession in order to force 0dumb0's removal from power. Preferably with 0dumb0 & Holder getting tried for treason & criminal gun running crimes against the USA. There is NO WAY that both 0dumb0 & Holder were not both aware & gave the green light to these gun running schemes.
So what’s the answer? There’s no reason to be coy on FR. Is this a game of 20 questions?
Not. going. to. happen.
A Democrat Senate acquitted a Democrat President of an open and shut case of perjury.
A Democrat Senate is not going to convict a Democrat president (or attorney general) of "high crimes and misdemeanors" if they happen to actually agree with the policy he was attempting to implement.
The problem is not with "the system". Nor is it with the Republicans. It lies solely with the corrupt and lawless Democrats.
There is only one way to solve the problem. Crush them at the polls. Consign the Democrats to the ash heap of history by voting their sorry butts out of office...and into the gutter, where they belong.
I second your emotion!
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